2025/03/11 Effective Immediately
DM03-25.06  Suspending Balloon Launches

NOXX10 KWBC 110943
Data Mgt Message 03.25-06

To:  AWIPS/NOAAPort Users. Emergency Managers Weather
     Information Network /EMWIN/ National Weather Services
     /NWS/ Customers. WAFS Users.  GTS Users. NWS Fax Chart
     Users

From:  RTH Washington IDP DataFlow

Subject: Suspending Balloon Launches

Effective immediately, and until further notice, the National Weather Service
/NWS/ is temporarily suspending some weather balloon launches in Albany..
New York/ 72518/ Gray..Maine /74389/ and Kotzebue..Alaska /70133/ due to
a lack of Weather Forecast Office /WFO/ staffing.

For NOAAPORT and NON-AWIPS Customers - if you have any
questions regarding distribution or would like to add these
products to your datastream please contact Data Management
at nco.idp.dataflow@noaa.gov.

This information is also posted on the NWS IDP DataFlow
change notices web page. The url is listed below.

https://www.weather.gov/datamgmt/notices

IDP DataFlow
NCO Implementation & Data Services Branch
College ParkGISC/RTH Washington Sends
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