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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT - TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION MESSAGE 99-19
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
800 AM EST THU NOV 4 1999
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ CUSTOMERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT DISCONTINUANCE OF AIR STAGNATION DISCUSSION FROM HPC...
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 6 1999
THE NCEP HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER /HPC/ WILL
DISCONTINUE THE PREPARATION OF THE AIR STAGNATION DISCUSSION
/NMCAPGASD...FKUS2 KWBC/ EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 6 1999.
USE OF THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN IN A STEADY DECLINE OVER THE
PAST FEW YEARS. THE HPC WILL BEGIN DISSEMINATING SEVERAL NEW
PRODUCTS ON THAT DATE IN SUPPORT OF THE RESTRUCTURED NATIONAL
QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST PROGRAM. THE ASD IS BEING
DISCONTINUED TO ALLOW HPC TO FOCUS ITS RESOURCES ON THESE NEW
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
MR. KEVIN MCCARTHY...HPC DEPUTY DIRECTOR
301 763-8000 EXTENSION 7304
KMCCARTHY /AT SIGN/ NCEP.NOAA.GOV
-OR-
MR. ED DANAHER...HPC DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING BRANCH CHIEF
301 763-8000 EXTENSION 7354
EDANAHER /AT SIGN/ NCEP.NOAA.GOV.
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS
ARE AVAILABLE ON THE NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY/S HOME PAGE IN THE
NOTIFICATION SECTION AT HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM.
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