[METNO C] UK addition of TAC AMDAR?

Exeter announed they started several headers for TAC AMDER on October 20th. I know nothing, but probably somebody requested that for hardship in migration.

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NOXX02 LSSW 210400
METNO C4314
207 DM 30/09/2014 6 EXETER UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND EXETER 30/09/2014  ISS116 EGRR FM 94-XIII 01 02 04 05
07 08 10 11 13 14 16 17 19 20 22 23 0-90W TROPICAL BELT SHIP
208 AM 14/10/2014 6 EXETER UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND EXETER 30/09/2014  ISSE16 EGRR FM 94-XIII 01 02 04 05
07 08 10 11 13 14 16 17 19 20 22 23 0-90W TROPICAL BELT SHIP
209 AA 20/10/2014 6 EXETER UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND EXETER 20/10/2014  UDAA02 EGRR FM 42-XI EXT. AS
AVAILABLE  AMDAR REPORTS;  AREA BETWEEN/ZONE ENTRE: 60S-90S
210 AA 20/10/2014 6 EXETER UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND EXETER 20/10/2014  UDAC02 EGRR FM 42-XI EXT. AS
AVAILABLE  AMDAR REPORTS;  AREA BETWEEN/ZONE ENTRE: 90N-66.5N
211 AA 20/10/2014 6 EXETER UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND EXETER 20/10/2014  UDAF02 EGRR FM 42-XI EXT. AS
AVAILABLE  AMDAR REPORTS ; AREA BETWEEN/ZONE ENTRE: 30N-35S, 20W-45E
212 AA 20/10/2014 6 EXETER UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND EXETER 20/10/2014  UDAS02 EGRR FM 42-XI EXT. AS
AVAILABLE  AMDAR REPORTS ; AREA BETWEEN/ZONE ENTRE: 66.5N-00, 45E-140E
213 AA 20/10/2014 6 EXETER UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND EXETER 20/10/2014  UDEU02 EGRR FM 42-XI EXT. AS
AVAILABLE  AMDAR REPORTS ; AREA BETWEEN/ZONE ENTRE: 66.5N-30N, 20W-45E
214 AA 20/10/2014 6 EXETER UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND EXETER 20/10/2014  UDIO02 EGRR FM 42-XI EXT. AS
AVAILABLE  AMDAR REPORTS ; AREA BETWEEN/ZONE ENTRE: 00-60S, 45E-120E
215 AA 20/10/2014 6 EXETER UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND EXETER 20/10/2014  UDNA02 EGRR FM 42-XI EXT. AS
AVAILABLE  AMDAR REPORTS ; AREA BETWEEN/ZONE ENTRE: 66.5N-00N,
140W-80W & 66.5-10N, 80-60W
216 AA 20/10/2014 6 EXETER UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND EXETER 20/10/2014  UDNT02 EGRR FM 42-XI EXT. AS
AVAILABLE  AMDAR REPORTS ; AREA BETWEEN/ZONE ENTRE: 66.5N-10N, 60W-20W
217 AA 20/10/2014 6 EXETER UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND EXETER 20/10/2014  UDPN02 EGRR FM 42-XI EXT. AS
AVAILABLE  AMDAR REPORTS ; AREA BETWEEN/ZONE ENTRE: 66.5N-00N,
140E-140W
218 AA 20/10/2014 6 EXETER UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND EXETER 20/10/2014  UDPS02 EGRR FM 42-XI EXT. AS
AVAILABLE  AMDAR REPORTS ; AREA BETWEEN/ZONE ENTRE: 00S-60S, 120E-80W
219 AA 20/10/2014 6 EXETER UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND EXETER 20/10/2014  UDSA02 EGRR FM 42-XI EXT. AS
AVAILABLE  AMDAR REPORTS ; AREA BETWEEN/ZONE ENTRE: 10N-60S, 80W-20W &
35S-60S, 20W-45E

[WMOCodes] Fast Track 2014 bis approved

Please check http://redmine.toyoda-eizi.net/projects/wmocodes/versions/18 for more details.

[METNO C] Offenbach stops TEMP SHIP on Nov 10

NOXX02 LSSW 140400
METNO C4214
1407 DD 10/11/2014 6 OFFENBACH GERMANY OFFENBACH 20/05/1999 E USVX01
EDZW FM36-XI EXT. 00,12 TEMP SHIP
1408 DD 10/11/2014 6 OFFENBACH GERMANY OFFENBACH 20/05/1999 E UKVX01
EDZW FM36-XI EXT. 00,12 TEMP SHIP
1409 DD 10/11/2014 6 OFFENBACH GERMANY OFFENBACH 20/05/1999 E ULVX01
EDZW FM36-XI EXT. 00,12 TEMP SHIP
1410 DD 10/11/2014 6 OFFENBACH GERMANY OFFENBACH 20/05/1999 E UEVX01
EDZW FM36-XI EXT. 00,12 TEMP SHIP

[METNO A] observation schedule changes in Norway

NOXX01 LSSW 160800 METNO A4214 E 01049 ALTA LUFTHAVN X X X
X X X X X . . . . / 01089 KIRKENES
X X X X X X X X . . . . / 01150 HJARTASEN
X X X X X X X X . . . . / 01210
ALESUND/VIGRA X X X X X X X X . . . . /
01212 ONA II X X X X X X X X
. . . . / 01218 TAFJORD X X X X X
X X X . . . . / 01240 HALTEN LH X X X
X X X X X . . . . / 01288 ROROS AP X
X X X X X X X . . . . / 01442 BYGLANDSFJORD X
X X X X X X X . . . . /

[METNO C] Netherlands terminates TAC SYNOP/TEMP/CLIMAT on Nov 3

Please see
https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/TCBUF/TAC+GTS+switch+off
or
ftp://ftp.wmo.int/wmo-ddbs/OperationalInfo/VolumeC1/From_WMO/METNO/2014/MC4114.txt
for detail.

Toyoda-eizi.net down until 23Z Friday

Toyoda-eizi.net was down since 11z to 23z Friday, due to technical problems. I apologize for any inconvenience.

[WMO Op News] New station index number blocks allocated for Canada and Bhutan

The WWW Operational Newsletter reports allocations of station index numbers
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/ois/Operational_Information/Newsletters/current_news_en.html

* 73001 to 73998 for Canada (they already have 71001-71998 but it's full
already)
* 44500 to 44519 for Bhutan

As was described in the newsletter, the procedure is defined in the WMO
Manual on Codes (WMO No. 306) Volume I.1 Part A, Section D. The manual
simply says:

``Block numbers are allotted to the services within each Region by
regional agreement.''

You might notice the index number ending with "000" and "999" are not
allowed. Right. They are reserved for interference with parsing of TAC
(traditional alphanumeric codes). Much more numbers are reserved
actually. For example 44444 is reserved while 44400 to 44499 are
allocated to Nepal. Please see the Section D of the manual for
complete list of reserved numbers. That is ugliness of TAC. Maybe we
can lift the ugly restrictions after ample number of years passed after
the TAC is declared dead.

Another thought. Some says the Volume I.1 will eventually be removed
after WMO finds nobody uses TAC and ICAO says it won't need TAC
anymore. At that time apparently we must move the Section D to
somewhere else.

TDCF Migration - is that final or temporary suspension?

I got a question about my recent blog post on METNO C monitoring namely
TAC bulletin termination:

Is that permanent suppressions or are they rather temporary?

The answer should be "Yes it should be permanent".

Technically there is no "temporal suspension" flag in the Volume C1.
The METNO C message is basically a diff of Volume C1, so there are only
amendment (AM/DM), addition (AA), and deletion (DD). What we see is
only "it's deletion" and no distinction of permanent and temporary
deletions.

In theory a WMO member may "suspend" a bulletin by addition of a
bulletin header followed by a short period after deletion of the same
heading. The miniman theoretical period of suspension is two months,
as the Section 5.1 of the Manual on GTS tells WMO member *shall* notify
the Volume C1 changing at least two months in advance.

But this time it is quite unlikely that the termination of TAC is
retracted. This move is a part of decade-long plan of TDCF Migration of
WMO. Weeks ago the CBS Extraordinary Session in Paraguay recommened
"that Members adding new reports for exchange using the Global
Telecommunication System should not use Traditional Alphanumeric Code to
represent the information" (Rec. 2.3(1)/5, CBS-Ext.(2014)). I think the
recommendation will be endorsed by the Congress next year.