20020308: Icing Potential product-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 15:54:42 -0700

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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 02-04
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
340 PM EST FRI MAR 8 2002

TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/OFFICES...FEDERAL
          AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMERS...FAMILY OF SERVICES
          SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER CUSTOMERS OF NWS AVIATION PRODUCTS

FROM:     MARK ANDREWS
          CHIEF...AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  ADDITION OF THE CURRENT ICING POTENTIAL PRODUCT...
          EFFECTIVE MARCH 27 2002

...THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS...

EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY MARCH 27 2002 AT 1300 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL
TIME /UTC/...THE NWS AVIATION WEATHER CENTER IN KANSAS CITY
MISSOURI WILL BEGIN DISSEMINATING A NEW GRIDDED AIRCRAFT ICING
PRODUCT CALLED THE CURRENT ICING POTENTIAL /CIP/.  THE CIP IS AN
AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF TWO ICING POTENTIAL TYPES:  TOTAL ICING
POTENTIAL AND SUPERCOOLED LARGE DROPLET /SLD/ ICING POTENTIAL.
THE CIP DOMAIN COVERS THE CONTIGUOUS 48 UNITED STATES AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...AND IS UPDATED HOURLY.

THIS NEW PRODUCT WAS APPROVED AT THE SEPTEMBER 11 2001 MEETING OF
THE AVIATION WEATHER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER /AWTT/ BOARD ATTENDED BY
THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THE CIP WILL BE AVAILABLE IN GRIB FORMAT ON:

1. THE AWIPS/NOAAPORT SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/:

   WMO HEADER: YAWA00 KKCI

2. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FTP SERVERS AT /CASE SENSITIVE/:

ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/DC.avspt_DS.cipgb/PT.grid_DF.gr1/

   [FILE NAME = SN.XX.BIN...WHERE XX = A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 AND 24]

3. THE FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ HIGH RESOLUTION DATA SERVICE
   AND SERVER ACCESS SERVICE

THE CIP PRODUCT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON THE
INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/:

     HTTP://CDM.AVIATIONWEATHER.NOAA.GOV/CIP/INDEX.HTML

THE DIRECTORY/FILE LOCATION FOR THESE AND OTHER PRODUCTS ARE ALSO
AVAILABLE ON THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY FTP /TGFTP/ FILE
REFERENCE LIST ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT WEB SITE AT /USE LOWER
CASE/:

    HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/TGFTP_FILE_REFERENCE.HTML

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT ADDITION...
PLEASE CONTACT:

     MR. JACK MAY
     DIRECTOR
     AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
     KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
     PHONE:  816-584-7201
     E:MAIL: JACK.MAY@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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