Manned stations data issues
- Enrico Fucile
- Xiaoxia Chen
In the following table, the manned Malawi stations are reported and the expected time of observation and transmission of the data is also presented.
Required transmission time (1 yes, 0 no)
GTS header | Station | WMO No. | 00Z | 06Z | 12Z | 18Z | |
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| 1 | SMMW51 | Chitipa | 67421 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | SMMW51 | Karonga | 67423 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | SMMW51 | Bolero | 67424 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | SMMW51 | Mzimba | 67485 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | SMMW40 | Mzuzu | 67489 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | SMMW51 | Nkhata-bay | 67493 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | SMMW51 | Kasungu | 67584 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | SMMW51 | Chitedze | 67585 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | SMMW40 | KIA | 67586 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | SMMW51 | Nkhotakota | 67591 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | SMMW51 | Salima | 67597 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 |
| Chichiri | 67687 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | SMMW51 | Dedza | 67689 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | SMMW51 | Monkey-bay | 67690 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 |
| Makoka | 67692 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | SMMW40 | Chileka | 67693 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 |
| Mangochi | 67695 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 |
| Ntaja | 67698 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | SMMW51 | Mimosa | 67699 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | SMMW51 | Bvumbwe | 67791 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | SMMW51 | Ngabu | 67796 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | SMMW51 | Ulongue | 67229 |
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| 23 | SMMW51 | Landazi | 67583 |
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The current situation in terms of reception of data through GTS by NWP Centers is in the following picture showing that there are only black dots meaning no data are received. An up-to-date map can be seen from https://wdqms.wmo.int.
Reception history for one month
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From WMO/OSCAR, the stations listed below are in the OSCAR but are not the above-mentioned table.
| Stations |
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1. | Chancellor College |
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2. | KASIYA AWS |
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3. | LOBI AWS |
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4. | MAKANGA |
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5. | MASAMBANJATI |
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6. | Mhuju |
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7. | N.R.C. |
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8. | THYOLO |
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Description of the data flow
Data are coming from manned stations via WhatsApp, email, or written text.
A workstation for GTS transmission is equipped with Netsys software. The SYNOP is copied from email or WhatsApp to Netsys (copy and paste).
Netsys is providing a syntax check before sending.
Data are sent to GISC Pretoria (RTH).
There isn’t any acknowledgment of receipt.
GISC Pretoria is responsible to send to other GTS nodes for international exchange.
The following GTS headers are sent by SMMW51, SMMW40.
SYNOP data are not saved for archival purposes.
Issues to be resolved