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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1649 APRIL 13... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON APRIL 11... 2000...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
GRAND JUNCTION WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KGJT/... GRAND
JUNCTION... CO
PUEBLO WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KPUB/... PUEBLO... CO
THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO 44
COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEAN AWIPS NOW TRANSMITS ALL
NWS PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF AFOS... TRANSMISSION OVER AFOS CEASES
UPON THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS.
THE NWS OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH SITE... 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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