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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1880 FEBRUARY 15... 2001
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES DIFAX SUBSCRIBERS
SUBJECT FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ DIFAX TERMINATION
DIFAX ON THE INTERNET UPDATE
THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTIFICATION IS TO ADVISE YOU THAT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL DISCONTINUE ITS FOS
DIFAX SERVICE EFFECTIVE 1200 UTC... APRIL 30... 2001. THE FOS
DIFAX SERVICE IS NO LONGER REQUIRED TO SUPPORT NWS OPERATIONS.
THE INTERNET/SERVER VERSION OF DIFAX WILL CONTINUE. THE URL
ADDRESSES ARE AS FOLLOWS
HTTP//WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/FAX/NWSFAX.SHTML
FTP//WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/FAX
DIFAX CHARTS WILL BE REVIEWED TO SEE IF THEY CAN BE COMPLETELY
DISCONTINUED. USERS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EFFORT.
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PLEASE NOTE THE UPDATED INFORMATION BELOW
THE AVAILABILITY OF DIFAX ON THE NWS WEB SITE AND FTP SERVER
/1/ UNTIL JANUARY 2003
/2/ TIFF FORMAT BLACK AND WHITE
/3/ LEGACY CODES TO BE DISCONTINUE
/4/ CODES ARE FROZEN... SO NO NEW PRODUCTS WILL BE
AVAILABLE
WILL TRANSITION TO NEW COLOR GRAPHICS CONTAINING SIMILAR
CONTENT.
/1/ INTERNALLY USED NWS GRAPHICS PRODUCTS
/2/ USING A COMMON COMMERCIAL FORMAT LIKE JPG OR PNG
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MORE DETAILS ON THE TERMINATION OF DIFAX/DIFAX ON THE
INTERNET WILL BE PROVIDED IN FUTURE NOTIFICATIONS. THESE
NOTIFICATIONS WILL BE POSTED ON THE NOTICE WEB PAGE. THE URL IS
LISTED BELOW.
HTTP//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS... PLEASE CONTACT
JULIE HAYES /W/OPS32
FOS PROGRAM MANAGER
OFFICE 301-713-0864 X 120
FAX 301-713-1409
DATA MANAGEMENT
DATA DISSEMINATION BRANCH
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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