19991110: Help Desk-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 19991110: Help Desk-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 08:33:50 -0700

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NOUS40 KWBC 101426
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1562     NOVEMBER 10... 1999

ATTENTION    FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
              NOAAPORT USERS

THERE WILL BE A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ Y2K
SITUATION DESK SET UP AT THE NWS TELECOMMUNICATION
GATEWAY /NWSTG/ IN SILVER SPRING... MD... THE CONTACT
INFORMATION /IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE FOR CONTACT/
FOLLOWS /E.G.... E-MAILS PREFERRED OVER VOICE/.  THIS DESK
IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE NORMAL 24/7 OPERATIONAL
MONITORING DONE BY THE NWSTG.

      E-MAIL        NWSY2K/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV

      FAX           /1-301/ 587-1773
      NOTE          MARK FAXES   ATTENTION Y2K DESK
      VOICE         /1-301/ 713-0906
      BACKUP VOICE  /1-301/ 980-9325

UNLESS SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY OCCURS... THE DESK
WILL ONLY BE STAFFED FROM 0600 HOURS UTC ON
FRIDAY DECEMBER 31... 1999... THROUGH 0000 HOURS
UTC ON SUNDAY JANUARY 2... 2000.  HOWEVER... UNLESS
PERSONS REALLY BELIEVE THAT A PROBLEM IS Y2K IN
NATURE RATHER THAN A NORMAL OPERATIONAL PROBLEM...
OUR PREFERENCE IS FOR USERS TO UTILIZE THE REGULAR
SUPPORT NUMBERS /E.G.... AOMC... SMCC... NCF... TECH CONTROL...
ETC./ THEY DO FOR EVERYDAY OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS.  THE
SITUATION DESK WILL POST PERIODIC STATUS UPDATES...
DURING ITS HOURS OF OPERATION... TO THE NWS Y2K HOME
PAGE AT HTTP //WWW.OSO1.X3.NWS.NOAA.GOV/Y2K

THIS IS ONE OF 4 WMO Y2K SITUATION DESKS ESTABLISHED
THE OTHERS ARE IN MELBOURNE... AUSTRALIA... BRACKNELL...
ENGLAND... AND MOSCOW... RUSSIA.  THE CENTER IN THE US
WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING WEATHER DATA FROM
COUNTRIES IN WMO REGIONS III AND IV /NORTH AMERICA...
CENTRAL AMERICA... CARIBBEAN... AND SOUTH AMERICA/...
WHILE THE OTHER CENTERS WILL HANDLE THE OTHER WMO
REGIONS.  THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ALL 4 CENTERS CAN
BE FOUND AT

HTTP //WWW.WMO.CH/WEB/WWW/YEAR-2000/SITUATION-CENTRES.
HTML

IN ADDITION... AS A BACKUP FOR POSSIBLE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNICATION OUTAGES THE CENTERS IN MELBOURNE...
AUSTRALIA... OFFENBACH... GERMANY... TOKYO... JAPAN
AND THE NWSTG IN SILVER SPRING WILL MAKE OBSERVATIONAL
DATA RECEIVED AT THEIR CENTERS AVAILABLE VIA FTP IN THE
FEW WEEKS SURROUNDING 1 JANUARY 2000.

THESE CENTRES WILL MAKE SYNOP... SHIP... DRIBU... TEMP...
TEMP SHIP... PILOT... AIREP... AMDAR... METAR AND TAF AS WELL
AS PROFILER AND ACARS BUFR MESSAGES RECEIVED AT THEIR
CENTRES AVAILABLE THROUGH FTP ON THE INTERNET. THEY
WILL MAKE TEST DATA AVAILABLE BEGINNING 15 NOVEMBER.
OPERATIONAL DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM 15 DECEMBER
CONTINUING AT LEAST UNTIL 15 JANUARY 2000. THE FORMAT
AND FILE CONVENTIONS USED ARE DESCRIBED IN THE
INTERNATIONAL WMO Y2K MONITORING AND CONTINGENCY
PLAN WHICH CAN BE FOUND AT
HTTP //WWW.WMO.CH/WEB/WWW/YEAR-2000/FTP-CENTRES.HTML
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