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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1684 MAY 5... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON APRIL 24... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
BOSTON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KBOX/... BOSTON... MA
ON MAY 4... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
WILMINGTON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KILN/... WILMINGTON...
OH
CLEVELAND WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KCLE/... CLEVELAND... OH
WAKEFIELD WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KAKQ/... WAKEFIELD... VA
BLACKSBURG WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KRNK/... BLACKSBURG...
VA
GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KGSP/...
GREER... SC
BUFFALO WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KBUF/... BUFFALO... NY
ELKO WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KLKN/... ELKO... NV
SALT LAKE CITY WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KSLC/... SALT LAKE
CITY... UT
LAS VEGAS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KVEF/... LAS VEGAS... NV
THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO 88
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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