970505: Climate Prediction Center Cuts

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• Subject: 970505: Climate Prediction Center Cuts
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 15:10:15 -0600 (MDT)

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NATIONAL TECHNICAL IMFORMATION MESSAGE 97-20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
400 PM EDT MON MAY 5 1997
 
TO:        NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...NOAA WEATHER
           WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...FAMILY OF SERVICE
           /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
 
FROM:      DR.  ELBERT W. "JOE" FRIDAY JR.
           DIRECTOR...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
 
SUBJECT:   REDUCTIONS IN SERVICES FROM THE NWS CLIMATE PREDICTION
           CENTER...EFFECTIVE JULY 1 1997 AND OCTOBER 1 1997
 
DUE TO BUDGET CUTS AND PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS...THE CLIMATE
PREDICTION CENTER /CPC/ IN CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND WILL NO LONGER
SUPPORT CERTAIN SERVICES AS DESCRIBED BELOW.
 
ON JULY 1 1997...THE CPC WILL NO LONGER MAINTAIN SOFTWARE THAT
ALLOWS CUSTOMERS OF CPC LONG-LEAD FORECASTS TO CONVERT FROM
OUTLOOK PROBABILITIES OF CATEGORIES /E.G. ABOVE NORMAL...BELOW
NORMAL/ TO PROBABILITIES OF SPECIFIC TEMPERATURE/RAINFALL
OUTCOMES...RANGES OF OUTCOMES...OR EXTREMES EXPRESSED IN UNITS OF
INCHES OF RAINFALL OR DEGREES OF TEMPERATURE AT SPECIFIC SITES.  
 
ON OCTOBER 1 1997...THE CPC WILL ELIMINATE THE NWS CLIMATE DIAL-
UP SERVICE /CDUS/ COMPONENT OF THE FAMILY OF SERVICES.  USERS
WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS MOST CDUS PRODUCTS THROUGH THE INTERNET AT
THE SITE...
 
      HTTP://NIC.FB4.NOAA.GOV
 
BY "CLICKING" ON "ANALYSIS AND MONITORING" ON THIS CPC HOME PAGE
AND SELECTING "CLIMATE MONITORING /TABLE/TEXTS/" FROM THE MENU. 

THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY HOME PAGE IN THE
NOTIFICATION SECTION...INTERNET ADDRESS
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
 
IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS PLEASE CONTACT
 
JIM LAVER PH: 301-763-8000 EXT 7500, CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER
E-MAIL JIM.LAVER@xxxxxxxx OR LAVER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
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