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NOUS40KWBC 181125
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1744 JULY 18... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON JULY 6... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
SAN ANGELO WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KSJT/... SAN ANGELO ... TX
MIDLAND WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KMAF/... MIDLAND ... TX
FORT WORTH WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KFWD/... FORT WORTH ... TX
ON JULY 12... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED A
NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
BOULDER WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KBOU/... BOULDER ... CO
THESE AWIPS COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO... 124 OF 139
TOTAL
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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NOUS40KWBC 181225
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1745 JULY 18... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS
GOES SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS... MADE NECESSARY BY LUNAR AND
SOLAR INTRUSIONS AT THE EDGE OF THE EARTH DISK... IMPACT
NAVIGATION AND REGISTRATION FOR SHORT PERIODS. USERS OF GOES
GVAR DATA WILL SEE VARIABLE ERRORS DURING PERIODS OF SINGLE
CHORD OPERATIONS AS NOTED BELOW.
SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS FOR THE BEVEL EFFECT ARE LISTED WHEN
APPLICABLE. BEVEL EFFECT OPERATION IS INTENDED TO AVOID A
SEASONAL SPACECRAFT POINTING PROBLEM WITH ALL GOES
SPACECRAFT CAUSED BY THE SUN S LIGHT REFLECTING INTO THE
EARTH SENSOR.
FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF GOES-8 SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS FOR THE
PERIOD JULY 17... 2000 TO AUGUST 15... 2000.
LUNAR INTRUSIONS
07/21 1923 TO 2214 UTC
08/03 0645 TO 0917 UTC/ASTERISK/
/ASTERISK/ NOTE NEW START TIME AS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS NOTICE.
BEVEL
08/07 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/08 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/09 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/10 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/11 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/12 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/13 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/14 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/15 0237 TO 0707 UTC
SOLAR INTRUSIONS
NONE
FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF GOES-10 SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS FOR
THE PERIOD JULY 17... 2000 TO AUGUST 15... 2000.
LUNAR INTRUSIONS
07/20 2246 TO 0137 UTC
07/24 0100 TO 0402 UTC
08/03 0713 TO 1322 UTC
BEVEL
07/31 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/01 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/02 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/04 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/05 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/06 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/07 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/08 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/09 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/10 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/11 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/12 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/13 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/14 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/15 0713 TO 1153 UTC
SOLAR INTRUSIONS
NONE
TOM RENKEVENS
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH /SAB/
SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION /SSD/
NOAA/NESDIS
THOMAS.RENKEVENS/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
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NOUS40KWBC 181602
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1746 JULY 18... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/FOS//NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AFOS GRAPHICS SERVICE /AGS/ TERMINATION
EFFECTIVE DATE SEPTEMBER 30 AT 1500 UTC.
USERS HAVE BEEN INFORMED... SINCE AGS JOINED THE FOS OFFERINGS
ON DECEMBER 1... 1989... THAT AFOS GRAPHICS PRODUCTS WILL BE
PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ ONLY AS LONG
AS RECEIVED BY NWS STATIONS ON THE AFOS SYSTEM. WHEN THE
AFOS SYSTEM IS REPLACED BY THE ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE
PROCESSING SYSTEM... THE AGS WILL BE TERMINATED. THE AFOS
GRAPHICS PRODUCTS ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO SUPPORT NWS
OPERATIONS.
THESE PRODUCTS ARE IDENTIFIED WITH A PRODUCT CATEGORY
/NNN/GPH.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE IS TO ADVISE YOU THAT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WILL DISCONTINUE ITS FAMILY OF SERVICES AFOS
GRAPHICS SERVICE EFFECTIVE 1500 UTC ON SEPTEMBER 30... 2000.
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS SYSTEMS OPERATIONS
CENTER CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
FOR FOS/NOAAPORT QUESTIONS... PLEASE CONTACT JULIE HAYES
PHONE 301-713-0864 EXTENSION 120
EMAIL JULIE.HAYES/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
END
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NOUS40KWBC 181823
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1747 JULY 18... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT GOES-10 E/W MANEUVER
A GOES-10 EAST-WEST STATION KEEPING MANEUVER WILL BE
PERFORMED ON TUESDAY... AUGUST 1... 2000 AT 0954 UTC.
FOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS
THE BACKUP DATE... AND LAST WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY /FINAL DATE/
FOR THIS MANEUVER IS THURSDAY... AUGUST 3... 2000. IF THE NWS
REGIONS HAVE ANY OPERATIONAL CONCERNS... PLEASE CONTACT THE
NCEP SDM /301-763-8298/ AT LEAST 6.5 HOURS PRIOR TO THE
MANEUVER TIME.
ON AUGUST 1ST... THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVE SCHEDULE WILL BE
EMPLOYED TO SUPPORT MANEUVER OPERATIONS / PLEASE NOTE THE
SCHEDULED GOES-8 FULL DISK SCAN PERIOD TO SUPPORT THE PRIMARY
GOES-10 OUTAGE DURING THE MANEUVER. /
MANEUVER SCHEDULE STARTS AT 0451 UTC ON AUGUST 1.
FROM 0500 UTC THROUGH 0759 UTC -- GOES-10 ROUTINE IMAGING AND
SOUNDINGS EXCEPT 0452 UTC SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE DATA WILL BE
CANCELED.
FROM 0800 UTC THROUGH 0829 UTC -- GOES-10 FULL DISK SCANNING
FROM 0830 UTC THROUGH 0944 UTC -- GOES-10 ROUTINE IMAGING AND
SOUNDINGS
FROM 0945 UTC THROUGH 1059 UTC--NO GOES-10 IMAGES OR SOUNDINGS
FROM 0945 UTC THROUGH 1114 UTC -- GOES-8 FULL DISK IMAGING
FROM 1100 UTC THROUGH 1759 UTC -- GOES-10 ABBREVIATED FULL
DISK /19 MINUTE SCAN/ AND NORTHERN HEMISPHERE IMAGING... WITH
CONUS SOUNDINGS.
1800 UTC -- GOES-10 ROUTINE SCAN OPERATIONS RESUME
EXPECT GOES-10 IMAGER AND SOUNDER GRIDDING OFFSETS FOR UP TO
SIX HOURS FOLLOWING THE MANEUVER.
ANY POSTPONEMENT MAY CAUSE CHANGES TO THIS SCHEDULE.
TOM RENKEVENS
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH /SAB/
SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION /SSD/
NOAA/NESDIS
THOMAS.RENKEVENS/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
END
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NOUS40KWBC 181857
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1748 JULY 18... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE
ON JULY 14... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER /KNHC... KMIA... KMFL... KWBC...
KLIX/... MIAMI... FL
THIS AWIPS COMMISSIONING BRINGS THE TOTAL TO... 125 OF
139 TOTAL
COMMISSIONING OF THIS SITE MEANS 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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