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NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 5 DECEMBER 28... 1998
ATTENTION NOAAPORT USERS
EFFECTIVE DATE IMMEDIATELY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ IS INSTALLING NEW AWIPS
SOFTWARE AT ITS AWIPS EQUIPPED OFFICES. A NEW FEATURE
OF THIS SOFTWARE IS THE TRANSMISSION OF NWS FIELD OFFICE
PRODUCTS OVER THE AWIPS WAN INTO THE NETWORK CONTROL
FACILITY WHERE THEY ARE UP-LINKED TO THE NWSTG CHANNEL
OF NOAAPORT. THESE FIELD OFFICE PRODUCTS ARE IDENTICAL
TO THOSE THAT COME INTO THE NCF OVER THE AFOS AND NWSTG
CIRCUITS EXCEPT THEY ARE ASSIGNED A WMO HEADING /FORMAT
TTAAII CCCC/ IN WHICH THE II FIELD IS ALWAYS EQUAL TO 97.
FOR EXAMPLE FPUS51 KPBZ RECEIVED OVER AFOS AND THE
FPUS97 KPBZ RECEIVED OVER THE AWIPS WAN WILL BOTH APPEAR
ON NOAAPORT. THE NUMBER OF FIELD SITES TRANSMITTING
THESE DUPLICATE PRODUCTS WILL INCREASE IN THE NEXT YEAR
AS MORE NWS OFFICES RECEIVE THEIR AWIPS HARDWARE AND
SOFTWARE. THE TRANSMISSION OF THESE DUPLICATE PRODUCTS
IS NECESSARY TO FULLY INTEGRATE FIELD OPERATIONS INTO
AWIPS. AS THE NWS COMMISSIONS AWIPS SITES THE TRANSMISSION
OF DUPLICATE PRODUCTS FROM THAT SITE WILL CEASE.
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