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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1695 MAY 18... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE
ON MAY 16... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
SULLIVAN WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KMKX/... SULLIVAN... WI
GREEN BAY WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KGRB/... GREEN BAY... WI
MARQUETTE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KMQT/... MARQUETTE... MI
JACKSON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KJKL/... JACKSON... KY
THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO 101
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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