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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1720 JUNE 21... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE
ON JUNE 19... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED A
NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
JACKSONVILLE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KJAX/...
JACKSONVILLE... FL
THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO 108
COMMISSIONING OF THIS SITE MEANS 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/UNDER SCORE/COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV
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