NOCN42 CWAO 261930
GENOT NO. 016

GENOT NO. 017 EST LA VERSION FRANCAISE DU GENOT NO. 016

AS OF OCTOBER 25TH 2005, 15:30 UTC, THE SATNET BULLETIN FEED WILL BE
PROVIDED BY THE NEW METPX (TANDEM REPLACEMENT) SYSTEM.  THE 
FOLLOWING CHANGES TO SATNET BULLETIN HEADERS ARE TO BE EXPECTED: 

1) ALL BULLETINS WILL HAVE A FULL WMO HEADER (I.E. TTAAII CCCC DDHHMM).

- IN THE CASE OF CA, MA AND RA REPORTS, THE HEADERS ARE COMPLETED 
WITH CN00 CWAO DDHHMM (WHERE DDMMHH IS THE DAYTIME GROUP FOUND 
IN THE REPORT HEADER).   IF NO DAYTIME IS PRESENT IN THE ORIGINAL REPORT,
THEN THE DAY AND TIME OF RECEIPT ON METPX IS USED IN THE WMO HEADER.

- SA, SI, SM ,FT, FC AND UPPER AIR REPORTS WILL ALL HAVE CNXX CWAO
DDHHMM” WHERE XX IS A NUMBER FROM 00 TO 99  (EX: SACN31 CWAO 221800).
THE NUMBER XX IS DETERMINED ACCORDING TO THE STATION ID AND MESSAGE 
TYPE.  A TABLE DEFINING THIS FIELD IS AVAILABLE E AT CMC.  PLEASE CONTACT
US FOR MORE DETAILS.  

EXAMPLES:

CA
WQB
400,2005,263,2009,1714,0.2

RA 202013
YCX SP 202013 AUTO 14BKN34BKN38OVC61OVC/5.0/R-/M/14.9/13.6/13106/990//551010/40
90/10063/+147+153/13006G00000000/ /1745-0/

SA 202026
YAW SP 2026 M5 BKN 30 BKN 170 OVC 15 1808 SF7CU1AC2=

WOULD BECOME:

CACN00 CWAO 202011
WQB
400,2005,263,2009,1714,0.2

RACN00 CWAO 202013
YCX SP 202013 AUTO 14BKN34BKN38OVC61OVC/5.0/R-/M/14.9/13.6/13106/990//551010/40
90/10063/+147+153/13006G00000000/ /1745-0/

SACN61 CWAO 202026
YAW SP 2026 M5 BKN 30 BKN 170 OVC 15 1808 SF7CU1AC2=

2)  ALL CANADIAN SM BULLETINS WILL HAVE THE AAXX FIELD INSERTED RIGHT
UNDER THE HEADER.

EXAMPLE:

SM 151800
71990 17/// /2104 11144 21155 38580 40218 58001 69931 7//4/ 333
11068 21147 70012=

WOULD BECOME:

SMCN39 CWAO 151800
AAXX 15184
71990 17/// /2104 11144 21155 38580 40218 58001 69931 7//4/ 333
11068 21147 70012=

3) ALL INDIVIDUAL STATIONS REPORTING WITHIN A SAME FT OR FC REPORT WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED IN INDIVIDUAL BULLETINS.

EXAMPLE:

FC 221300
TAF CYQK 221340Z  (etc)
TAF CYXL 221340Z  (etc)

WOULD BECOME 2 BULLETINS:

FCCN47 CWAO 221300
TAF CYQK 221340Z  (etc)

FCCN48 CWAO 221300
TAF CYXL 221340Z  (etc)

FOR REGIONS WISHING TO TEST THE NEW BULLETIN FEED BEFORE OCTOBER 25TH, CMC
CAN PROVIDE TEST AM SOCKET FEEDS FROM THE NEW METPX SYSTEM.  FOR MORE
INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

ANNE-MARIE BEAUBIEN
CMC/ DATA ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
TEL : (514) 421-4778
EMAIL : ANNE-MARIE.BEAUBIEN @EC.GC.CA

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