[nws-changes] 20130820: NWWS Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20130820: NWWS Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 06:18:27 -0600

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Service Change Notice 13-52
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
722 AM EDT Tue Aug 20 2013

           -NOAA Weather Wire Service
           Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees

           Chief, NWS Dissemination Systems Branch

products to the public. A new NWWS will be commissioned during
2014. The new NWWS will operate concurrently with the present
NWWS system until the NWWS system contract ends March 2014, at
the earliest. For the latest news and information about this
change, please consult the Weather Wire website at:

  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwws/newnwws.html

The new system will allow C-band satellite users to continue to
use outdoor antennas they have in place, which will not require
re-pointing but will require a new satellite receiver, new Low
Noise Block Converter (LNB), and new or modified weather data
processing/display software. Internet (Open Interface) users will
need the new or modified processing/display software.

The current NWWS system, operated under contract with Computer
Sciences Corporation (CSC), will continue to operate into 2014.
CSC may or may not continue Weather Wire satellite and open-
interface services after government contract termination.

Updates will be posted on the NWWS website as it become
available. For more information please contact:

   Operations Division
   NWS Office of Operational Systems
   Silver Spring, MD 20910
   Gregory.Zwicker@xxxxxxxx