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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 08-83
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST WED OCT 15 2008

TO:	  SUBSCRIBERS:
          -FAMILY OF SERVICES
          -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
          -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
          -NOAAPORT
          OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES

FROM:	  RICHARD J. VOGT
	  DIRECTOR...WSR-88D RADAR OPERATIONS CENTER

SUBJECT:  CONVERSION OF EVANSVILLE /KVWX/ WSR-88D LEVEL II 
          DATA STREAM: NOVEMBER 1 2008

REFER TO PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT SENT NOVEMBER 26 2007 

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/TIN07-95WSR-88D_LEVEL2.TXT

THE KVWX WSR-88D LEVEL II DATA STREAM CONTENT WILL CHANGE WHEN KVWX 
IS BROUGHT BACK ON LINE ON NOVEMBER 1 2008. THE DATA WILL BE 
TRANSMITTED AS SUPER RESOLUTION DATA IN LINE WITH THE WAY OTHER NWS 
WSR-88DS TRANSMIT DATA.

THE KVWX RADAR DATA ACQUISITION /RDA/ IS BEING UPGRADED TO THE  
WSR-88D BASELINE CONFIGURATION.  AMONG OTHER BENEFITS THE UPGRADE 
WILL ENABLE RADAR TO PRODUCE SUPER-RESOLUTION DATA. 

WHEN KVWX RETURNS TO OPERATION... THE LEVEL II DATA FORMAT WILL 
REMAIN IN MSG31 AS BEFORE AT KVWX AND AT ALL OTHER SITES. FUTURE 
KVWX DATA WILL CONFORM TO THE DATA FORMAT USED AT OTHER NWS WSR-88D 
SITES.  NWS PLANS TO BEGIN TRANSMITTING SUPER RESOLUTION LEVEL II 
DATA WHEN KVWX RETURNS TO OPERATION ON NOVEMBER 1 2008. 

PLEASE SEND ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS CHANGE TO:

  TIM CRUM
  WSR-88D RADAR OPERATIONS CENTER
  1200 WESTHEIMER DRIVE
  NORMAN OK 73069
  TIM.D.CRUM@NOAA.GOV
	
TECHNICAL IMPLEMENATION NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/:

  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM

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