20010928: No PIL headers-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS29 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20010928: No PIL headers-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS29 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 09:11:15 -0600

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NOUS29 KWBC 281513
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NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE FOR NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1115 AM EDT SEP 28 2001

TO:       NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS

FROM:     J. DOUGLAS WALLS
          NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWWS PROGRAM MANAGER

SUBJECT:  REMINDER: DISCONTINUED USE OF PIL HEADERS ON NOAA
          WEATHER WIRE SERVICE PRODUCTS...EFFECTIVE
          OCTOBER 1 2001 AT 1230 UTC

...THIS CHANGE WAS MOST RECENTLY ANNOUNCED IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE
MESSAGE FOR NWWS ON MAY 31 2001...

EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 2001 AT 1230 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME
/UTC/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL DISCONTINUE
IDENTIFYING NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ PRODUCTS WITH
PRODUCT INVENTORY LIST /PIL/ HEADERS.  THIS CHANGE WILL AFFECT
BOTH THE NWWS SATELLITE BROADCAST AND THE NWWS OPEN INTERFACE VIA
THE INTERNET...PROVIDED UNDER CONTRACT WITH DYNCORP.  PIL HEADERS
ARE GENERALLY NINE CHARACTERS IN LENGTH...AND ARE AN ARTIFACT
FROM A LEGACY NWS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.  SINCE JUNE 2000... ALL
PRODUCTS TRANSMITTED ON THE NWWS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH BOTH
PIL HEADERS AND WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADERS.
AS OF OCTOBER 1 2001 AT 1230 UTC...ONLY WMO HEADERS WILL BE USED
TO IDENTIFY NWWS PRODUCTS.

THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE TERMINATION OF PIL HEADERS ON NWWS
PRODUCTS WAS MADE ON APRIL 3 2000 IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
FOR THE NWWS. THE TERMINATION DATE WAS ALSO MENTIONED IN SEVERAL
OTHER NWWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES AND LETTERS LAST YEAR. THE
TERMINATION WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR MAY 30 2001. THE NEW
TERMINATION DATE IS OCTOBER 1 2001.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO THE NWWS WEB PAGE AT /USE
LOWER CASE/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NWWS/

PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND
NOTIFY US OF ANY CHANGES TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES.

     MARTY BARON                   MR. DOUG WALLS
     NWS NWWS PROGRAM LEADER       NWS NWWS PROGRAM MANAGER
     301-713-1743 X 137            301-713-1743 X 147
     MARTIN.BARON@xxxxxxxx         DOUGLAS.WALLS@xxxxxxxx

     GERARD TRIBIE
     DYNCORP/NWWS PROGRAM MANAGER
     703-818-4940
     GERARD.TRIBIE@xxxxxxxxxxx

THIS NOTICE AND ALL NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES FOR NWWS ARE
POSTED ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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