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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
245 PM EDT THU JUL 02 2009

...FISCHER-PORTER REBUILD /FPR/ NOW IMPLEMENTED AT THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE IN MELBOURNE /MLBF1/ FLORIDA...ON JULY 
01 2009.
 
...FISCHER-PORTER REBUILD /FPR/ NOW IMPLEMENTED AT THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE IN VERO BEACH /VRBF1/ FLORIDA...ON JULY 
02 2009.

...FISCHER-PORTER REBUILD /FPR/ BEING IMPLEMENTED IN EAST CENTRAL   
FLORIDA DURING JULY...

THIS EQUIPMENT MODIFICATION WILL CHANGE THE WAY THE PRECIPITATION 
MEASUREMENT IS TAKEN. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE QUALITY OR THE 
TIMELINESS OF THIS STATIONS HOURLY PRECIPITATION DATA 
/HPD/. DATA WILL CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED IN MONTHLY HPD PUBLICATIONS.

THERE ARE A TOTAL OF FOUR SITES TO RECEIVE THE FISCHER-PORTER 
REBUILD IN THE NWSFO MELBOURNE COUNTY WARNING AREA./CWA/. SITES THAT 
ARE BEING UPGRADED ARE LISTED BELOW WITH THEIR EXPECTED 
IMPLEMENTATION DATES BELOW.

COOPERATIVE STATION NAME . .COOPERATIVE STATION NUMBER. .IMPLEMENTED

MELBOURNE WFO /MLBF1/. . . .08-5612-04 . . . . . . . . . JULY 01 2009
VERO BEACH 4 SE /VRBF1/. . .08-9219-04 . . . . . . . . . JULY 02 2009
                                                         SCHEDULED
DELAND/DELF1/. . .  . . . . 08-2229-03 . . . . . . . . . JULY    2009
LISBON /LSBF1/. . . . . . . 08-5076-03 . . . . . . . . . JULY    2009

THE DATA FROM FPR GAUGES WILL BE REPORTED BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATE 
DATA CENTER /NCDC/ AS A MONTHLY PRODUCT IN THE HOURLY PRECIPITATION 
DATA /HPD/ BULLETIN FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE MONTH OF MEASUREMENT.

INFORMATION ON HPD PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS IS AVAILABLE FROM NCDC AT 
HTTP://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/OA/MPP/  USE LOWER CASE LETTERS AND SCROLL
DOWN TO /MOST REQUESTED F/ SECTION - THE SIXTH SECTION ON THE PAGE -
AND THEN CLICK ON THE WORD /SAMPLE/ TO VIEW AN HPD BULLETIN.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 
FISCHER-PORTER REBUILD AT THE ABOVE LISTED SITE...PLEASE CONTACT:

BUD DIETZMANN
NWS/WFO-MLB...OBSERVATION PROGRAM LEADER (OPL) 
MELBOURNE FLORIDA
PHONE: 321-255-0212
EMAIL: FRANCIS.DIETZMANN@NOAA.GOV

THIS AND OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUBLIC INFORMATION 
STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

USE LOWER CASE LETTERS IN THE ABOVE WEB ADDRESS.

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DIETZMANN/TURNER/JORDAN