[nws-changes] 20130711: GOES 12 decommissioning Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:16:43 -0600

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Service Change Notice 13-43
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1152 AM EDT THU Jul 11 2013

To:       Subscribers:
          -Family of Services
          -NOAA Weather Wire Service
          -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
          -NOAAPORT
          Other NWS partners and NWS employees

From:     Craig Hodan
          Chief, Dissemination Systems Branch
          Office of Operational Systems

Subject:  GOES 12 Decommissioning to Occur August 16, 2013

GOES-12 is scheduled to be decommissioned on August 16, 2013.
GOES-12 was launched on July 23, 2001, and it has supported South
America at 60W since May 2010. The National Environmental
Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) announced the
decommissioning on July 9, 2013.

The decommissioning will end the broadcast of the EMWIN-I legacy
data stream.  This broadcast was put in place to assist users in
the transition to EMWIN-N on the operational GOES East and West
satellites and facilitate manufacturer testing. Any remaining
legacy users should migrate to EMWIN-N capable systems and use
GOES East or West.

GOES 12 EMWIN-I users can also continue to receive EMWIN with an
Internet connection through the EMWIN ByteBlaster Network if
unable to upgrade to newer equipment.

For the latest information on the GOES 12 decommissioning and for
a list of vendors that currently provide EMWIN-N capable systems,
please go to:

  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/EMWIN/transition.htm

  http://www.weather.gov/EMWIN/winven.htm

EMWIN is a low cost satellite weather data broadcast service that
provides one of the most resilient methods of receiving NWS
weather information. The service includes warnings, forecasts,
graphics and imagery. The goal of EMWIN is to provide emergency
managers the capability to respond faster to severe weather,
tsunamis and other hazards.

More information on the EMWIN service can be found at the EMWIN
website at:

  http://www.weather.gov/EMWIN/index.htm

If you have questions or comments, please contact:

Rob Wagner
EMWIN Team
Office of Operational Systems
301-713-0077
robert.wagner@xxxxxxxx

National Public Information Statements are online at:

  http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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