NOCN05 CWAO 041540

GENOT TLTP. NO.094 CCB

BILINGUAL MESSAGE FRENCH TEXT FOLLOWS ENGLISH TEXT MESSAGE BILINGUE
LE TEXTE FRANCAIS SUIT LE TEXTE ANGLAIS

ON NOVEMBER 26, THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CANADA WILL BE 
UPGRADING AN APPLICATION THAT ENCODES REAL-TIME PRODUCTS. THESE 
PRODUCTS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED IMPACTS ARE LISTED AS FOLLOWS:

METAR BULLETIN MESSAGES:

IMPROVED DESCRIPTION OF WEATHER ELEMENTS AND THEIR COMBINATIONS. 
SYNOPTIC BULLETIN MESSAGES (FOR SURFACE WEATHER CLIMATE PROGRAM 
AUTOSTATIONS ONLY):

PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BELOW 0.25 MM WILL NOW BE REPORTED AND 
ACCUMULATED WITHIN THE KNOWN ACCURACY OF THE GAUGE.

SNOWFALL WILL BE PROVIDED ONLY AT STATIONS WITH TRIPLE 
CONFIGURATION (THREE SENSORS FOR AIR TEMPERATURE, SNOW DEPTH AND 
PRECIPITATION). NOTE THIS WILL LIKELY BE IMPLEMENTED DURING THE 
MONTH OF JANUARY 2014

OFFICIAL PRECIPITATION WILL ONLY COME FROM THE WEIGHING GAUGE AT 
STATIONS THAT HAVE BOTH A TIPPING BUCKET RAIN GAUGE (TBRG) AND A 
PRECIPITATION WEIGHING GAUGE.

FOR STATIONS THAT ONLY HAVE A TBRG, OFFICIAL PRECIPITATION WILL 
ONLY BE REPORTED FROM THE TBRG IF THE TEMPERATURE IS EQUAL OR 
GREATER THAN 4.5 DEGREES CELCIUS.

EC 
BUFR
MSC-AWOS AND PUBLIC SURFACE WEATHER DATALOGER NETWORK BUFR 
OBSERVATIONS WILL BE REPLACED BY EDITION 4 BUFR OBSERVATIONS AND 
VARIOUS XML FORMATS.

----------------------------------

LE 26 NOVEMBRE, LE SERVICE METEOROLOGIQUE DU CANADA METTRA A NIVEAU 
UNE APPLICATION QUI ENCODE LES PRODUITS EN TEMPS REEL. CES PRODUITS 
ET LEURS EFFETS CONNEXES SONT ENUMERES CI-DESSOUS :

MESSAGES DES BULLETINS METAR :

DESCRIPTION AMELIOREE DES ELEMENTS METEOROLOGIQUES ET DE LEURS 
COMBINAISONS. MESSAGES DES BULLETINS SYNOPTIQUES (POUR LES STATIONS 
AUTOMATISEES DU PROGRAMME DE CONDITIONS DE SURFACE SEULEMENT) :