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SUBJECT: INITIATION OF NEW WSR-88D LEVEL II DATA STREAMS
EFFECTIVE JANUARY AND JUNE 2010

NWS PLANS TO INITIATE ELECTRONIC COLLECTION... DISTRIBUTION AND ARCHIVE OF WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER /WSR-88D/ LEVEL II DATA AT THE FOLLOWING SITES IN JANUARY 2010.

ICAO SITE NAME STATE
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PHKM KAMUELA HAWAII
PHMO MOLOKAI HAWAII
PHWA SOUTH SHORE HAWAII
PHKI SOUTH KAUAI HAWAII

NWS PLANS TO INITIATE ELECTRONIC COLLECTION...
DISTRIBUTION AND ARCHIVE OF WSR-88D LEVEL II DATA AT THE FOLLOWING SITES WITH THE INSTALLATION OF WSR-88D RADAR PRODUCT GENERATOR BUILD 12 BEGINNING IN JUNE 2010.

ICAO SITE NAME STATE
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KMXX MAXWELL AFB ALABAMA
KEOX FORT RUCKER ALABAMA
KEYX EDWARDS AFB CALIFORNIA
KVBX VANDENBERG AFB CALIFORNIA
KVAX MOODY AFB GEORGIA
KHPX FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY
KPOE FORT POLK LOUISIANA
KMBX MINOT AFB NORTH DAKOTA

THE ACTIVATION OF EACH SITE WILL DEPEND ON INSTALLATION OF REQUIRED SOFTWARE AND COMMUNICATIONS. THUS...NO DEFINITIVE DATES CAN BE PROVIDED AT THIS TIME.

THE LEVEL II DATA TRANSMITTED FROM THESE SITES WILL BE LEGACY RESOLUTION. AT THIS TIME NWS DOES NOT PLAN TO COLLECT SUPER RESOLUTION OR DUAL POLARIZATION LEVEL II DATA FROM THESE SITES. THAT COULD CHANGE BASED ON FUNDING AVAILABILITY.
 
Sweet. Finally I'll stop getting "Live data from current radar is not available!" errors in GR2 for many sites.
 
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