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The message included below was sent earlier on our communications lines. It is also posted to the NWS Data Management Change Notices web page at the following URL. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml 2002/12/16 1200 UTC DM12-02.03 New Directory and File Names for AVN Global Octants NOXX10 KWBC 131731 DATA MGT MESSAGE 12-02.03 TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS... FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS... EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS... GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16 BEGINNING WITH THE 1200 UTC CYCLE OF THE NCEP GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM WE WILL BEGIN WRITING TWO NEW SETS OF FILES TO OUR NWS TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY / RTH WASHINGTON FTP FILE SERVERS,(tgftp andptgftp). BOTH DATA SETS WILL CONTAIN THE GRIB BULLETINS KNOWN AS THE AVN GLOBAL OCTANTS ALSO SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS WAFS GRIDS. ONE DATA SET WILL HAVE BE IN THE FORMAT AND HAVE THE PATH AND FILE NAMES ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY. THE OTHER DATA SET WILL HAVE FILES CONTAINING THE AVN GLOBAL OCTANTS WITH THE PREVIOUS NAMES AND DATA CONTENT AS THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN ON tgsv1(140.90.88.142). THIS DATE SET WILL BE WRITTEN TO THE ROOT DIRECTORY OF THE FTP SERVERS. THIS MIRRORS WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN ON tgsv1 (140.90.88.142). THIS SECOND DATA SET WILL BE LEFT IN PLACE UNTILMARCH 1, 2003 ONLY. ONLY THE AVN GLOBAL OCTANTS WILL BE WRITTEN. FOR USERS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY GETTING THE AVN GLOBAL OCTANTS FILES FROM TGSV1, THE ONLY CHANGE THEY WILL NEED TO MAKE IS THE ADDRESS USED TO PULL THE FILES FROM. THE FULL URLS FOR tgftp and ptgftp, WHICH ARE BOTH CLUSTERS OF SERVERS, ARE: ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/ ftp://ptgftp.nws.noaa.gov/ tgftp IS OPEN TO THE INTERNET AND SHOULD BE USED BY MOST PEOPLE. ptgftp IS A PRIVATE URL AND WILL BE USED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN ACCESS TO THIS SYSTEM. BOTH, DATA SETS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN PARALLEL TO FACILITATE MOVING OFF THE OLD AND TEMPORARY FORMAT. IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THIS MIGRATION BE PURSUED AGGRESSIVELY. IT IS ALSO STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT IP ADDRESSES AND PATH/FILE NAMES NOT BE IMBEDDED IN SOFTWARE BUT INSTEAD BE EASILY CONFIGURABLE BY THE USER. FOR FOS/NOAAPORT FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT. Data Management EMail nws.dm@xxxxxxxx THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/index.html DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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