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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1034 AM EDT FRI OCT 2 2009

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

...THE SUNSHINE SENSOR AT WILMINGTON NC WILL BE DEACTIVATED ON
NOVEMBER 1 2009...

BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1 2009...DAILY MINUTES OF SUNSHINE AS REPORTED
IN THE SUPPLEMENTARY CLIMATOLOGICAL MESSAGE /SCD/...THE DAILY
CLIMATE MESSAGE /CLI/...THE MONTHLY F6 AND THE MONTHLY CLIMATE
SUMMARY /CLM/...WILL BE DISCONTINUED.

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

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



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