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986 NOXX10 KWBC 171624 DATA MGT MESSAGE 11-03.09 EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY TO WAFS USERS FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT DEAR COLLEAGUE AS YOU ARE AWARE THE UNITED STATES WILL BEGIN TO RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT WAFS DATA USING THE NEW ISCS BY THE END OF NOVEMBER 2003. THE SYSTEM WILL SUPPORT BOTH X.25 AND TCP/IP UNTIL JANUARY 2004. ALL USERS MUST HAVE A WORKSTATION CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING USING THE TCP/IP PROTOCOL BY THE END OF DECEMBER 2003. THE TCP/IP INTERFACE WILL REQUIRE A NEW SOFTWARE MODULE TO BE INSTALLED IN EACH WORKSTATION. THIS SOFTWARE WILL BE PROVIDED TO EACH ISCS SITE BY MCI DURING THE TRANSITION TO THE NEW ISCS. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL COST FOR THIS SOFTWARE TO YOUR SITE. THE U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS PLEASED TO BE A PARTNER WITH YOU IN A COORDINATED EFFORT TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE/WEATHER PREDICTION/AND WEATHER PLANNING CAPABILITY. OUR COMBINED EFFORTS IN METEOROLOGICAL AND AVIATION SERVICES EXEMPLIFY THE EXCELLENT COOPERATION AND EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK WHICH HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH SINCE THE INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM BEGAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE WAS WE BEGINTO TRANSITION TO THE NEW ISCS. BEST REGARDS PATRICK GILLIS ISCS PROGRAM LEADER THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT WEB PAGE UNDER CHANGE NOTICES. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW. NOTE THE URL SHOULD BE TYPED IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP TO WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/INDEX.HTML DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER RTH WASHINGTON SENDS ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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