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Service Change Notice 25-18
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
305 PM EST Thu Feb 20 2025

To: Subscribers:
 -NOAA Weather Wire Service
 -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
 -NOAAPort
 Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees

From: Jason Levit, Branch Chief
 Verification, Post-Processing, Product Generation
 NOAA Environmental Modeling Center

Subject:  Additions and Changes to the Station Time Series BUFR
Station Lists for the GFS, RAP, and HRRR: Effective March 25,
2025

Effective on or about Tuesday, March 25, 2025, beginning with
the 1200 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) model distribution,
the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) will
modify the list of stations for which station time series Binary
Universal Form for the Representation of Meteorological Data
(BUFR) data are generated for the Global Forecast System (GFS),
the Rapid Refresh (RAP) model, and the High-Resolution Rapid
Refresh (HRRR) model.

- The new stations are listed in Table 1 below.
- Stations for which information is being changed are listed in
Table 2 below.
- No stations are being removed.
- There will be no accompanying NOAAPort changes to the lists of
stations in the GFS model BUFR sounding collectives.
- There will be no changes to the HRRR-Alaska output.

Table 1.  New Sites in the Station Lists.  The numerical and
character identifications are provided:

000530 LIWNear Long Isl Twin Frk NY
000531 CEACharleston Exec Airport  SC
000532 WINMWindigo  MI
000533 HERMHerman MI
000534 KUAOAurora Airport OR
000535 PHHNHana Airport HI
000536 HLKLHaleakala Summit HI
000537 MKEAMauna Kea Summit HI
000538 PHBKBarking Sands HI
000539 PHUPUpolu Airport HI
000540 MLOAMauna Loa Summit HI
000541 PMDYHenderson Field  HI
000542 HI01Princeville Airport HI
000543 PHNGKaneohe Bay MCAS HI
000544 SCPESouth Cape HI
000545 GBOGreen Bank Observatory WV
000546 MALOMalone NY
00547 CLCRColchester Reef  VT
000548 ALBUAlbaugh  VT
000549 KLGNKillington Peak  VT
000550 NUNDNorth Underhill  VT
000551 RIPTRipton VT
000552 KJFXJasper AL
000553 KALXAlexander City AL
000554 KJZICharleston Exec Airport  SC
000555 KDSVDansville NY
000556 NCPENorth Cape FL
000557 JAXXOff Jacksonville FL
000558 PENXOff Pensacola FL
000559 TPXXOff Tampa FL
000560 TLHXOff Tallahassee  FL
000561 DABXOff Daytona Beach FL
000562 PANXOff Panama City  FL
000563 KS12Albany OR
000564 PRKDParkdale OR
000565 OC29Buoy 29  OR
000566 OC50Buoy 50  OR
000567 OC89Buoy 89  OR
000568 KRGACentral KY Region Arpt KY
000569 AEJBuena Vista Airport CO
000570 ESTPEstes Park CO
000571 CANOCanon City CO
000572 GSHGoshen Municipal Arpt IN
000573 ANQAngola Airport IN
000574 SYSESyracuse KS
000575 OWDNorwood Memorial Arpt MA
000576 FITFitchburg (ASOS) MA
000577 GRNFGreenfield MA
000578 GLOUGloucester MA
000579 TANTaunton (ASOS) MA
000580 NTHHNorthampton MA
000581 FDKFrederick Muni Airport MD
000582 GAIGaithersburg MD
000583 IZGFryeburg (ASOS)  ME
000584 NERANew Era  MI
000585 ARBAnn Arbor Muni (ASOS) MI
000586 GPZGrand Rapids (AWOS) MN
000587 ROSRush City MN
000588 8Y2Buffalo Muni Airport MN
000589 ANEMinneapolis/Blaine MN
000590 CKCGrand Marais/Cook Co MN
000591 KRPXRoundup  MT
000592 KCMAKancamagus Pass  NH
000593 SKXTAOS Muni Airport (AWOS) NM
000594 LAMLos Alamos Airport NM
000595 29GRavenna Portage Co Arpt  NM
000596 VESVersailles Dark Co Arpt  OH
000597 THVYork Airport (ASOS) PA
000598 PTTOPottstown PA
000599 WDFDWoodford State Park VT
000600 ASWIAshland Airport  WI
000605 SHDStaunton/Shenandoah VA
000615 KHAFHalf Moon Bay Airport CA
000616 KSVRSouth Valley Airport UT
001007 KSEZSedona Airport AZ
001008 KPANPayson Airport AZ
001009 KJTCSpringerville Muni Arpt  AZ
001010 KCMRWilliams AZ
001011 KRQEWindow Rock (ASOS) AZ
001012 TUBATuba City AZ
001013  CHNChinle AZ
001014  JLKJacob Lake AZ
001015 KAYAKayenta  AZ
001016  SUPSupai AZ
001017 PCHSPeach Springs AZ
001018  BDDBagdad AZ
001019  SMASecond Mesa AZ
001020  TNPTEEC NOS POS AZ
001021  BOPBuffalo Pass AZ
001500 LGAVAthens, Greece
001501 MBPVProvidenciales, Turks and Caicos
001502 UHMMMagadan, Russia
001503 UHPPPetropavlovsk, Russia
001504 USNNNizhnevartovsk, Russia
039690 EIDWDublin, Ireland
066700 LSZHZurich, Switzerland
068368 FAJSJohannesburg / Tambo, South Africa
071570 LFPGParis/Roissy-en-France
076900 LFMNNice, France
082210 LEMDMadrid, Spain
085150 LPAZSanta Maria Island, Portugal
085360 LPPTLisbon, Portugal
160660 LIMCMilano/Milan, Italy
233300 USDDSalekhard, Russia
303090 UIBBBratsk, Russia
307100 UIIIDzerzhinsk, Russia
317350 UHHHKhabarovsk, Russia
401800 LLBGTel Aviv, Israel
471130 RKSISeoul Incheon, South Korea
471280 RKTUChongiu, South Korea
471820 RKPCCheju, South Korea
478080 RJFFFukuoka, Japan
489910 VDPPPhnom-Penh, Cambodia
618320 GUCYConarky, Guinea
619800 FMEERoland Garros, Reunion
722267 KTOITroy Municipal AirportAL
724458 KJEFJefferson City AirportMO
726963 KTMKTillamookOR
789480 TLPLHewandorra, St. Lucia
789580 TGPYSt. Georges, Grenada
845150 SPCLPucallpa, Peru

Table 2.  Changes Being Made to the Station Lists that Involve
Existing Sites.  The numerical and character identifications are
provided:

- The location of station 000251 (KLDM, Ludington, MI) is
corrected from 43.58N, 84.24W to 43.96N, 85.30W.

- The location of station 000252 (KRQB, Big Rapids, MI) is
corrected from 43.43N, 85.30W to 43.73N, 85.51W.

- The location of station 000253 (KMOP, Mount Pleasant, MI) is
corrected from 43.37N, 84.44W to 43.62N, 84.74W.

Questions or comments concerning this implementation should be
directed to the contacts below.

For product questions:

Jason Levit
NOAA Environmental Modeling Center
jason.levit@noaa.gov

For dataflow questions:

Margaret Curtis
NCEP Central Operations
margaret.curtis@noaa.gov

National Service Change Notices are online at:

https://www.weather.gov/notification