Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS National HQ
Issued by NWS National HQ
506 NOUS41 KWBC 311645 PNSWSH Service Change Notice 24-61 National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD 1245 PM EDT Fri May 31 2024 To: Subscribers: -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network -NOAAPort Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees From: Stephen Bieda III, Ph.D, Chief Severe, Fire, Public and Winter Weather Services Branch Subject: Discontinuation of the Max/Min Temperature and Precipitation Table Product for all NWS Southern Region Offices: Effective July 1, 2024 Effective July 1, 2024, all NWS Southern Region (SR) Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) will discontinue issuance of the Maximum/Minimum (Max/Min) Temperature and Precipitation Table Product (RTPxx and RTPxxx). The information contained in the RTP duplicates information contained in other text products as well as various websites and NWS application programming interface (API). WFO local products providing the data contained in the RTP product at individual locations include: * Daily Summary Message (DSM) Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) Text Products for daily summaries of temperatures and precipitation from which the current RTP and CLI is constructed * Climate (CLI) Text Products for routine climate reports * Public Information Statement (PNS) Text Products for summaries of temperatures and precipitation during significant weather events * Record Event Report (RER) Text Products for record event reporting * RR3 Text Products for cooperative observations * MTR Text Products for routine METAR observations with temperature and precipitation data Alternative websites providing the data contained in the RTP product at individual locations include: * NOAA Online Weather Data: http://weather.gov/climate * NWS Weather API: https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web- api * Aviation Weather Center API: https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/#/ Alternative web site providing the data contained in the RTP product with option to access data at multiple locations: * Regional Climate Center- Applied Climate Information System (RCC-ACIS): https://www.rcc-acis.org/examples.html As part of this webpage, SC ACIS is available to access data from multiple stations for a specific date at one time: * SC ACIS: https://scacis.rcc-acis.org/ The weather enterprise and private sector companies may also provide tailored services. Offices for which Regional Max/Min Temperature and Precipitation (RTP) Products will be discontinued: Office Name AWIPS ID WMO Header ----------- -------- ---------- Albuquerque, NM RTPABQ ASUS65 KABQ Amarillo,TX RTPAMA ASUS64 KAMA Austin/San Antonio, TX RTPEWX ASUS64 KEWX Birmingham, AL RTPBMX ASUS64 KBMX Corpus Christi, TX RTPCRP ASUS64 KCRP El Paso, TX RTPEPZ ASUS64 KEPZ Huntsville, AL RTPHUN ASUS64 KHUN State of Mississippi (Jackson) RTPMS ASUS64 KJAN Jacksonville, FL RTPJAX ASUS62 KJAX Key West, FL RTPKEY ASUS62 KKEY Little Rock, AR RTPLZK ASUS64 KLZK Lubbock, TX RTPLUB ASUS64 KLUB Texas (Lubbock) RTPTX ASUS64 KLUB Melbourne, FL RTPMLB ASUS62 KMLB Memphis, TN RTPMEG ASUS64 KMEG Miami, FL RTPMFL ASUS62 KMFL Midland/Odessa, TX RTPMAF ASUS64 KMAF Mobile, AL / Pensacola, FL RTPMOB ASUS64 KMOB Morristown, TN RTPMRX ASUS64 KMRX Nashville, TN RTPOHX ASUS64 KOHX New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA RTPLIX ASUS64 KLIX Georgia (Peachtree City) RTPGA ASUS62 KFFC Oklahoma (Norman) RTPOK ASUS64 KOUN San Angelo, TX RTPSJT ASUS64 KSJT Puerto Rico / USVI (San Juan) RTPPR ASCA62 TJSJ Shreveport, LA RTPSHV ASUS64 KSHV Tallahassee, FL RTPTAE ASUS62 KTAE Tampa Bay Area, FL RTPTBW ASUS62 KTBW For more information, please contact: Timothy Oram Chief, Meteorological Services Branch Southern Region Headquarters National Weather Service timothy.oram@noaa.gov National Service Change Notices are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/