960107: NTIM - planned FAA software upgrade 1/7/97 at 0615Z (fwd)

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• Subject: 960107: NTIM - planned FAA software upgrade 1/7/97 at 0615Z (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 06:31:12 -0700 (MST)

    
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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE /NTIM/ 97-01
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
435 PM EST MON JAN 6 1997

TO:       ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CUSTOMERS RECEIVING
          DATA THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
          NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY

FROM:     THERESE Z. PIERCE
          CHIEF-INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
          OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY

SUBJECT:  FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION COMMUNICATION
          SYSTEM TESTING RESCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 7, 1997
          /TONIGHT/

/THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY AL MONGEON...NWS
TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY AND CHRISTINE ALEX...OFFICE OF
METEOROLOGY/

THE FAA COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE UPGRADE OF THE FAA'S TWO MESSAGE
SWITCHING CENTERS IN ATLANTA AND SALT LAKE CITY ORIGINALLY
SCHEDULED IN DECEMBER 1996 HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR THIS
EVENING...JANUARY 7...1997...AS DESCRIBED BELOW (ALL TIMES ARE
GIVEN IN UTC):

THE SOFTWARE UPGRADE AT FAA'S ATLANTA MESSAGE SWITCHING CENTER
WILL BEGIN AT 0415 UTC ON JANUARY 7...1997 /TONIGHT/.  DURING THE
UPGRADE CUSTOMERS SHOULD EXPECT SOME DELAY IN DATA DISTRIBUTION
AND MULTIPLE SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS AND COMPLETE OUTAGES OF
INDIVIDUAL CIRCUITS OF UP TO 30 MINUTES ARE POSSIBLE.

THE FAA'S SALT LAKE CITY MESSAGE CENTER WILL BEGIN THEIR SOFTWARE
UPDATE AT 0515 UTC ON JANUARY 7...AFTER THE UPGRADE OF THE FAA'S
ATLANTA MESSAGE SYSTEM IS COMPLETED.  SIMILAR SERVICE
INTERRUPTIONS AND DELAYS SHOULD BE EXPECTED.

FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED IF NECESSARY.

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