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30 balloon reports flagged
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An operational notice from the Senior Duty Meteorologist.
Balloon reports 00Z UPDATED RAOB RECAP...
Twice a day, NWS and partner agencies release weather balloons that carry a radiosonde — a small instrument package that radios back temperature, humidity, pressure and wind as it climbs. Those soundings are one of the main ingredients in a forecast model’s starting conditions. This section is the roll call of stations that had a problem for the 00Z run.
30 stations were flagged: 5 sent no usable sounding at all, 10 reported a numeric status code, 15 were missing part of the transmission. A handful of gaps is normal and is not by itself a sign of a forecast problem — the models are built to work with an incomplete picture.
| Station | Where | What happened | As printed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYA 70414 | Shemya AFB, AK | No weather balloon data from this station reached the NAM run. The GFS run did get a report from it. | No report for NAM; Available for GFS |
| JAX 72206 | Jacksonville/Intl, FL | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report |
| VEF 72388 | Las Vegas, NV | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report |
| GRB 72645 | Green Bay/A.-Straubel, WI | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report |
| OTX 72786 | Spokane, WA | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report |
| OTZ 70133 | Kotzebue, Ralph Wien, AK | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| OME 70200 | Nome, AK | The station reported status code 10158. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10158 | 10158 |
| BET 70219 | Bethel/Bethel Airport, AK | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| SNP 70308 | St. Paul Islands, AK | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| AKN 70326 | King Salmon, AK | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| KEY 72201 | Key West/Intl, FL | The station reported status code 10145. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10145 | 10145 |
| BRO 72250 | Brownsville/Intl, TX | Ground equipment failure — the station’s tracking/receiving equipment was down, so no usable sounding was produced. | 10142 |
| TWC 72274 | Tucson, AZ | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| MFR 72597 | Medford/Medford-Jackson County, OR | Ground equipment failure — the station’s tracking/receiving equipment was down, so no usable sounding was produced. | 10142 |
| RIW 72672 | Riverton, WY | The station reported status code 10158. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10158 | 10158 |
| NKX 72293 | San Diego/Miramar, NAS, CA | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTBB, the "significant levels" section that carries the extra detail between the standard pressure levels. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTBB for NAM; Full report for GFS |
| CUU 76225 | Not in our station table | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTAA, the mandatory-levels section that carries the standard pressure levels up to 100 mb. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS |
| GYM 76256 | Empalme, Mexico · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTAA, the mandatory-levels section that carries the standard pressure levels up to 100 mb. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS |
| MTY 76394 | Aeropuerto Intl Monterrey · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTAA, the mandatory-levels section that carries the standard pressure levels up to 100 mb. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS |
| LAP 76405 | Paz, Bcs, LA · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTAA, the mandatory-levels section that carries the standard pressure levels up to 100 mb. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS |
| MZT 76458 | Colonia Juan Carrasco Mazatlan · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTAA, the mandatory-levels section that carries the standard pressure levels up to 100 mb. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS |
| ZAC 76526 | Zacatecas Sondeo · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTAA, the mandatory-levels section that carries the standard pressure levels up to 100 mb. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS |
| CUN 76595 | Cancun · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTAA, the mandatory-levels section that carries the standard pressure levels up to 100 mb. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS |
| GDL 76612 | Guadalajara, Mexico · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTAA, the mandatory-levels section that carries the standard pressure levels up to 100 mb. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS |
| MID 76644 | Aeropuerto Intl Merida, Mexico · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTAA, the mandatory-levels section that carries the standard pressure levels up to 100 mb. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS |
| MZL 76654 | Manzanillo, Col · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTAA, the mandatory-levels section that carries the standard pressure levels up to 100 mb. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS |
| MEX 76679 | Aeropuerto Internacional Mexico, D · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTAA, the mandatory-levels section that carries the standard pressure levels up to 100 mb. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS |
| HYY 76692 | Hacienda Ylang Ylang Veracruz · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTAA, the mandatory-levels section that carries the standard pressure levels up to 100 mb. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS |
| VHA 76743 | Villahermosa, Tab · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTAA, the mandatory-levels section that carries the standard pressure levels up to 100 mb. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS |
| ACA 76805 | Acapulco, Mexico · Mexico | The station reported, but part of the sounding transmission was missing — specifically TTAA, the mandatory-levels section that carries the standard pressure levels up to 100 mb. The GFS run still got a usable report from this station. | Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS |
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Exactly as NWS transmitted it. Everything above is our plain-English reading of this text — if the two ever disagree, this is the authoritative version.
000 NOUS42 KWNO 090318 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 0316Z WED SEP 09 2026 There were 9 Alaskan...25 Canadian...59 CONUS...14 Mexican...7 Caribbean and 10 Pacific stations available for ingest. In addition, there were 32 dropsondes courtesy of NOAA aircraft recon missions in the vicinity of Lowell in the Eastern Pacific. 00Z UPDATED RAOB RECAP... 70414/SYA - No report for NAM; Available for GFS 72206/JAX - No report 72388/VEF - No report 72645/GRB - No report 72786/OTX - No report 70133/OTZ - 10159 70200/OME - 10158 70219/BET - 10159 70308/SNP - 10159 70326/AKN - 10159 72201/KEY - 10145 72250/BRO - 10142 72274/TWC - 10159 72597/MFR - 10142 72672/RIW - 10158 72293/NKX - Missing TTBB for NAM; Full report for GFS 76225/CUU - Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS 76256/GYM - Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS 76394/MTY - Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS 76405/LAP - Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS 76458/MZT - Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS 76526/ZAC - Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS 76595/CUN - Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS 76612/GDL - Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS 76644/MID - Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS 76654/MZL - Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS 76679/MEX - Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS 76692/HYY - Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS 76743/VHA - Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS 76805/ACA - Missing TTAA for NAM; Full report for GFS Gerhardt/SDM/NCO