PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
820 AM EDT THU OCT 1 2009

...THE SUNSHINE SENSOR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
CLEVELAND OHIO WILL BE DEACTIVATED ON NOVEMBER 1 2009...

BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1 2009...DAILY MINUTES OF SUNSHINE AS REPORTED IN
THE SUPPLEMENTARY CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA MESSAGE /SCD/ AND THE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA /CF6/...WILL BE DISCONTINUED.

THE FOSTER-FOSKETT SUNSHINE SWITCH SENSOR WHICH MEASURES MINUTES OF
OBSERVED SUNSHINE IS NEARLY 60 YEARS OLD AND IS DIFFICULT TO
MAINTAIN AND CALIBRATE. SOLAR RADIATION DATA...CONSIDERED BEING MORE
ACCURATE AND RELIABLE...IS AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA
CENTER /NCDC/ FOR THE NCDC CLIMATE REFERENCE NETWORK /CRN/ AND THE
NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY /ESRL/ SURFACE RADIATION
NETWORK /SURFRAD/. THESE DATA CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB
SITES /WEB SITES SHOULD BE IN LOWER CASE/:

HTTP://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/CRN/

HTTP://WWW.SRRB.NOAA.GOV/SURFRAD/

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BRIAN MITCHELL
OBSERVING PROGRAM LEADER
NWS CLEVELAND OHIO
PHONE:  216-265-2370 X436
E-MAIL: BRIAN.MITCHELL@NOAA.GOV