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2004/07/01
DM 07-04.01 COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIER (CID) TRANSITION
NOXX10KWBC 011609
DATA MGT MESSAGE 07-04.01
TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS...FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK/EMWIN/
AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/NWS/CUSTOMERS.
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIER (CID) TRANSITION
THE NWS CONTINUES TO STANDARDIZE ALL COMMUNICATION
IDENTIFIERS (CID) TO MEET NWS AND WORLD METEOROLOGICAL
ORGANIZATION (WMO) CID POLICIES. NWS CIDS CONSIST OF THE
WMO HEADING ON ONE LINE FOLLOWED BY THE AWIPS IDENTIFIER
ON A SECOND LINE. NOTE NOT ALL NWS PRODUCTS REQUIRE AN
AWIPS IDENTIFIER.
PRESENTLY MANY NWS OFFICES ISSUE PRODUCTS THAT DO NOT MEET
CURRENT CID POLICIES. THE MOST COMMON INCONSISTENCY WITH
CIDS IS DUE TO A MIX OF OLD AND NEW SITE IDENTIFIERS USED AT
SOME OFFICES. BY THE END OF 2004...ALL NWS OFFICES WILL ISSUE
PRODUCTS WITH CONSISTENT CIDS THAT MEET ESTABLISHED POLICIES.
THE CID TRANSITION PLAN OUTLINES HOW WE ARE MAKING THOSE
CHANGES.
CID CHANGES WERE PLANNED FOR SIX PHASES BASED PRIMARILY ON
RELATED PRODUCT CATEGORIES. THE FIRST PHASE WAS COMPLETED
ON JUNE 15, 2004.
THE REST OF THE PHASES WILL NOW BE COMBINED INTO ONE FINAL ALL
ENCOMPASSING (COMBINED) PHASE WHICH WILL OCCUR ON ONE DATE
...NOVEMBER 9...2004. AN ALTERNATE DATE OF NOVEMBER 16
HAS BEEN SET IF WE NEED TO POSTPONE THE TRANSITION
DUE TO A MAJOR WEATHER EVENT.
A FUTURE DATA MANAGEMENT NOTICE AND NATIONAL
SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE WILL BE ISSUED 75 DAYS BEFORE THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE COMBINED PHASE OF CID CHANGES.
THE NOTICE WILL REFERENCE A LIST OF THE AFFECTED CIDS
AND THE SPECIFIC CID CHANGES TO BE MADE.
SIMILAR NOTICES SUCH AS LOCAL OR REGIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENTS MAY ALSO BE DISSEMINATED IN THE SAME TIME FRAME.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE IMPENDING CHANGES WILL BE POSTED
ON THE DATA MANAGEMENT (DM) WEB PAGE AND ON A CID TRANSITION
WEB PAGE. THE URLS FOR THE DM WEB PAGE AND THE CID TRANSITION
WEB PAGE ARE POSTED BELOW (USE LOWER CASE)
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/INDEX.HTML
THE URL FOR THE CID TRANSITION WEB PAGE IS (USE LOWER CASE)
HTTP:///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/CID.HTML
DATA MANAGEMENT IS THE PRIMARY LEAD FOR CID TRANSITION
IMPLEMENTATION. EACH NWS REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS OFFICE
THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/
AND MANY LOCAL NWS OFFICES ALSO HAVE A CID TRANSITION POINT
OF CONTACT (POC).
BEFORE NOVEMBER 9...2004 NWS OFFICES MAY ELECT TO TEST
PRODUCTS AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CID CHANGES.
ALL TEST PRODUCTS WILL FOLLOW THE PRESCRIBED FORMAT FOR TEST
MESSAGES DOCUMENTED IN NWS INSTRUCTION 10-1701 AND ALL TESTS
WILL BE COORDINATED WITH DATA MANAGEMENT.
THE URL FOR 10-1701 IS (USE LOWER CASE)
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/010/PD01017001A.PDF
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS TRANSITION...
PLEASE CALL YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
OR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING NWS HEADQUARTERS CONTACTS
IN SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND.
WALTER SMITH 301.713.0864 EXT 139
SHARON ABBAS 301.713.0864 EXT 143
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON THE
INTERNET AT (USE LOWER CASE).
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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