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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1030 AM CST TUE NOV 25 1997
TO: REVISED DIGITAL FORECAST /RDF/ PRODUCT USERS
FROM: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
SUBJECT: THE REVISED DIGITAL FORECAST PRODUCT WILL BE
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED
DUE TO AN INTERMEDIATE UPGRADE OF OUR SOFTWARE...THE REVISED
DIGITAL FORECAST PRODUCT (OKCRDFTUL; WMO HEADER: FOUS44 KTUL)
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN TULSA OKLAHOMA
WILL BE SUSPENDED BEGINNING ON DECEMBER 1, 1997 AND WILL RESUME
SOMETIME BETWEEN DECEMBER 15, 1997 AND JANUARY 12, 1998. THE
EXACT DATE FOR RESUMPTION WILL DEPEND ON THE DELIVERY OF A NEW
SOFTWARE LOAD. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS DELAY MAY
CAUSE. ANOTHER MESSAGE WILL BE TRANSMITTED WHEN RDF ISSUANCES
RESUME.
WHEN RESUMED...THE REVISED DIGITAL FORECAST PRODUCT WILL AGAIN BE
TRANSMITTED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT.
IT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA
OKLAHOMA HOME PAGE AT:
HTTP://WWW.NWSTULSA.NOAA.GOV
THE REVISED DIGITAL FORECAST PRODUCT IS CURRENTLY A TEST PRODUCT
THAT PROVIDES USERS WITH FORECASTS OF METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS
SUCH AS TEMPERATURE...DEWPOINT...WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...AND
CLOUD COVER FOR EACH COUNTY IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS. THE DATA ARE IN A MATRIX FORMAT AND PROVIDE
INFORMATION AT THREE-HOUR INCREMENTS FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO 48
HOURS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE CONTACT:
MR. LANS P. ROTHFUSZ OR MR. STEVEN PILTZ
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
10159 EAST 11TH STREET
TULSA, OK 74128
PHONE: (918) 832-4115 MON-FRI 800 AM - 400 PM
E-MAIL: LANS.ROTHFUSZ@xxxxxxxx