2023/03/23
DM03-23.04 Discontinuation of the Max/Min Temperature and Precipitation Table Product for Louisiana

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DM03-23.04

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Service Change Notice 23-20
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
330 PM EST Wed Feb 22 2023

To: Subscribers:
   -NOAA Weather Wire Service
   -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
   -NOAAPort
   Other NWS Partners...Users and Employees

From: Stephen Bieda III...Chief
      Severe...Fire...Public and Winter Weather Services Branch 

Subject: Discontinuation of the Max/Min Temperature and
         Precipitation Table Product for Louisiana: Effective
         Thursday...March 23...2023 

Effective Thursday...March 23...2023...the Slidell...LA Weather
Forecast Office /WFO LIX/ will discontinue issuance of the Max/Min
Temperature and Precipitation Table Product for the entire state of
Louisiana /RTPLA/. 

The information contained in the RTPLA can be obtained from text
products from Weather Forecast Offices /WFO/ with forecast
responsibility in Louisiana including WFO Slidell...LA...WFO Lake
Charles...LA...WFO Shreveport...LA and WFO Jackson...MS. Removing
the state-wide product will eliminate duplication and redundancy of
data reporting.

WFO Slidell Regional Max/Min Temperature and Precipitation Table
product /Southeast LA locations: Slidell...Boothville...New Orleans
International and Lakefront airports...New Orleans Downtown
Heliport...Bogalusa Carr Field...Belle Chasse...Galliano...Gonzales
Regional Airport...Baton Rouge...Port of South Louisiana/: 

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=RTP&issuedby=LIX

WFO Lake Charles Regional Max/Min Temperature and Precipitation
Table product /Southwest LA locations: Patterson...Alexandria...
Fort Polk...Lake Charles...Lafayette...New Iberia/: 

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=RTP&issuedby=LCH

WFO Shreveport Regional Max/Min Temperature and Precipitation Table
product /Northern LA locations: Shreveport...Barksdale Air Force 
Base...Monroe/: 

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=RTP&issuedby=SHV

WFO Slidell NOAA Online Weather Data: 

https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=lix

In addition...information for the main climate locations in Louisiana
can be obtained from the Daily Climate Report /CLI/ prepared by each
Louisiana WFO.

WFO Slidell Daily Climate Reports: 

https://w2.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=lix

WFO Lake Charles Daily Climate Reports: 

https://w2.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=lch

WFO Shreveport Daily Climate Reports: 

https://w2.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=shv

WFO Jackson Daily Climate Reports: 

https://w2.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=jan

Product to be discontinued:
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Product Name                  AWIPS ID      WMO Header
------------                  --------      -----------
Regional Max/Min Temperature  RTPLA         ASUS64 KLIX
and Precipitation For 
Louisiana

For more information...please contact: 

Ben Schott 
Meteorologist-in-Charge 
National Weather Service 
Slidell Forecast Office 
ben.schott@noaa.gov 

National Service Change Notices are online at: 

https://www.weather.gov/notification/

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