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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1619 MARCH 17... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON MARCH 15... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
REACHED A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF
AWIPS AT
NORTH PLATTE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KLBF/... NORTH
PLATTE... NE
HASTINGS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KGID/... HASTINGS... NE
CENTRAL ILLINOIS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KILX/...
CENTRAL ILLINOIS... IL
BILLINGS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KBYZ/... BILLINGS... MT
ABERDEEN WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KABR/... ABERDEEN... SD
THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO 25
COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEANS AWIPS NOW TRANSMITS
ALL NWS PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF AFOS... TRANSMISSION OVER AFOS
CEASES UPON THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS.
THE NWS OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE SITES... AS WELL AS THE
NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY IN SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND... WILL
MONITOR AWIPS PRODUCTS AND COORDINATE MAINTENANCE
ACTIONS AS NEEDED.
FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FUTURE AWIPS COMMISSIONINGS...
REFER TO THE AWIPS COMMISSIONING HOME PAGE...
WWW.AWIPS/UNDERSCORE/COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV
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