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Public Information Statement...CORRECTED
National Weather Service
Duluth MN 1031 AM CDT Sun Oct 6 2024

...Soliciting Comments on the Discontinuation of the Max Min
Temperature and Precipitation Table Product for all NWS Central
Region Offices...

CORRECTED FOR FORMATTING AND TO CHANGE SIOUX FALLS, SD PRODUCT
IDENTIFIER TO RTPFSD.

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

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

Subject: Soliciting Comments through November 2, 2024 on the
Discontinuation of the Max/Min Temperature and Precipitation Table
Product (RTP) for all NWS Central Region Offices

The Max/Min Temperature and Precipitation Table Product (RTP) is
a text product providing the maximum/minimum temperatures and
precipitation totals for a sub-state region, an entire state, or
a multi-state region.  The RTP table is used by national centers
and local media. Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs), in coordination
with their local users and Regional Headquarters, will determine
the regional extent of this product and which WFOs will issue sub-
state, multi-state, or state product(s).

The information contained in the RTP duplicates information
contained in other text products as well as various websites and
NWS application programming interfaces (API).

WFO local products providing the data contained in the RTP
product include:

* PNS Text Products for summaries of temperatures and
  precipitation   during significant weather events (Public
  Information Statement)
* LSR Text Products for event-driven rainfall and snowfall
  reports
* RER Text Products for record event reporting (Record Event
  Report)
* DSM Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) Daily Summary
  messages
* CLI Text Products for routine climate reports (Daily Climate
  Report)
* RR3 Text Products for cooperative observations
  (Hydrometeorological Data Report)
* MTR Text Products for routine METAR observations with
  temperature and precipitation data. Alternative websites
  providing the data contained in the RTP product include:
  - NOAA Online Weather Data
  - https://www.weather.gov/climate?wfo=xxx where "xxx" is the
    Weather Forecast Office (WFO) identifier
  - NWS Weather API:
    https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-api
  - Aviation Weather Center API:
    https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/#/

The weather enterprise and private sector companies may also
provide tailored services.

Offices and states for which Regional Max/Min Temperature and
Precipitation (RTP) Products are proposed to be discontinued:

Office Name                    AWIPS ID    WMO Header
-----------                    --------    ----------
Aberdeen, SD                   RTPABR      ASUS63 KABR
North Central Lower Michigan   RTPAPX      ASUS63 KAPX
LaCrosse, WI                   RTPARX      ASUS63 KARX
Bismarck, ND                   RTPBIS      ASUS63 KBIS
Denver/Boulder, CO             RTPBOU      ASUS65 KBOU
Cheyenne, WY                   RTPCYS      ASUS65 KCYS
Dodge City, KS                 RTPDDC      ASUS63 KDDC
Duluth, MN                     RTPDLH      ASUS63 KDLH
Des Moines, IA                 RTPDMX      ASUS63 KDMX
Detroit, MI                    RTPDTX      ASUS63 KDTX
Quad Cities, IA/IL             RTPDVN      ASUS63 KDVN
Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO  RTPEAX      ASUS63 KEAX
Grand Forks, ND                RTPFGF      ASUS63 KFGF
Sioux Falls, SD                RTPFSD      ASUS63 KFSD
Hastings, NE                   RTPGID      ASUS63 KGID
Grand Junction, CO             RTPGJT      ASUS65 KGJT
Goodland, KS                   RTPGLD      ASUS63 KGLD
Green Bay, WI                  RTPGRB      ASUS63 KGRB
Grand Rapids, MI               RTPGRR      ASUS63 KGRR
Wichita, KS                    RTPICT      ASUS63 KICT
Central Illinois               RTPILX      ASUS63 KILX
Indianapolis, IN               RTPIND      ASUS63 KIND
Northern Indiana               RTPIWX      ASUS63 KIWX
Jackson, KY                    RTPJKL      ASUS63 KJKL
North Platte, NE               RTPLBF      ASUS63 KLBF
Louisville, KY                 RTPLMK      ASUS63 KLMK
Chicago, IL                    RTPLOT      ASUS63 KLOT
St Louis, MO                   RTPLSX      ASUS63 KLSX
Milwaukee, WI                  RTPMKX      ASUS63 KMKX
Twin Cities, MN                RTPMPX      ASUS63 KMPX
Marquette, MI                  RTPMQT      ASUS63 KMQT
Omaha, NE                      RTPOAX      ASUS63 KOAX
Paducah, KY                    RTPPAH      ASUS63 KPAH
Pueblo, CO                     RTPPUB      ASUS65 KPUB
Riverton, WY                   RTPRIW      ASUS63 KRIW
Springfield, MO                RTPSGF      ASUS63 KSGF
Topeka, KS                     RTPTOP      ASUS63 KTOP
Rapid City, SD                 RTPUNR      ASUS63 KUNR
State of Nebraska              RTPNE       ASUS63 KOAX
State of North Dakota          RTPND       ASUS63 KBIS
State of South Dakota          RTPSD       ASUS63 KFSD
State of Colorado              RTPCO       ASUS65 KPUB
State of Kansas                RTPKS       ASUS63 KTOP
State of Missouri              RTPMO       ASUS63 KLSX
State of Iowa                  RTPIA       ASUS63 KDMX
State of Wisconsin             RTPWI       ASUS63 KMKX
State of Illinois              RTPIL       ASUS63 KLOT
State of Michigan              RTPMI       ASUS63 KAPX
State of Indiana               RTPIN       ASUS63 KIND
State of Kentucky              RTPKY       ASUS63 KLMK

Comments on the proposal to discontinue RTP products for all NWS
Central Region offices may be sent to:

Michael Hudson
Chief, Integrated Services Division
Central Region Headquarters
National Weather Service
michael.hudson@noaa.gov

National Public Information Statements are online at:

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

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