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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 01-23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
420 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2001
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS..OTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS OF AVIATION
FORECASTS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM MARK ANDREWS
CHIEF...AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL CONVECTIVE WEATHER
FORECAST PRODUCTS...EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 27 2001
...THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER
WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS...
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27 2001 AT 1300 UNIVERSAL
COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...THE NWS AVIATION WEATHER CENTER IN
KANSAS CITY MISSOURI WILL BEGIN DISSEMINATING THE NATIONAL
CONVECTIVE WEATHER FORECAST /NCWF/. THE NCWF CONSISTS OF
TWO
PARTS ...A DETECTION PRODUCT AND A ONE HOUR FORECAST. THE
DETECTION PRODUCT IS A GRID OF CONVECTIVE AVIATION HAZARDS
DISTRIBUTED IN GRIB FORMAT. THE ONE HOUR FORECAST PRODUCT IS
A
COLLECTION OF POLYGONS DELINEATING FORECAST POSITIONS OF
CONVECTIVE AVIATION HAZARDS AND IS DISTRIBUTED IN BUFR
FORMAT.
BOTH PRODUCTS ARE GENERATED AT FIVE MINUTE INTERVALS.
THE FOLLOWING WMO HEADINGS WILL BE USED FOR THESE NCWF
PRODUCTS.
WMO HEADINGS AVAILABLE TO THE FOLLOWING CUSTOMERS
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ZDIZ98 KKCI AWIPS SBN/NOAAPORT FOS AND NWSTG FTP
JSAT98 KKCI AWIPS SBN/NOAAPORT FOS AND NWSTG FTP
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE NEW PRODUCTS...
PLEASE
CONTACT
MR. JACK MAY
DIRECTOR /ACTING/
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
7220 NW 101ST TERRACE
KANSAS CITY MO 64153-2371
PHONE 816-584-7201
E MAIL JACK.MAY/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
THESE AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/
HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
HTTP//205.156.54.206/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
FOR FOS/NOAAPORT QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT
JULIE HAYES
PHONE 301 713-0864 EXTENSION 120
EMAIL JULIE.HAYES/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT.
FRED BRANSKI
TEAM LEADER FOR DATA MANAGEMENT
PHONE 301 713-0864 EXTENSION 146
EMAIL FRED.BRANSKI/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
WALTER SMITH
SENIOR DATA MANAGER
PHONE 301 713-0864 EXTENSION 139
EMAIL WALTER.SMITH/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
RICHARD ROBINSON
DATA MANAGER
PHONE 301 713-0864 EXTENSION 179
EMAIL RICHARD.ROBINSON/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS SYSTEMS OPERATIONS
CENTER CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP//205.156.54.206/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
DATA MANAGEMENT
DATA DISSEMINATION BRANCH
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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