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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@NOAA.GOV

NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:

  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM

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