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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1680 MAY 2... 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
GRAY WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KGYX/... GRAY... ME
ON APRIL 24... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
REACHED A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS
AT
RALEIGH WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KRAH/...
RALEIGH/DURHAM... NC
BINGHAMTON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KBGM/...
BINGHAMTON... NY
ON APRIL 27... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
SEATTLE/TACOMA WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KSEW/...
SEATTLE/TACOMA... WA
SACRAMENTO WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KSTO/...
SACRAMENTO... CA
THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO 78
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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