950216-outage (Feb 19) between NWSTG and military wx acquisition/dist

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• Subject: 950216-outage (Feb 19) between NWSTG and military wx acquisition/dist
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 14:45:19 -0700 (MST)

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 NOUS41 KWBC 161902

NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 95-09
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
200 PM EST THU FEB 16 1995

TO:       ALL USERS OF MILITARY DATA THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER
          SERVICE TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY

FROM:     FRED ZBAR, ACTING CHIEF, SERVICES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH

SUBJECT:  PLANNED 10-HOUR OUTAGE ON FEBRUARY 19, 1995 BETWEEN
          MILITARY WEATHER ACQUISITION/DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
          AND NWS TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY 

There will be a planned outage of the NWS Telecommunication
Gateway - Military Weather Acquisition/Distribution System
(Automated Weather Network [AWN]) interface from 1300 - 2300 UTC
(0800 - 1800 EST) on February 19, 1995.  A backup connection will
be maintained during the outage.  Therefore, the outage should be
transparent to users.

Some differences will be noted in the format of the data, most
particularly, the record separator will not be found preceding
individual surface and upper air observations and terminal
forecasts within collectives generated by the AWN.

END