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051 NOUS72 KNCF 181518 ADMNCF ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18 AT APPROXIMATELY 19 UTC, THE NWS WILL BE RESTORING THE CORRECT FORMAT TO PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE SECOND COMMUNICATION HEADING LINES OF LESS THAN 6 CHARACTERS. ACCORDING TO NWS COMMUNICATIONS HEADER POLICY, IF THE SECOND LINE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS HEADER IS LESS THAN 6 CHARACTERS, THE SECOND LINE WILL BE PADDED WITH SPACE CHARACTERS TO FILL THE SECOND LINE OUT TO 6 CHARACTERS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE STATE WEATHER ROUNDUP PRODUCT FOR NEW MEXICO WHICH IS WMO HEADER ASUS45 KABQ, THE SECOND LINE OF THE PRODUCT SHOULD READ "SWRNM ". A RECENT UPGRADE TO THE NWS SOFTWARE WAS NOT PROPERLY PADDING THE SECOND LINE WITH SPACE CHARACTERS IF REQUIRED. . NOTICE FOR THE NWS OFFICES, THIS CHANGE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AT ALL OFFICES WHICH ARE RUNNING AWIPS VERSION 5.2.1.3 SOFTWARE. THE /awips/fxa/bin/distributeproduct AND /awips/fxa/bin/handleoup.pl EXECUTABLES WILL BE UPDATED. THE ORIGINAL 5.2.1.3 VERSIONS OF THESE EXECUTABLES WILL BE SAVED ON DS1 AS /awips/fxa/bin/distributeproduct.R5213 AND /awips/fxa/bin/handleoup.pl.R5213. ALSO THE ORIGINAL 5.2.1.3 LINUX VERSION OF DISTRIBUTEPRODUCT WILL BE SAVED ON LX1 AS /awips/fxa/bin/distributeproduct.R5213. NO ACTION WILL BE REQUIRED BY THE AWIPS SITE TO ACTIVATE THIS CHANGE. . THE AWIPS SYSTEMS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY AT AWIPS VERSION 5.1.2.3 AND WILL BE UPDATED ARE: . ABQ, AFC, AKQ, ALR, ALY, AMA, BGM, BMX, BOI, BOU, BOX, BRO, BTV, BUF, CAE, CAR, CHS, CLE, CRP, CTP, DDC, DMX, EKA, EPZ, EYW, FFC, FGZ, FWD, FWR, GGW, GID, GJT, GLD, GRR, GSP, GUM, GYX, HGX, HNX, ILM, ILX, IND, JAN, JKL, KRF, LCH, LIX, LKN, LMK, LOT, LWX, LZK, MEG, MFL, MFR, MHX, MLB, MOB, MPX, MQT, MSO, NHCR, NHCW, NHOW, NTCA, NTCB, OHX, OKX, ORN, OTX, OUN, PDT, PIH, PQR, PSR, PUB, RAH, RHA, RIW, RNK, RSA, SEW, SGF, SGX, SHV, SJT, SJU, TAE, TAR, TUA, TWC, UNR, VEF, WNAR, WNAW, WNOR, AND WNOW. . IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT WAYNE MARTIN AT 301-713-0069 EXT 166. . NCF
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