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KWBC 312046
ADWMSG
NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE
MESSAGE FOR NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
445 PM EDT
MAY 31 2001
TO: NOAA
WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS
FROM: J.
DOUGLAS WALLS NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE NWWS PROGRAM MANAGER
SUBJECT:
DISCONTINUED USE OF PIL HEADERS ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE
PRODUCTS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 2001 AT 1230 UTC
EFFECTIVE
OCTOBER 1 2001 AT 1230 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME /UTC/...
THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL DISCONTINUE
IDENTIFYING
NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ PRODUCTS WITH
PRODUCT
INVENTORY LIST /PIL/ HEADERS. THIS CHANGE WILL
AFFECT BOTH
THE NWWS SATELLITE BROADCAST AND THE NWWS OPEN INTERFACE
VIA THE
INTERNET...PROVIDED UNDER CONTRACT WITH DYNCORP.
PIL HEADERS ARE
GENERALLY NINE CHARACTERS IN LENGTH...AND ARE AN ARTIFACT
FROM A LEGACY
NWS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. SINCE JUNE 2000...
ALL PRODUCTS
TRANSMITTED ON THE NWWS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH BOTH
PIL HEADERS
AND WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADERS.
AS OF OCTOBER
1 2001 AT 1230 UTC...ONLY WMO HEADERS WILL BE USED
TO IDENTIFY
NWWS PRODUCTS.
THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
OF THE TERMINATION OF PIL HEADERS ON NWWS PRODUCTS
WAS MADE ON APRIL 3 2000 IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
FOR THE
NWWS. THE TERMINATION DATE WAS ALSO MENTIONED IN SEVERAL
OTHER NWWS
ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES AND LETTERS LAST YEAR. THE
TERMINATION
WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR MAY 30 2001. THE NEW
TERMINATION
DATE IS OCTOBER 1 2001.
IF YOU ARE STILL
USING THE PIL HEADERS TO IDENTIFY NWWS PRODUCTS
IN YOUR
OPERATION...YOU WILL NEED TO REPROGRAM YOUR SYSTEM TO
RECOGNIZE
THE EQUIVALENT WMO HEADER FOR EACH PRODUCT YOU RECEIVE.
INFORMATION
TO AID IN PIL TO WMO HEADER TRANSITION IS AVAILABLE
ON THE DYNCORP
NWWS WEBPAGE /USE LOWER CASE/:
http://dynis.is.dyncorp.com/contracts/nwws/other/afos2awips.txt
ALSO AN ONLINE
FORMAT CONVERSION TOOL IS POSTED ON THE NWS' NWWS
WEBPAGE
/USE LOWER CASE/:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/oso1/oso15/newnwws.htm
A NEW NWWS WEB
PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WILL CONTAIN ADDITIONAL
PIL TO WMO HEADER CROSS REFERENCE TEXT FILES.
THIS NEW
WEB PAGE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE BEFORE THE END OF JUNE
2001 AND WILL
RESIDE AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwws/
PLEASE
CONTACT US IF YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND NOTIFY
US OF ANY CHANGES TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES. |
Marty
Baron |
NWS
NWWS PROGRAM LEADER |
301-713-0644
x137 |
martin.baron@noaa.gov |
YOU ARE AN IMPORTANT
COMPONENT OF THE NWWS SYSTEM IN PROVIDING THE
PUBLIC WITH CRITICAL WEATHER INFORMATION AND WE WILL
DO WHAT EVER
POSSIBLE TO FOSTER OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU.
THIS NOTICE AND
ALL NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES FOR NWWS ARE
POSTED ON
THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm
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