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     FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1761     AUGUST 3... 2000

     ATTENTION  FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS

     SUBJECT  AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...

     ON JULY 25... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
     A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT

          AVIATION PREDICTION CENTER /KKCI... KMKC... KWBC/...
          KANSAS CITY... MO

          NORTHWEST RIVER FORECAST CENTER /KPTR/... PORTLAND... OR

     ON JULY 28... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
     A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT

          MEMPHIS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KMEG/... MEMPHIS... TN

     ON JULY 31... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
     A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT

          PORTLAND WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KPQR/... PORTLAND... OR

     THESE AWIPS COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO...  133 OF 139
     TOTAL

     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/UNDERSCORE/COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV
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