20040610: awips, WMO IDS for Temp & Precip, Wx Summary, Wx RoundupADMIN

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• Subject: 20040610: awips, WMO IDS for Temp & Precip, Wx Summary, Wx RoundupADMIN
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:29:49 -0600

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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 04-25...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
350 PM EDT THU JUN 10 2004

TO:       FAMILY SERVICE /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
         WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY
         MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
         SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER
         NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND
         PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     JAMES E LEE
         CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  CHANGE IN AWIPS IDS AND WMO IDS FOR TEMPERATURE
        AND PRECIPITATION...WEATHER SUMMARY...AND WEATHER
 ROUNDUP PRODUCTS...EFFECTIVE JULY 01 2004

THIS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE IS BEING RETRANSMITTED BECAUSE THE
ORIGINAL...SENT APRIL 19 2004...MAY HAVE BEEN SENT WITH AN INCORRECT
AWIPS HEADER.

EFFECTIVE THURSDAY JULY 01 2004...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
WILL CONSOLIDATE ITS PRODUCT SUITE FOR SIMILAR PRODUCTS WITHIN THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:  TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLES...
WEATHER SUMMARIES...AND WEATHER ROUNDUPS.  THE CONTENT OF THESE
PRODUCTS IS NOT CHANGING...ONLY THE PRODUCT NAME AND...IN MOST
CASES...THE WMO HEADING AND/OR AWIPS ID.  DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF
THESE PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND IN NWSI 10.501...WFO STATEMENTS...
SUMMARIES...TABLES PRODUCTS SPECIFICATION POSTED ON THE NWS
DIRECTIVES WEB PAGE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/010/PD01005001C.PDF

1.  TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLES. WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES
THAT ISSUE A STATE MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION
TABLE /STP/ OR A REGIONAL MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AND
PRECIPITATION TABLE /RTP/ WILL INSTEAD ISSUE A MAXIMUM/MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLE /RTP/. IN MANY CASES WMO
COMMUNICATION HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS ARE ALSO BEING UPDATED. A
LISTING OF AFFECTED STP AND RTP PRODUCTS WITH THEIR NEW COMMUNICATION
HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/MSD/RTP.PDF



2.  WEATHER SUMMARIES. WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES THAT ISSUE AN AREA
WEATHER SUMMARY PRODUCT /AWS/...A STATE WEATHER SUMMARY PRODUCT
/SWS/...OR A REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY PRODUCT /RWS/ WILL INSTEAD
ISSUE A WEATHER SUMMARY PRODUCT /RWS/. IN MANY CASES WMO
COMMUNICATION HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS ARE ALSO BEING UPDATED.  A
LISTING OF AFFECTED AWS...SWS...AND RWS PRODUCTS WITH THEIR NEW
COMMUNICATION HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT /USE
LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/MSD/RWS.PDF

3.  WEATHER ROUNDUPS.  WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES WHICH ISSUE A STATE
WEATHER ROUNDUP PRODUCT /SWR/ OR A REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP PRODUCT
/RWR/ WILL INSTEAD ISSUE A WEATHER ROUNDUP PRODUCT /RWR/.  IN MANY
CASES WMO COMMUNICATION HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS ARE ALSO BEING UPDATED.
A LISTING OF AFFECTED SWR AND RWR PRODUCTS WITH THEIR NEW
COMMUNICATION HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT /USE
LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/MSD/RWR.PDF

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...PLEASE
CONTACT:

      ART THOMAS
      NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
      FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
      SILVER SPRING MD
      PHONE: 301.713.1867 EXT. 193
      EMAIL: ART.THOMAS@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

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