We informed you in our March/April 2008 issue of access procedures to WMO mandatory publications. Kindly ignore these procedures and follow the new access requirements as indicated in the modified letter dispatched on 2 December 2008:
We would like to apologize to those of you who have encountered difficulties during this transition period.
It would be greatly appreciated if those RTHs that have not responded do so as soon as possible as we are expecting NMHS to nominate their RTH centres as DCPCs under WIS.
Should you require additional clarification for completing the questionnaire do not hesitate to contact us.
RTH Focal Points for Tokyo, Japan: Mr. Shimazaki will be joining the WMO Secretariat in January 2009 and is replaced by Mr. Kenji Tsunoda.
| Focal points for observing stations |
20 November |
Change in focal point for Denmark.
| Volume A - corrigendum |
20 November |
Notification from the Netherlands to rectify station 06235/EHKD "De
Kooiy" to read: 06235/EHKD "De Kooij".
| Airbase Soesterberg (NL) closed 15/11/2008 |
12 November |
Notification from The Netherlands that on 15 November 2008 the Royal Netherlands Air Force air base Soesterberg
(06265 - EHSB) will officially close its gates. In addition, the
meteorological observation site will be dismantled.
As a result of this, the routine (fully automated) production and
exchange of all types of operational and climatological observations
will terminate as from 17-11-2008. This concerns (inter)national
distribution of SYNOP, METAR, KLIM (national product) and TAF forecast.
| Additional Data and Products - Resolution 40 (Cg-XII) |
6 November |
Additional Data/Products WMO Resolution 40 (Cg-XII) - All Netherlands synoptic data are to be considered as essential effective 1 January 2009.
Additional data and products home page
| Snow Reporting |
6 November |
REMINDER: It is recalled that reporting of snow on the ground (not only snow falling in past or present weather) is part of SYNOP Section 3. Reporting of this information follows Regional Regulations as defined in WMO No. 306 - Manual on Codes - Volume II. This rule applies to all Regions, including regions I and V. Reporting of group 4E'sss is mandatory (shall be included at least once daily) when there is snow or ice on the ground. Only the time(s) of reporting may vary from Region to Region.
| Region 1: |
at 0600 or 1200 UTC |
| Region 2: |
preferably at 0000 UTC |
| Region 3: |
preferably at 1200 UTC |
| Region 4: |
at 0600 or 1200 UTC |
| Region 5: |
at 0000 or 1800 UTC |
| Region 6: |
preferably at 0600 UTC |
| Operational Newsletters 2008 |
September |
Operational Newsletters for 2008
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Archive
| Daylight Saving Time - New Zealand |
27 September |
New Zealand will introduce a period of daylight saving from 1400 UTC 27 September 2008 to 1400 UTC 4 April 2009. During this period all upper air sounding will be carried out one hour earlier but synop reports will continue to be made at UTC times.
WMO No. 306 - Manual on Codes - Volume I.1 – Part A – Alphanumeric Codes
Corrigendum to Supplement No. 6.
| International Codes - National Practices |
7 May |
Notification from Japan:
The aeronautical code changes for METAR/SPECI and TAF (based on ICAO
Amendment 73), due to be implemented on 2 November 2005, will be put
into operation by Japan as from 15 UTC on 22 May 2008.
| Redesign of web pages |
24 September |
The Operational Information web pages have been redesigned so if you notice any errors or wish to see other information included please let us know by completing our feedback form.
| Analysis of Bulletin Headers and Contents of Bulletins |
24 September |
The analysis using the July 2008 SMM is now available.
RTH Centres should review the contents of Volume C1 - Catalogue of Meteorological Bulletins
and send their amendments to the WMO Secretariat.
| Migration to Table Driven Code Form (TDCF) |
23 September |
Monitoring the evolution of BUFR/CREX bulletins in Volume C1
Related to the migration from the Traditional Alphanumeric Codes (TAC) to the Table Driven Code Forms (TDCF)
| Volume C2 - Transmission Programmes |
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| Chapter 1 - Data Distribution Systems via Satellites: Notification from the Russian Federation to add METEOINFORM system. |
19 September |
TERMINATION OF MTSAT-1R's HiRID and WEFAX broadcast services
Notification from Japan Meteorological Agency: Since the commencement of the MTSAT-1R operational service in June 2005, JMA has been providing HiRID (compatible with S-VISSR) and WEFAX imagery along with new HRIT and LRIT imagery, as a transition measure for users of S-VISSR and/or WEFAX imagery. After 0230 UTC on 12 March 2008 the only direct broadcast services available will be HRIT and LRIT>>SEE TRANSMISSION PROGRAMMES. |
12 March |
| Routeing Catalogues |
4 August |
Links to the routeing catalogues from Melbourne and Beijing
have changed as follows:
| Monitoring of the Operation of the WWW |
July |
Internationally coordinated monitoring of the operation of the WWW on a non-real-time basis
A letter of invitation to participate in the 2008 Annual Global Monitoring (AGM) and the pre-operational phase of the Integrated WWW Monitoring (IWM) and its annexes (procedures, monitoring reference data sets) are available from:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/ois/monitor/WWWqtyMonitoring.html or http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/ois/monitor/agm/index.html
