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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
243 PM EST THU NOV 19 2009

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

...FISCHER-PORTER REBUILD /FPR/ NOW IMPLEMENTED AT COOPERATIVE
STATION...

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

THERE ARE A TOTAL OF TEN SITES TO RECEIVE THE FISCHER-PORTER REBUILD
IN THE WFO-PEACHTREE CITY COUNTY WARNING AREA /CWA/. SITES THAT WERE
UPGRADED ARE LISTED WITH THEIR IMPLEMENTATION DATES BELOW.

COOP STATION NAME.........COOP NUMBER.....IMPLEMENTED
LAFAYETTE 3SSW.............09-4941.........NOV 18 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.

HTTP://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/OA/MPP USE LOWER CASE LETTERS AND SCROLL
DOWN TO /MOST REQUESTED F/ SECTION - THE SIXTH SECTION OF 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 SITES, PLEASE CONTACT:

FRANK TAYLOR
NWS/WFO-FFC...OBSERVATIONS PROGRAM LEADER (OPL)
PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA
770-486-1133 EXT. 225
EMAIL: FRANK.TAYLOR@NOAA.GOV

THIS AND OTHER NWS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

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