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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1601 FEBRUARY 15... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON FEBRUARY 10... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
REACHED A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF
AWIPS AT
NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE
/KFGF/... ND
NORTHEASTERN RIVER BASIN RIVER FORECAST CENTER /KTAR/
TAUNTON... MA
THIS COMMISSIONING BRING THE TOTAL TO 9
COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEANS AWIPS NOW TRANSMITS
ALL NWS PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF AFOS... TRANSMISSION OVER
AFOS CEASES UPON THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS.
THE NWS OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE SITES... AS WELL AS THE
NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY IN SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND... WILL
MONITOR AWIPS PRODUCTS AND COORDINATE MAINTENANCE
ACTIONS AS NEEDED.
FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FUTURE AWIPS COMMISSIONINGS...
REFER TO THE AWIPS COMMISSIONING HOME PAGE...
WWW.AWIPS/UNDERSCORE/COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV
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