NOUS40KWBC 251128
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1550 OCTOBER 25... 1999
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT ADDITIONAL DATA AND PRODUCTS
ON FOS AND NOAAPORT
SPECIAL NOTE
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 30... 1998... ADDITIONAL DATA AND PRODUCTS
WERE ADDED TO FOS AND NOAAPORT. IN ORDER TO ASSURE THE
CONTINUED EXCHANGE OF WEATHER INFORMATION BETWEEN
NATIONS FOS/NOAAPORT DATA DISTRIBUTORS NEED TO BE COGNIZANT
OF THE FOLLOWING AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE
AWARE OF THESE CONDITIONS
- THE NWS ADHERES TO WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
RESOLUTION 40 ON THE POLICY AND PRACTICE FOR THE EXCHANGE
OF METEOROLOGICAL AND RELATED DATA AND PRODUCTS IN ALL
MATTERS RELATED TO FOREIGN METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION.
AS PARTY TO RESOLUTION 40 COUNTRIES ARE ALLOWED TO
IDENTIFY CERTAIN ADDITIONAL DATA AND PRODUCTS THAT MAY
NOT BE RE-EXPORTED FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
- A LIST OF ALL PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED AS ADDITIONAL DATA AND
PRODUCTS BY THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS
INTERNET HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/ADDATA.SHTML
-THE ISSUANCE OF OPERATIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IN
OTHER COUNTRIES IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY AND
SHOULD BE RESPECTED.
-IN DOING BUSINESS IN OTHER COUNTRIES IT IS IMPORTANT
TO AVOID CONFLICTS WITH FOREIGN LAWS AND
REGULATIONS AND TO GIVE DUE CONSIDERATION TO
REASONABLE COMMERCIAL PRACTICES IN DECIDING UPON
THE REINTRODUCTION OF WEATHER RELATED INFORMATION
TO THE ORIGINATING COUNTRY.
- GOOD RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES WILL BE FOSTERED
AND ENHANCED BY PROVIDING ATTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AS THE
SOURCE OF THE WEATHER DATA AND PRODUCTS USED.
NOTE THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO POSTED TO THE SOC CHANGE NOTICES
WEB PAGE AT THE FOLLOWING URL
HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML.
END
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NOUS40KWBC 251130
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1551 OCTOBER 25... 1999
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT GOES-8 E/W MANEUVER POSTPONED
THE NWS HAS REQUESTED POSTPONEMENT OF THE GOES-8
EAST-WEST STATION KEEPING MANEUVER THAT WAS SCHEDULED
FOR OCTOBER 21... 1999. THE POSTPONEMENT IS CAUSED BY THE
VERY SLOW MOVEMENT OF HURRICANE JOSE WHICH IS LOCATED
NEAR PUERTO RICO.
THE BACKUP... AND FINAL DATE... FOR THIS MANEUVER IS
TUESDAY... OCTOBER 26... 1999. THE MANEUVER MUST OCCUR ON
THAT DATE.
A NEW SCHEDULE OF MANEUVER ACTIVITIES WILL BE ISSUED
WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
STEVE ARNETT
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH
SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION
NOAA/NESDIS
STEVE.ARNETT/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
END
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NOUS40KWBC 251154
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1552 OCTOBER 25... 1999
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT GOES-8 EAST/WEST STATION KEEPING MANEUVER
RESCHEDULED FOR
A GOES-8 EAST-WEST STATION KEEPING MANEUVER WILL BE
PERFORMED ON TUESDAY... OCTOBER 26... 1999 AT 1836 UTC.
FOR NWS OPERATIONS - THIS IS THE BACKUP AND FINAL DATE
FOR THIS MANEUVER. FURTHER POSTPONEMENT CAN NOT BE
REQUESTED. 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 OCTOBER 26TH... THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVE SCHEDULE
WILL BE EMPLOYED TO SUPPORT MANEUVER OPERATIONS.
/PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULED GOES-10 FULL DISK SCAN PERIOD
TO SUPPORT THE PRIMARY GOES-8 DATA OUTAGE/
GOES-8 E-W STATION KEEPING MANEUVER SCHEDULE OF
OPERATIONS MANEUVER SCHEDULE STARTS AT 1254 UTC
FROM 1255 UTC THROUGH 1644 UTC -- GOES-8 ROUTINE IMAGING
AND SOUNDINGS
EXCEPT 1309 UTC SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE DATA IS CANCELED.
FROM 1645 UTC THROUGH 1714 UTC -- GOES-8 FULL DISK SCANNING
FROM 1715 UTC THROUGH 1825 UTC - GOES-8 ROUTINE IMAGING
AND SOUNDINGS
EXCEPT AT 1815 UTC THE EXTENDED NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
IMAGE IS REPLACED WITH A NORTHERN HEMISPHERE IMAGE.
ALSO... THE 1820 UTC SOUNDING IS CANCELED.
FROM 1830 UTC THROUGH 1944 UTC -- NO GOES-8 IMAGING OR
SOUNDINGS
FROM 1830 UTC THROUGH 1959 UTC -- GOES-10 FULL DISK
IMAGING
FROM 1945 UTC THROUGH 0244 UTC /OCTOBER 27... 1999/
ABBREVIATED GOES-8 FULL DISK /19 MINUTE SCAN/ AT XX45
AND NORTHERN HEMISPHERE EXTENDED /NHE/ IMAGING AT
XX15... AND ASOS1 COVERAGE SOUNDINGS ONLY AT XX46/
0245 UTC -- GOES-8 ROUTINE IMAGER AND SOUNDING SCHEDULES
RESUME.
EXPECT GOES-8 IMAGER AND SOUNDER GRIDDING OFFSETS FOR
UP TO 6 HOURS FOLLOWING THE MANEUVER TIME.
STEVE ARNETT
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH
SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION
NOAA/NESDIS
STEVE.ARNETT/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
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External Liaison, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303 497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690
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