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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1744 JULY 18... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON JULY 6... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
SAN ANGELO WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KSJT/... SAN ANGELO ... TX
MIDLAND WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KMAF/... MIDLAND ... TX
FORT WORTH WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KFWD/... FORT WORTH ... TX
ON JULY 12... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED A
NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
BOULDER WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KBOU/... BOULDER ... CO
THESE AWIPS COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO... 124 OF 139
TOTAL
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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