


Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS National HQ
Issued by NWS National HQ
569 NOUS41 KWBC 202005 PNSWSH 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