20010531-discontinue PIL headers-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS29 KWBC (fwd)

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• Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 15:04:08 -0600

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NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE FOR NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
445 PM EDT MAY 31 2001

TO:       NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS

FROM:     J. DOUGLAS WALLS
          NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWWS PROGRAM MANAGER

SUBJECT:  DISCONTINUED USE OF PIL HEADERS ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
          SERVICE PRODUCTS...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 2001 AT 1230 UTC

EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 2001 AT 1230 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME
/UTC/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL DISCONTINUE
IDENTIFYING NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ PRODUCTS WITH
PRODUCT INVENTORY LIST /PIL/ HEADERS.  THIS CHANGE WILL AFFECT
BOTH THE NWWS SATELLITE BROADCAST AND THE NWWS OPEN INTERFACE VIA
THE INTERNET...PROVIDED UNDER CONTRACT WITH DYNCORP.  PIL HEADERS
ARE GENERALLY NINE CHARACTERS IN LENGTH...AND ARE AN ARTIFACT
FROM A LEGACY NWS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.  SINCE JUNE 2000... ALL
PRODUCTS TRANSMITTED ON THE NWWS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH BOTH
PIL HEADERS AND WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADERS.
AS OF OCTOBER 1 2001 AT 1230 UTC...ONLY WMO HEADERS WILL BE USED
TO IDENTIFY NWWS PRODUCTS.

THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE TERMINATION OF PIL HEADERS ON NWWS
PRODUCTS WAS MADE ON APRIL 3 2000 IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
FOR THE NWWS. THE TERMINATION DATE WAS ALSO MENTIONED IN SEVERAL
OTHER NWWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES AND LETTERS LAST YEAR. THE
TERMINATION WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR MAY 30 2001. THE NEW
TERMINATION DATE IS OCTOBER 1 2001.

IF YOU ARE STILL USING THE PIL HEADERS TO IDENTIFY NWWS PRODUCTS
IN YOUR OPERATION...YOU WILL NEED TO REPROGRAM YOUR SYSTEM TO
RECOGNIZE THE EQUIVALENT WMO HEADER FOR EACH PRODUCT YOU RECEIVE.
INFORMATION TO AID IN PIL TO WMO HEADER TRANSITION IS AVAILABLE
ON THE DYNCORP NWWS WEBPAGE /USE LOWER CASE/:

HTTP://DYNIS.IS.DYNCORP.COM/CONTRACTS/NWWS/OTHER/AFOS2AWIPS.TXT

ALSO AN ONLINE FORMAT CONVERSION TOOL IS POSTED ON THE NWS' NWWS
WEBPAGE /USE LOWER CASE/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/OSO1/OSO15/NEWNWWS.HTM

A NEW NWWS WEB PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WILL CONTAIN
ADDITIONAL PIL TO WMO HEADER CROSS REFERENCE TEXT FILES.  THIS
NEW WEB PAGE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE BEFORE THE END OF JUNE 2001 AND
WILL RESIDE AT /USE LOWER CASE/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NWWS/

PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND
NOTIFY US OF ANY CHANGES TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES.

     MARTY BARON                   MR. DOUG WALLS
     NWS NWWS PROGRAM LEADER       NWS NWWS PROGRAM MANAGER
     301-713-1743 X 137            301-713-1743 X 147
     MARTIN.BARON@xxxxxxxx         DOUGLAS.WALLS@xxxxxxxx

YOU ARE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE NWWS SYSTEM IN PROVIDING
THE PUBLIC WITH CRITICAL WEATHER INFORMATION AND WE WILL DO WHAT
EVER POSSIBLE TO FOSTER OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU.

THIS NOTICE AND ALL NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES FOR NWWS ARE
POSTED ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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