AMOSSG/5-SN No. 5

Appendix A

APPENDIX A

2.1.3	Recommendation:— METAR and SPECI should be disseminated, under bilateral agreements between States in a position to do so, in the WMO BUFR code form, in addition to the dissemination of the METAR and SPECI in accordance with 2.1.2.

Note —. The BUFR code form is contained in WMO Publication No. 306, Manual on Codes, Volume I.2, Part B — Binary Codes.

(See Chapter 6 of this Annex.)

1.1.1	TAF shall be issued in accordance with the template shown in Table A5-1 and disseminated in the TAF code form prescribed by the World Meteorological Organization.

Note.— The TAF code form is contained in WMO Publication No. 306, Manual on Codes, Volume I.1, Part A — Alphanumeric Codes.

1.1.2	Recommendation:— TAF should be disseminated, under bilateral agreements between States in a position to do so, in the WMO BUFR code form, in addition to the dissemination of the TAF in accordance with 1.1.1.

Note —. The BUFR code form is contained in WMO Publication No. 306, Manual on Codes, Volume I.2, Part B — Binary Codes.

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