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NOXX10 KWBC 302010
DATA MGT MESSAGE 08-02.11
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 3 AND 5 2002
TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS...FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK/EMWIN/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/NWS/CUSTOMERS...WAFS USERS...GTS USERS..
NWS FAX CHART USERS.
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS A RETRANSMISSION OF AWFAS SCHEDULED
OUTAGE MESSAGE.
BMO/GMGO/JMA/NWS/FAA COLLEAGUES
DUE TO NECESSARY UPGRADES IN OUR NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE AFWA WILL
EXPERIENCE TWO OUTAGES WHICH WILL AFFECT ALL AFWA CUSTOMERS.
EXPECT A NOXX BULLETIN DESCRIBING THE OUTAGE VIA NORMAL
ALPHANUMERIC COMMUNICATIONS PATHS. THE INFORMATION BELOW IS
TAILORED SPECIFICALLY TO OUR ALPHANUMERIC DATA CENTER PARTNERS.
TUESDAY 03 SEP 02 1600 TO 2000Z OUR INTERNAL PRODUCTION
NETWORK WILL BE DOWN. ALL INCOMING DATA WILL QUEUE ON OUR INGEST
SYSTEM. DATA TO EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS WILL NOT BE SENT DURING THIS
PERIOD AND DELAYED AFTER THE OUTAGE.
THURSDAY 05 SEP 02 1600Z TO 2030Z AFWA WILL HAVE NO EXTERNAL
OR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS FOR INGEST OR DISSEMINATION THE
AUTOMATED WEATHER NETWORK /AWN/ WILL BE DOWN. DATA WILL BE
UNABLE TO QUEUE ON AFWAS END. DATA SHOULD QUEUE ON THE SENDERS
END. REQUEST CENTERS SENDING DATA TO AFWA WATCH THE QUEUES
ON THEIR END AND CLEAN-UP AS NEEDED.
NOTE ALL U. S. MILITARY OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTS FOR THIS
PERIOD WILL BE MISSING FROM AFWAS DATABASE UNTIL INDIVIDUAL
MILITARY SITE UPLOADS AT DATA INTO THE AWN AFTER THE OUTAGE.
IF YOU NEED MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION OR HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE
DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE SHORT NOTICE
ON THESE OUTAGES BUT THE UPGRADES ARE EXPECTED TO PREVENT THE
NEED FOR SUCH OUTAGES IN THE FUTURE.
THANKS AND CHEERS
FAWN
FAWN R. MORLEY GS-13 DAFC
DEPUTY CHIEF OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS DIVISION
HQ AIR FORCE WEATHER AGENCY
HQ AFWA/XOR
106 PEACEKEEPER DR STE 2N3
OFFUTT AFB NE 68113
COMM 402-232-7857 DSN 312-272-7857
FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS- IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS REGARDING ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE
PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT DATA MANAGEMENT.
EMAIL NWS.DM/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
WEB PAGE UNDER CHANGE NOTICES. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
NOTE THE URL SHOULD BE TYPED IN ALL LOWER CASE.
HTTP TO WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/INDEX.HTML
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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