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WFO St. Louis -- Bufkit Sounding Locations

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Note: These Bufkit soundings are those needed by the St. Louis forecast office (WFO LSX), whose primary area of responsibility is the portion of the map surrounding the LSX label. St. Louis also has backup responsibility for WFO SGF (Springfield, Missouri) and WFO ILX (Lincoln, Illinois).


Date/Time format is: YYMMDD/HHHH

GFS3RUCNAMSTIDLOCATIONST
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600KKLNR. KIRKSVILLEMO
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600C13NEAR MTN GROVEMO
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600UMNMONETTMO
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600KJLNJOPLIN REGIONALMO
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600SLOSALEMIL
N/AN/A070315/1200STLST. LOUISMO
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600KSTLST. LOUIS/LAMBERTMO
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600KSUSSPIRIT OF ST LOUISMO
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600KSPISPRINGFIELD/CAPITALIL
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600KUINQUINCY MUNI/BALDWINIL
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600KSGFSPRINGFLD MUNI(AWS)MO
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600KCOUCOLUMBIA REGIONALMO
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600KFAMFARMINGTON AIRPORTMO
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600KCMICHAMPAIGN/URBANAIL
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600KDECDECATUR AIRPORTIL
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600KPIAPEORIA REGIONALIL
081011/0600081011/0100081011/0600ILXLINCOLNIL

GFS3 Runs every 6 hours, with output available approximately four hours past 00Z, 06Z, 12Z, and 18Z. The Bufkit sounding profiles provide 3-hour time resolution from 0 to 180 hours.
RUC Runs every hour, but we just provide the 3-hourly runs. Output is available approximately one hour past these times. For the 3-hourly runs of the RUC, the Bufkit sounding profiles provide 1-hour time resolution from 0 to 12 hours.
NAM
(Formerly Eta)
Runs every 12 hours, with output available about 2 1/2 hours past 00Z and 12Z. The Bufkit sounding profiles provide 1-hour time resolution from 0 to 60 hours.
More detailed information about these models is available from NCEP's Environmental Modeling Center.


  • NOAA National Weather Service
  • St. Louis, MO Weather Forecast Office
  • 12 Missouri Research Park Drive
  • St. Charles, MO 63304-5685
  • 636-441-8467
  • Page Author: LSX Webmaster
  • Web Master's E-mail: w-lsx.webmaster@noaa.gov
  • Page last modified: 14-Jun-2007 5:29 PM UTC
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