20000502: AWIPS Commiss-

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• Subject: 20000502: AWIPS Commiss-
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 08:16:54 -0600

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    FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1680     MAY 2... 2000

    ATTENTION  FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS

    SUBJECT  AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...

    ON APRIL 11... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
    A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT

         GRAY WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KGYX/... GRAY... ME

    ON APRIL 24... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
    REACHED A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS
    AT

         RALEIGH WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KRAH/...
         RALEIGH/DURHAM... NC

         BINGHAMTON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KBGM/...
         BINGHAMTON... NY

    ON APRIL 27... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
    A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT

         SEATTLE/TACOMA WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KSEW/...
         SEATTLE/TACOMA... WA

         SACRAMENTO WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KSTO/...
         SACRAMENTO... CA


    THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO    78

    COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEAN AWIPS NOW TRANSMITS ALL
    NWS PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF AFOS... TRANSMISSION OVER AFOS CEASES
    UPON THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS.

    THE NWS OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH SITE... AS WELL AS THE
    NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY IN SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND... WILL
    MONITOR AWIPS PRODUCTS AND COORDINATE MAINTENANCE
    ACTIONS AS NEEDED.

    FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FUTURE AWIPS COMMISSIONINGS...
    REFER TO THE AWIPS COMMISSIONING HOME PAGE...

    WWW.AWIPS/UNDERSCORE/COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV
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