NOFS (fwd)

Hiya,

New alert type of reports starting tomorrow on NOAAport.

Robb...

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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
address@hidden             WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 11:52:56 -0700 (MST)
From: Unidata Local Data Manager <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Subject: NOFS


999 
NOXX10 KWBC 101849
DATA MGT MESSAGE 02-99.1

EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 11 1999 AT 1530 UTC THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WILL BEGIN ISSUING A NOTICE
CONTAINING AN ALERT MESSAGE REGARDING UNOFFICIAL
NWS PRODUCTS CONTAINING 97 IN THE WMO HEADING.  THE
ALERT MESSAGE WILL BE DISSEMINATED UNDER THE WMO
HEADING NOXX47 KWBC.  THE NOXX47 KWBC MESSAGE WILL
BE TRANSMITTED EIGHT TIMES PER DAY AT APPROXIMATELY
THE FOLLOWING UTC TIMES 0030  0330  0630  0930
1230  1530  1830 AND 2130 FOR THE FIRST WEEK.
FOR WEEK TWO THE MESSAGE WILL BE TRANSMITTED
FOUR TIMES PER DAY AT APPROXIMATELY THE FOLLOWING
UTC TIMES 0330  0930  1530 AND 2130.  FOR WEEK
THREE THE MESSAGE WILL ONLY BE TRANSMITTED ONCE
PER DAY AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 UTC.

THE NOXX47 KWBC MESSAGE WILL ONLY BE DISTRIBUTED ON
AWIPS/NOAAPORT AND FOS IDS  DDS  AND PPS.

THE TEXT OF THE ALERT MESSAGE FOLLOWS.

ALERT     ALERT     ALERT     ALERT     ALERT

NOTICE ABOUT UNOFFICIAL NWS PRODUCTS CONTAINING 97 IN
WMO HEADING

AS DEPLOYMENT AND TESTING OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM
/AWIPS/ CONTINUES THERE ARE A GROWING NUMBER OF
PRODUCTS WITH THE WMO HEADING FORMAT TTAA97 CCCC BEING
TRANSMITTED ON THE AWIPS/NOAAPORT DATASTREAM.  THESE
PRODUCTS WITH 97 IN THE WMO HEADING ARE UNOFFICIAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TEST PRODUCTS FROM
UNCOMMISSIONED SYSTEMS AND ARE NOT /REPEAT NOT/ TO BE
USED FOR ANY OPERATIONAL PURPOSE.  THESE PRODUCTS OFTEN
DUPLICATE OR ARE SIMILAR TO OTHER OFFICIAL PRODUCTS WHICH
DO NOT CONTAIN 97 IN THE WMO HEADING.  ONLY OFFICIAL
PRODUCTS WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN 97 IN THE WMO HEADING
SHOULD BE USED OPERATIONALLY.  PLEASE DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE
THESE PRODUCTS OR POST THEM TO THE INTERNET.  NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IS TAKING STEPS TO MINIMIZE THE
AVAILABILITY OF THESE PRODUCTS WHERE FEASIBLE.  IF YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE PRODUCTS PLEASE
CONTACT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TECH CONTROL AT
301-713-0902.

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