20000420: AWIPS Commiss-

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• Subject: 20000420: AWIPS Commiss-
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 07:15:37 -0600

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    FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1654     APRIL 20... 2000

    ATTENTION    FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
                 NOAAPORT USERS

    SUBJECT      AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...

    ON APRIL 11... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
    A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT

     EL PASO WEATHER FORECAST CENTER /KEPZ/... SANTA TERESA... NM

     PITTSBURGH WEATHER FORECAST CENTER /KPBZ/... PITTSBURGH...
     PA

    ON APRIL 18... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
    A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT

     RIVERTON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KRIW/... RIVERTON... WY

     LA CROSSE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KARX/... LA CROSSE... WI

     THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO   61

    COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEAN 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/UNDERSCORE/COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV
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    NOUS40KWBC 201147
    FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1655     APRIL 20... 2000

    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 201211
    FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1656     APRIL 20... 2000

    ATTENTION    FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
                 NOAAPORT USERS

    SUBJECT      GOES-L INFO SITE

    THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE NESDIS
    OFFICE OF SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT /OSD/.

    SUBJECT GOES-L INFO SITE

    NASA TO LAUNCH LATEST EYE-IN-THE-SKY WEATHER SPACECRAFT

    THE LATEST GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
    SATELLITE /GOES/... WHICH WILL MONITOR HURRICANES... SEVERE
    THUNDERSTORMS... FLASH FLOODS AND OTHER SEVERE WEATHER...
    IS BEING PREPARED FOR LAUNCH MAY 3 FROM CAPE CANAVERAL
    AIR FORCE STATION... FLORIDA. LIFTOFF OF GOES-L... IS TARGETED
    TO OCCUR AT THE OPENING OF A LAUNCH WINDOW THAT OPENS
    AT 227 A.M. EDT FROM PAD A AT COMPLEX 36 ON CAPE CANAVERAL.

    /QUOTATIONS/NASA IS EXCITED ABOUT PROVIDING ANOTHER FINE
    TOOL FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO USE FOR WEATHER
    OPERATIONS.../QUOTATIONS/ SAID MARTIN A. DAVIS... NASA S GOES
    PROGRAM MANAGER AT GODDARD.  THE LAUNCH OF THE GOES-L IS
    THE CONTINUATION OF A 25-YEAR JOINT PROGRAM BETWEEN NASA
    AND NOAA.  FOR MORE ON THIS STORY...VISIT

    HTTP//PAO.GSFC.NASA.GOV/GSFC/GNEWS/041400/041400.HTM/NUMBER
    SIGN/EYE

    RICHARD G. REYNOLDS
    CHIEF... GROUND SYSTEMS DIVISION
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