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The message included below was sent earlier on our communications lines. It is also posted to the NWS Data Management Change Notices web page at the following URL. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml 2002/11/18 DM 11-02.03 REMOVAL OF PRODUCTS ON FTP SERVER TGSV1 NOXX10 KWBC 131943 DATA MGT MESSAGE 11-02.03 ATTN USERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES FROM THE NWS TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY OR RTH WASHINGTON SUBJECT REMOVAL OF PRODUCTS ON FTP SERVER TGSV1 EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 18...2002...ALL PRODUCTS EXCEPT FOR GRIB BULLETINS WILL BE REMOVED FROM FTP SERVER TGSV1/140.90.88.142/. THEY ARE AVAILABLE ON THE PTGFTP (ftp://ptgftp.nws.noaa.gov) AND TGFTP SERVERS (ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov). GRIB BULLETINS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE ON TGSV1 UNTIL DECEMBER 3. FROM DECEMBER 3 ON, THEY WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE ON THE PTGFTP/TGFTP SERVERS. PLEASE USE THE DIRECTORY AND FILE NAMING STANDARDS /DFNS/ DOCUMENT TO LOCATE FILES ON PTGFTP/TGFTP. THE URL ADDRESS FOR THE DFNS IS LISTED BELOW. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/filstnd.html PREVIOUSLY, NCEP PRODCUCED GRIB BULLETINS ON PTGFTP/TGFTP WERE NOT PROPERLY STORED. THIS WAS DUE TO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NCEP STANDARD FOR GRIB BULLETIN IDENTIFICATION AND THE WMO STANDARD. THE NCEP STANDARD IS CONTAINED IN OFFICE NOTE 388 /ON388/. ON NOVEMEBER 18, IDENTIFICATION OF NCEP GRIB BULLETINS WILL BE DONE ACCORDING TO ON388. ON388 CAN BE FOUND AT: http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/on388 ALSO ON NOVEMEBER 18, STANDARD DEFAULT FILES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FOR GRIB BULLETINS WHICH WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY. THESE DEFAULT FILES WILL BE AT THE FORECAST HOUR DIRECTORY LEVEL IN THE FORM OF fh.hhh_tl.dflt. FOR EXAMPLE: AVN SL. s008001/ST.opnl/MT.avn_CY.hh/RD.yyyymmdd/PT.grid_DF.bb/fh.hhhh_tl.dflt FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE... PLEASE CONTACT DATA MANAGEMENT LOWER CASE EMAIL NWS.DM/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE THE URL IS LISTED BELOW http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
-- Regards, Sharon Abbas W/CIO11 5324 Data Manager Work: (301) 713-0864 ext. 143 Fax: (301) 713-1409 Email: Sharon.Abbas@xxxxxxxx
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