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ZCZC WSHPNSNMC ALL TTAA00 KWBC DDHHMM NATIONAL TECHNICAL IMFORMATION MESSAGE 97-20 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 400 PM EDT MON MAY 5 1997 TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...FAMILY OF SERVICE /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS FROM: DR. ELBERT W. "JOE" FRIDAY JR. DIRECTOR...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SUBJECT: REDUCTIONS IN SERVICES FROM THE NWS CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...EFFECTIVE JULY 1 1997 AND OCTOBER 1 1997 DUE TO BUDGET CUTS AND PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS...THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER /CPC/ IN CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND WILL NO LONGER SUPPORT CERTAIN SERVICES AS DESCRIBED BELOW. ON JULY 1 1997...THE CPC WILL NO LONGER MAINTAIN SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS CUSTOMERS OF CPC LONG-LEAD FORECASTS TO CONVERT FROM OUTLOOK PROBABILITIES OF CATEGORIES /E.G. ABOVE NORMAL...BELOW NORMAL/ TO PROBABILITIES OF SPECIFIC TEMPERATURE/RAINFALL OUTCOMES...RANGES OF OUTCOMES...OR EXTREMES EXPRESSED IN UNITS OF INCHES OF RAINFALL OR DEGREES OF TEMPERATURE AT SPECIFIC SITES. ON OCTOBER 1 1997...THE CPC WILL ELIMINATE THE NWS CLIMATE DIAL- UP SERVICE /CDUS/ COMPONENT OF THE FAMILY OF SERVICES. USERS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS MOST CDUS PRODUCTS THROUGH THE INTERNET AT THE SITE... HTTP://NIC.FB4.NOAA.GOV BY "CLICKING" ON "ANALYSIS AND MONITORING" ON THIS CPC HOME PAGE AND SELECTING "CLIMATE MONITORING /TABLE/TEXTS/" FROM THE MENU. THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY HOME PAGE IN THE NOTIFICATION SECTION...INTERNET ADDRESS HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS PLEASE CONTACT JIM LAVER PH: 301-763-8000 EXT 7500, CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER E-MAIL JIM.LAVER@xxxxxxxx OR LAVER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx END NNNN^Z
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