20031117: WAFS-ADMIN NOTICE NOXX10 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20031117: WAFS-ADMIN NOTICE NOXX10 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:38:46 -0700

986
NOXX10 KWBC 171624
DATA MGT MESSAGE 11-03.09
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

TO WAFS USERS

FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

DEAR COLLEAGUE

AS YOU ARE AWARE THE UNITED STATES WILL BEGIN TO RECEIVE AND
TRANSMIT WAFS DATA USING THE NEW ISCS BY THE END OF NOVEMBER
2003.  THE SYSTEM WILL SUPPORT BOTH X.25 AND TCP/IP UNTIL
JANUARY 2004. ALL USERS MUST HAVE A WORKSTATION CAPABLE OF
COMMUNICATING USING THE TCP/IP PROTOCOL BY THE END OF DECEMBER
2003. THE TCP/IP INTERFACE WILL REQUIRE A NEW SOFTWARE MODULE TO
BE INSTALLED IN EACH WORKSTATION. THIS SOFTWARE WILL BE PROVIDED
TO EACH ISCS SITE BY MCI DURING THE TRANSITION TO THE NEW ISCS.
THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL COST FOR THIS SOFTWARE TO YOUR SITE.

THE U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS PLEASED TO BE A PARTNER
WITH YOU IN A COORDINATED EFFORT TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE/WEATHER PREDICTION/AND WEATHER
PLANNING CAPABILITY. OUR COMBINED EFFORTS IN METEOROLOGICAL
AND AVIATION SERVICES EXEMPLIFY THE EXCELLENT COOPERATION
AND EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK WHICH HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH SINCE
THE INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM BEGAN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE WAS WE
BEGINTO TRANSITION TO THE NEW ISCS.

BEST REGARDS

PATRICK GILLIS
ISCS PROGRAM LEADER

THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
WEB PAGE UNDER CHANGE NOTICES. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.

NOTE THE URL SHOULD BE TYPED IN ALL LOWER CASE.

HTTP TO WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/INDEX.HTML

DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS


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