[nws-changes] 20081105: fcst products

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20081105: fcst products
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:21:51 -0700

NOUS41 KWBC 051605
PNSWSH

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

 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

$$