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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 04-41
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
250 PM EDT TUE JUL 06 2004
TO:FAMILY OF SERVICES /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:FRED BRANSKI
TEAM LEADER FOR DATA MANAGEMENT SECTION
SUBJECT:COMMUNICATIONS IDENTIFIER TRANSITION /CID/ PLAN UPDATE
THE NWS CONTINUES TO STANDARDIZE ALL COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS
/CID/ TO MEET NWS AND WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ CID
POLICIES. NWS CIDS CONSIST OF THE WMO HEADING ON ONE LINE
FOLLOWED BY THE AWIPS IDENTIFIER ON A SECOND LINE. NOTE NOT ALL
NWS PRODUCTS REQUIRE AN AWIPS IDENTIFIER.
PRESENTLY MANY NWS OFFICES ISSUE PRODUCTS THAT DO NOT MEET
CURRENT CID POLICIES. THE MOST COMMON INCONSISTENCY WITH CIDS IS
DUE TO A MIX OF OLD AND NEW SITE IDENTIFIERS USED AT SOME
OFFICES. BY THE END OF 2004...ALL NWS OFFICES WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
WITH CONSISTENT CIDS THAT MEET ESTABLISHED POLICIES. THE CID
TRANSITION PLAN OUTLINES HOW WE ARE MAKING THOSE CHANGES.
CID CHANGES WERE PLANNED FOR SIX PHASES BASED PRIMARILY ON
RELATED PRODUCT CATEGORIES. THE FIRST PHASE WAS COMPLETED ON
JUNE 15 2004. THE REST OF THE PHASES WILL NOW BE COMBINED INTO
ONE FINAL ALL ENCOMPASSING COMBINED PHASE WHICH WILL OCCUR ON
NOVEMBER 9 2004. AN ALTERNATE DATE OF NOVEMBER 16 HAS BEEN SET
IF WE NEED TO POSTPONE THE TRANSITION DUE TO A MAJOR WEATHER
EVENT.
A FUTURE DATA MANAGEMENT NOTICE AND NATIONAL SERVICE CHANGE
NOTICE WILL BE ISSUED 75 DAYS BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
COMBINED PHASE OF CID CHANGES. THE NOTICE WILL REFERENCE A LIST
OF THE AFFECTED CIDS AND THE SPECIFIC CID CHANGES TO BE MADE.
SIMILAR NOTICES SUCH AS LOCAL OR REGIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENTS MAY ALSO BE DISSEMINATED IN THE SAME TIME FRAME.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE IMPENDING CHANGES WILL BE POSTED
ON THE DATA MANAGEMENT /DM/ WEB PAGE AND ON A CID TRANSITION
WEB PAGE. THE URLS FOR THE DM WEB PAGE AND THE CID TRANSITION
WEB PAGE ARE POSTED BELOW /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/INDEX.HTML
THE URL FOR THE CID TRANSITION WEB PAGE IS /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/:
HTTP:///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/CID.HTML
DATA MANAGEMENT IS THE PRIMARY LEAD FOR CID TRANSITION
IMPLEMENTATION. EACH NWS REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS OFFICE...THE
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION AND MANY LOCAL NWS
OFFICES ALSO HAVE A CID TRANSITION POINT OF CONTACT.
BEFORE NOVEMBER 9 2004... NWS OFFICES MAY ELECT TO TEST
PRODUCTS AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CID CHANGES. ALL TEST
PRODUCTS WILL FOLLOW THE PRESCRIBED FORMAT FOR TEST MESSAGES
DOCUMENTED IN NWS INSTRUCTION 10-1701 AND ALL TESTS WILL BE
COORDINATED WITH DATA MANAGEMENT. THE URL FOR 10-1701 IS /USE
LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/010/PD01017001A.PDF
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS TRANSITION...PLEASE
CALL YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NWS REGIONAL
HEADQUARTERS OFFICE OR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING NWS HEADQUARTERS
CONTACTS IN SILVER SPRING MD:
WALTER SMITH 301.713.0864 EXT 139
SHARON ABBAS 301.713.0864 EXT 143
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON THE
INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/.
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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