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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 08-59
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1105 AM EST WED NOV 5 2008
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ELI JACKS
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: CHANGES TO THE SELECTED CITIES FORECAST PRODUCTS
/SCS/ EFFECTIVE JANUARY 13 2009
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JANUARY 13 2009 AT 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL
TIME /UTC/...NWS WILL BEGIN OPERATIONAL PRODUCTION AND
DISSEMINATION OF THE TABULAR PRODUCT EVOLUTION IN EXTENSIBLE
MARKUP LANGUAGE /TPEX/ DERIVED SELECTED CITIES FORECAST /SCS/
PRODUCTS. THESE SCS PRODUCTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY DERIVED FROM THE
NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/ VIA INTERMEDIARY
EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE /XML/ PRODUCTS AND HAVE BEEN PRODUCED
AND DISSEMINATED EXPERIMENTALLY SINCE SEPTEMBER 12 2007.
THE PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT /PNS/ ASKING FOR COMMENTS
REGARDING THESE PRODUCTS IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/OLD/PNS_TPEX.TXT
ALSO EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JANUARY 13 2009 AT 1200 UTC...THE NWS WILL
DISCONTINUE OPERATIONAL PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF THE
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER /HPC/ MANUALLY PRODUCED SCS
PRODUCTS.
THE NEW AND OLD WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ AND
ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM /AWIPS/ PRODUCT
IDS FOR THE SCS PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN BELOW:
PRODUCT NEW WMO/AWIPS OLD WMO/AWIPS
SCS /PART 1/ FPUS20 KWBN/SCS01 FPUS20 KWNH/SCS11
SCS /PART 2/ FPUS20 KWBN/SCS02 FPUS21 KWNH/SCS12
SCS /PART 3/ FPUS20 KWBN/SCS03 FPUS22 KWNH/SCS13
SCS /PART 4/ FPUS20 KWBN/SCS04 FPUS23 KWNH/SCS14
USERS OF THE SCS PRODUCTS MUST USE THE NEW WMO/AWIPS IDS
BEGINNING AT 1200 UTC ON TUESDAY JANUARY 13 2009 TO CONTINUE
RECEIVING THE SCS PRODUCTS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CONTENT AND FORMAT OF THE SCS
PRODUCTS IS NOT CHANGING. ONLY THE WAY THE SCS PRODUCTS ARE
PRODUCED AND THEIR WMO/AWIPS IDS ARE CHANGING.
SOME USERS MAY WANT TO ACCESS THE INTERMEDIARY XML PRODUCTS
DIRECTLY. A SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE /SCN/ CONTAINING MORE
INFORMATION REGARDING THE XML PRODUCTS IS AVAILABLE AT
/USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/SCN08-57_OPER_TPEX.TXT
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
ANDY HORVITZ
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
ANDY.HORVITZ@xxxxxxxx
NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
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