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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1935 MAY 9... 2001
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT RADAR GENERAL STATUS MESSAGE ADDED TO NOAAPORT AND
RADAR PRODUCT CENTRAL COLLECTION/DISTRIBUTION SERVICE
/RPCCDS/
COMMENCING IN LATE MAY 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WILL BEGIN ADDING THE GENERAL STATUS MESSAGE /GSM/ FROM
THE DOPPLER WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADARS /WSR-88D/ TO THE
NOAAPORT SATELLITE BROADCAST AND THE RPCCDS. THE GSM IS
AN UNSCHEDULED PRODUCT INITIATED BY EACH WSR-88D WHEN
THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE STATE OF THE RADAR... FOR
EXAMPLE... WHEN IT CHANGES VOLUME COVERAGE PATTERN.
THE CAPABILITY TO BEGIN COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF
THE GSM IS IMPLEMENTED FROM EACH NWS WEATHER FORECAST
OFFICE /WFO/ WHEN IT IMPLEMENTS AWIPS SOFTWARE RELEASE
5.1.1. THE SOFTWARE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AT EACH WFO ON
A SCHEDULE THAT COMMENCES IN LATE MAY AND COMPLETES IN
AUGUST 2001.
THE GSM /RPG HEADER 2/GSM/ WILL BE DISTRIBUTED UNDER
THE WMO HEADER OF NXUS6I CCCC... WITH A SECOND HEADER
LINE OF GSMXXX. CCCC IS THE COLLECTING WFO IDENTIFIER
AND XXX IS THE WSR-88D SITE IDENTIFIER.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT
MICHAEL CARELLI AT
301-713-2093X115... E-MAIL
MICHAEL.CARELLI/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV OR
VICO BAER AT 301-713-0070X157...
E-MAIL VICO.BAER/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
FOR FOS/NOAAPORT QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT JULIE HAYES
PHONE 301 713-0864 EXTENSION 120
EMAIL JULIE.HAYES/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS SYSTEMS OPERATIONS
CENTER CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES2.SHTML
DATA MANAGEMENT
DATA DISSEMINATION BRANCH
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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