• Met Éireann has announced to EUCOS partners that from November 2014 they will no longer send alphanumeric TEMP messages on GTS for Valentia Observatory (03953). BUFR messages are already available on GTS.
  • Netherland announced their TAC TEMP terminated on Nov 3 2014.  Source: METNO C Oct 7 2014 ftp://ftp.wmo.int/wmo-ddbs/OperationalInfo/VolumeC1/From_WMO/METNO/2014/MC4114.txt
  • New Zealand announced their TAC TEMP terminates on December 15 2014 in METNO C November 11 ftp://ftp.wmo.int/wmo-ddbs/OperationalInfo/VolumeC1/From_WMO/METNO/2014/MC4614.txt; actual messages seem to stop on December 18.  They were restarted about two days later after requests.
  • Netherlands reannounced the termination of their TAC TEMPs.  Source: METNO C Jan 26 2015 ftp://ftp.wmo.int/wmo-ddbs/OperationalInfo/VolumeC1/From_WMO/METNO/2015/MC0515.txt
  • Sweden changed the bulletin headers of their TAC TEMPs.  Source: METNO C Feb 3 2015 ftp://ftp.wmo.int/wmo-ddbs/OperationalInfo/VolumeC1/From_WMO/METNO/2015/MC0615.txt  This took effect immediately.
  • Portugal announced that its TAC TEMP reports will cease on 22 April 2015 - now postponed to 24 June.  (Indirect notification received at ECMWF 2 March 2015, update 13 March.  Some problems with the BUFR reports were notified to Portugal.)
  • Spain announced that its TAC TEMP reports (including 60018, Tenerife) will cease on 29 June 2015, with the exception of 08190 which is still TAC only.  (Notification received at ECMWF 30 April 2015.) The Spanish alphanumeric TEMP reports ceased general GTS circulation on 19 January 2016.
  • CBS letter on migrating upper air reports to BUFR, June 2015 https://www.wmo.int/edistrib_exped/grp_prs/_en/Archives%20%202011_2016/2015/2015_07/2015-07-07-PR-6855-OBS-WIS-DRMM_en.pdf
  • Cyprus announced that its TAC TEMP reports will cease on 1 October 2016 (notified April 2016).