Request for Posting By:  Joseph Facundo 
    Date:                    05/02/00 8:45AM 
    Removal Date:            06/02/00
     
    *************************  ANNOUNCEMENT  *****************************
     
     ON APRIL 11... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) REACHED A NEW 
     MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT:
     
     GRAY WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KGYX)... GRAY... ME
     
     ON APRIL 24... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) REACHED A NEW 
     MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT:
     
     RALEIGH WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KRAH)... RALEIGH/DURHAM... NC
     
     BINGHAMTON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KBGM)... BINGHAMTON... NY
     
     ON APRIL 27... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) REACHED A NEW 
     MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT:
     
     SEATTLE/TACOMA WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KSEW)... SEATTLE/TACOMA... WA
     
     SACRAMENTO WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (KSTO)... SACRAMENTO... CA
     
     
     THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO:   78  
     
     COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEAN AWIPS NOW TRANSMITS ALL NWS 
     PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF AFOS... TRANSMISSION OVER AFOS CEASES UPON THE 
     COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS. 
     
     THE NWS OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH SITE... AS WELL AS THE NETWORK 
     CONTROL FACILITY IN SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND... WILL MONITOR AWIPS 
     PRODUCTS AND COORDINATE MAINTENANCE ACTIONS AS NEEDED.  
     
     FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FUTURE AWIPS COMMISSIONINGS... REFER TO THE 
     AWIPS COMMISSIONING HOME PAGE... WWW.AWIPS_COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV