20021118: headers-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS72 KNCF (fwd)

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• Subject: 20021118: headers-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS72 KNCF (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 08:36:48 -0700

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NOUS72 KNCF 181518
ADMNCF
ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18 AT APPROXIMATELY 19 UTC,
THE NWS WILL BE RESTORING THE CORRECT FORMAT
TO PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE SECOND COMMUNICATION
HEADING LINES OF LESS THAN 6 CHARACTERS.
ACCORDING TO NWS COMMUNICATIONS HEADER POLICY,
IF THE SECOND LINE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS HEADER
IS LESS THAN 6 CHARACTERS, THE SECOND LINE WILL
BE PADDED WITH SPACE CHARACTERS TO FILL THE SECOND
LINE OUT TO 6 CHARACTERS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE STATE
WEATHER ROUNDUP PRODUCT FOR NEW MEXICO WHICH IS WMO
HEADER ASUS45 KABQ, THE SECOND LINE OF THE PRODUCT
SHOULD READ "SWRNM ". A RECENT UPGRADE TO THE NWS
SOFTWARE WAS NOT PROPERLY PADDING THE SECOND LINE
WITH SPACE CHARACTERS IF REQUIRED.
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NOTICE FOR THE NWS OFFICES, THIS CHANGE WILL BE
IMPLEMENTED AT ALL OFFICES WHICH ARE RUNNING AWIPS
VERSION 5.2.1.3 SOFTWARE. THE
/awips/fxa/bin/distributeproduct AND
/awips/fxa/bin/handleoup.pl EXECUTABLES WILL BE
UPDATED. THE ORIGINAL 5.2.1.3 VERSIONS OF THESE
EXECUTABLES WILL BE SAVED ON DS1 AS
/awips/fxa/bin/distributeproduct.R5213 AND
/awips/fxa/bin/handleoup.pl.R5213. ALSO THE
ORIGINAL 5.2.1.3 LINUX VERSION OF DISTRIBUTEPRODUCT
WILL BE SAVED ON LX1 AS
/awips/fxa/bin/distributeproduct.R5213.
NO ACTION WILL BE REQUIRED BY THE AWIPS SITE TO
ACTIVATE THIS CHANGE.
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THE AWIPS SYSTEMS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY AT AWIPS VERSION
5.1.2.3 AND WILL BE UPDATED ARE:
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ABQ, AFC, AKQ, ALR, ALY, AMA, BGM, BMX, BOI, BOU,
BOX, BRO, BTV, BUF, CAE, CAR, CHS, CLE, CRP, CTP,
DDC, DMX, EKA, EPZ, EYW, FFC, FGZ, FWD, FWR, GGW,
GID, GJT, GLD, GRR, GSP, GUM, GYX, HGX, HNX, ILM,
ILX, IND, JAN, JKL, KRF, LCH, LIX, LKN, LMK, LOT,
LWX, LZK, MEG, MFL, MFR, MHX, MLB, MOB, MPX, MQT,
MSO, NHCR, NHCW, NHOW, NTCA, NTCB, OHX, OKX, ORN,
OTX, OUN, PDT, PIH, PQR, PSR, PUB, RAH, RHA, RIW,
RNK, RSA, SEW, SGF, SGX, SHV, SJT, SJU, TAE, TAR,
TUA, TWC, UNR, VEF, WNAR, WNAW, WNOR, AND WNOW.
.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT WAYNE MARTIN
AT 301-713-0069 EXT 166.
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NCF