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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
250 PM TUE EDT APRIL 18... 2000
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES/ FAMILY
OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAAPORT USERS / NOAA
WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS
PRODUCT USERS
SUBJECT: AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
..... NOTICE .....
ON APRIL 11... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) REACHED A
NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT:
PITTSBURGH WEATHER FORECAST CENTER (KPBZ)... PITTSBURGH... PA
THIS COMMISSIONING BRINGS THE TOTAL TO: 59
COMMISSIONING OF THIS SITE MEANS AWIPS NOW TRANSMITS ALL NWS
PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF AFOS... TRANSMISSION OVER AFOS CEASES UPON
THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS.
THE NWS OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH SITE... 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_COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV
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