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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1610 FEBRUARY 29... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON FEBRUARY 28... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
REACHED A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS
AT
TUCSON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KTWC/... TUCSON... AZ
MIDDLE ATLANTIC RIVER FORECAST OFFICE /KRHA/... STATE
COLLEGE... PA
THIS COMMISSIONING BRINGS THE TOTAL TO 17
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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