Issue 13 - NEXRAD Radar Operations Center - NOAA

Comms...(Cont.)NEXRADNowNumber DOD/FAA Location NWS Weather Forecast Office Location6 KVBX - Vandenberg AFB, CA KVTX - Los Angeles, CA7 KEYX - Edwards AFB, CA KESX - Las Vegas, NV8 PHKI - South Kauai, HIPHMO - Molokai, HIPHKM - Kohala, HIPHFO - Honolulu, HIPHWA - South Shore, HI9 KHDX - Holloman AFB, NM KEPZ - El Paso, TX10 KFDX - Cannon AFB, NM KABX - Albuquerque, NM11 KVNX - Vance AFB, OKKFDR - Altus AFB, OKKOUN - Norman, OK12 KDYX - Dyess AFB, TX KSJT - San Angelo, TX13 KDFX - Laughlin AFB, TX KEWX - Austin/San Antonio, TX14 KGRK - Central Texas KFWD - Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX15 KPOE - Ft. Polk, LA KLCH - Lake Charles, LA16 KGWX - Columbus AFB, MS KJAN - Jackson/Brandon, MS17 KHPX - Ft. Campbell, KY KPAH - Paducah, KY18 KMXX - East Alabama KBMX - Birmingham, AL19 KEVX - Northwest Florida KMOB - Mobile, AL20 KEOX - Ft. Rucker, AL KTLH - Tallahassee, FL21 KVAX - Moody AFB, GA KJAX - Jacksonville, FL22 TJUA - San Juan, PR TJUA - San Juan, PR23 KJGX - Robins AFB, GA KFFC - Atlanta, GA24 KDOX - Dover AFB, DE KAKQ - Norfolk, VA25 KTYX - Ft. Drum, NY KCXX - Burlington, VT(Continued from Page 4)With DoD/FAA to NWS frame relay connectionsin place, AWIPS is immediately able to send largerRPS Lists to DoD/FAA WSR-88Ds and routinelyreceive the larger, high resolution 8-bit/256 data levelproducts. With the receipt of more products from theDoD/FAA radars, AWIPS is able to disseminate alarger set of products to the radar central server.Frame relay will provide new support tools andtelecommunication providers that are largely new tothe WSR-88D network. All CONUS frame relay servicewas awarded to MCI, while AT&T was awardedall OCONUS frame relay service. Both companiesoffer web-based support tools that are made accessibleto the WSR-88D Hotline for near real-time support.NWS and Air Force Telecommunications (Telco)Managers have been provided with schedules for disconnectingthe analog Distant MSCF (Air Forcefunded) and analog AWIPS (NWS funded) circuits followingthe frame relay activation dates. The analogcircuits will be scheduled for disconnection 60 daysafter the Distant MSCF and AWIPS are successfullytransitioned to the frame relay circuits.WSR-88D Radar Products Generator (RPG) Build5.0 and AWIPS Operational Build 3 (OB3) combine tooffer AWIPS operators a new means of processing OneTime Requests (OTRs) to non-associated RPGs via theAWIPS terrestrial Wide Area Network (WAN OTR).With frame relay implemented between the DoD/FAAradars and LAN-to-LAN connectivity to the NWS(Continued on Page 6)page 5