"Keith (Southend)G" wrote in message
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Thanks Martin, I'll have a full read of that later and I don't
disagree
about things must move on.
What I did look for straight away was the ';schedule' and from what I
can see the completion of this migration programme is November 2010
(Page 30)

.... which means we ought to see things happening fairly soon now. The
UKMO are actively seeking to upgrade data collection & dissemination and
this would dovetail with the changes. Whether some 'looky-likey' code
would be output for those NWS's that can't handle the BUFR/CREX format I
don't know, but even that would have a limited lifetime - what usually
happens is that 'developed' nations help the less fortunate to catch up
so that all can migrate to the new procedures.

I don't know if Julian (and former colleagues in Exeter) is/are looking
in, but this would make a good article for 'Weather' by someone in the
Met Office?

Martin.