World Meteorological Organization

Discontinuation of parallel broadcasting of French SYNOP data in FM12 TAC (ASCII) from 13 January 2025

Notification from Météo-France  

Starting 13 January 2025, Météo-France discontinues the parallel broadcasting of French SYNOP messages in FM12 TAC (Traditional Alphanumeric Code, ASCII). From this date, only BUFR format will be available for the following data: 

Data in FM12 TAC will no longer be available (Only BUFR available). GTS headers as below:

• S[M/N/I]FR LFPW
• SNFR[50-59] LFxx
• S[M/N/I]PF NTAA
• S[M/I]NC NWBB
• S[M/N/I]RE FMEE
• S[M/N/I]FG SOCA
• S[M/N/I]MR TFFF
• S[M/N/I]MF TFFR
• S[M/N/I]FP LFVP 

However, for the SYNOP data with the following GTS headers, both TAC and BUFR will remain available.

• S[M/I]AA01 LFPW
• S[M/I/N]RE15 FMEE
• SMFW01 NWBB
• SIFW20  NWBB
• SNNC3[0/1] NWBB 

For any missing data in BUFR format, please contact support.broadcast@meteo.fr.

Published: 04 February 2025

CLIMAT BUFR data format from Hungary will change from February 2025

Notification from HungaroMet Hungarian Meteorological Service (HungaroMet)  

Hungarian CLIMAT BUFR report (ISCD01 HABP) will be renewed from February 2025. The number of stations has been increased from 6 to 14. Regarding not all stations having the Traditional Station Identifier (TSI), the CLIMAT bulletin has been supplemented with the WIGOS Station Identifier (WSI). Consequently, BUFR template 307073 has been supplemented with descriptor 301150. The old CLIMAT BUFR  version will be replaced with the new one with the same header. 

For further information or support, please contact Imre Szöllősi (HungaroMet), National Focal Points on WIS matters for Hungary at szollosi.i@met.hu.

Published: 10  January 2025