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INCIDENT NUMBER: N/A
ATTENTION ALL SADIS USERS
SERVICE AFFECTED: WAFS SIGWX
TODAY, 23 JANUARY, BOTH WAFCS WILL SWITCH TO SIGWX DATA PRODUCED BY THEIR NEW AUTOMATED SIGWX SYSTEMS FOR THE NEXT MODEL RUN (THE 06UTC RUN) ONWARDS IF THE CHANGE GOES TO PLAN.
SO THE SIGWX VALID 24 JANUARY 0600 UTC WILL BE THE FIRST TO INCLUDE THE CHANGES THAT ARE DISCUSSED HERE: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/services/transport/aviation/regulated/international-aviation/wafc/upcoming-changes
THE T+24 BUFR DATA AND PNG FORMAT CHARTS WILL BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY BEFORE 12 UTC, AND WILL BE LARGER IN SIZE. THEY WILL HAVE THE SAME FILE/BULLETIN NAMES AND BE PUBLISHED IN THE SAME DIRECTORIES ON SADIS AS THEY ARE NOW.
FOR THOSE USERS WHO VISUALISE THE BUFR DATA, ONCE THE CHANGE HAS TAKEN EFFECT, PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU ADJUST YOUR CHART LEGENDS TO USE "TURBULENCE (CAT + OROGRAPHIC)", ?TURBULENCE? OR JUST "TURB" INSTEAD OF CAT. PLEASE ALSO CHANGE THE UPPER LIMIT OF THE HIGH LEVEL SIGWX CHART TO FL600.
PLEASE NOTE: THE HIGH LEVEL BUFR FILES STILL INCLUDE THE VALUE FOR FL630 (19200M) AND NOT THE NEW VALUE APPROPRIATE TO FL600 TO ENSURE YOUR SYSTEMS ARE STILL ABLE TO PROCESS THE FILES.
ISSUED BY: SADIS MANAGER, SADISMANAGER@METOFFICE.GOV.UK
LOCATION: WAFC LONDON
A COPY OF THIS MESSAGE WILL APPEAR AT (USE LOWER CASE):
HTTP://WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK/SADIS/NEWS/INDEX.HTML
WAFC LONDON SERVICE DESK CONTACT DETAILS:
EMAIL: SERVICEDESK@METOFFICE.GOV.UK
TELEPHONE: +44 (0) 330 135 4444
Released : 23 Jan 2025 09:52