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NOUS01 KWBC 182029
MESSAGE 97-39
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NWS COMMUNICATIONS IDENTIFIER
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN HAS STARTED. BELOW IS THE GENERAL SCHEDULE
FOR NOTIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF WMO HEADING CHANGES. THE
CHANGES ARE ORGANIZED AROUND CATEGORIES OF PRODUCTS AS INDICATED.
IMPLEMENTATION OF PHASE 1 IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18 AT
1500 UTC. PHASE 1 INCLUDES GUIDANCE AND PUBLIC FORECASTS.
PLEASE SEE THE NOUS01 KWBC MESSAGE 97-40 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
THE PHASE 1 HEADING CHANGES. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL ALSO BE
AVAILABLE SHORTLY ON THE NWS COMMUNICATIONS AND CODES INFORMATION
WEB PAGE AT THE FOLLOWING URL. NOTE THE URL SHOULD BE TYPED IN
ALL LOWER CASE.
HTTP TO WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/COMINFO.SHTML
SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTING COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIER CHANGES
PHASE N NOTIFY/IMPLEMENT PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
PHASE 1 SEP 97/NOV 18/1500 UTC GUIDANCE FORECASTS /
PUBLIC FORECASTS
PHASE 2 SEP 97/DEC 97 EXTENDED FORECASTS / OTHER FORECASTS /
FIRE WEATHER / AG WEATHER
PHASE 3 OCT 97/JAN 98 WARNINGS / SEVERE WEATHER /
TROPICAL CYCLONE
PHASE 4 NOV 97/FEB 98 HYDROLOGICAL PRODUCTS / RADAR / SATELLITE
PHASE 5 DEC 97/MAR 98 NOTICES / SIGMETS / AIRMETS /
FLIGHT ADVISORIES
PHASE 6 JAN 98/APR 98 SURFACE DATA / UPPER AIR PRODUCTS /
ANALYSES / CLIMATIC DATA
PHASE/S/ IF NEEDED + 1 MONTH/+ 1 MONTH
IF AN OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT ARISES PREVENTING ANY PARTICULAR
PRODUCT/S/ FROM CHANGING ITS COMMUNICATIONS IDENTIFIER WHEN
SCHEDULED WE WILL SLIP THOSE SPECIFIC PRODUCTS ONE MONTH AT A
TIME UNTIL IMPLEMENTED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT
FRED BRANSKI
SENIOR DATA MANAGER
PHONE 301-713-0864 EXTENSION 146
EMAIL FRED.BRANSKI/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
RICHARD K. THIGPEN CHIEF
NETWORK MONITORING AND ANALYSIS BRANCH
SYSTEMS OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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