Subject: Administrative: Notification of GINI CIP AWIPS Test This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010400000207070009060008 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Topic: *Notification of GINI CIP AWIPS Test Operations - Update *Date/Time Issued: *April 25, 2012 2030 UTC *Date/Time of Initial Impact: ***April 26, 2012 1400 UTC *Date/Time of Expected End:*April 26, 2012 2000 UTC *Length of Outage: *6 hour *Product(s) or Data Impacted: *Operational AWIPS Imagery and Product Suite *Details/Specifics of Change:* NESDIS plans to demonstrate its capability of producing and disseminating back-up operational AWIPS products from the Wallops, VA, GOES Ingest NOAAPort Interface (GINI) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) site starting on April 26, 2012, 1400 UTC, and ending on April 26, 2012, 2000 UTC. During the GINI CIP activation, all operational GINI imagery products (L1 and L2 Derived Product Imagery) will be produced at the Wallops GINI CIP site, transmitted to the Back-up Network Control Facility (BNCF), Fairmont, WV, and then rebroadcast live by the NWS through NOAAPort to support operational NWS AWIPS field sites and other NOAAPort users. For the six hour test period on April 26, GRIB and BUFR products WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE on AWIPS. These products include: - GOES Winds - MTSAT Winds - ASCAT Winds - Hydro-Estimator - Manual IFFA - GOES Sounder SFOV Moisture and Temperature Profiles and - POES Soundings. At 2000 UTC, April 26, 2012, NESDIS will switch back to its primary GINI AWIPS production system at ESPC, Suitland, MD, and route the operational AWIPS products directly to the ANCF (AWIPS Network Control Facility), Silver Spring,MD, and then through NOAAPort, the standard operational transmission method. If you notice degradation or loss of AWIPS data during the scheduled test period, please contact the following: ESPC Operations at 301-817-3880 or email,ESPCoperations@noaa.gov. *Contact Information for Further Information:* ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 ** *Web Site(s) for applicable information:*N/A This message was sent from ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov. You have been sent this and other notifications because you have opted in to receive it. If for any reason, you wish to unsubscribe, please contact ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880. Please note: it make take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request. --------------010400000207070009060008 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic: Notification of GINI CIP AWIPS Test Operations - Update

Date/Time Issued:  April 25, 2012 2030 UTC

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  April 26, 2012 1400 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End:  April 26, 2012 2000 UTC

Length of Outage: 6 hour

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  Operational AWIPS Imagery and Product Suite

Details/Specifics of Change: 

NESDIS plans to demonstrate its capability of
    producing and disseminating back-up operational AWIPS products from
the Wallops, VA, GOES Ingest NOAAPort Interface (GINI) Critical
Infrastructure Protection (CIP) site starting on
April 26, 2012, 1400 UTC, and ending on April 26, 2012, 2000 UTC.
During the GINI CIP activation, all operational
GINI imagery products (L1 and L2 Derived Product Imagery) will be
produced at the Wallops GINI CIP site, transmitted
to the Back-up Network Control Facility (BNCF), Fairmont, WV, and
then rebroadcast live by the NWS through NOAAPort
to support operational NWS AWIPS field sites and other NOAAPort users.

For the six hour test period on April 26, GRIB and BUFR products WILL
ALSO BE AVAILABLE on AWIPS.  These products
include:

- GOES Winds

- MTSAT Winds

- ASCAT Winds

- Hydro-Estimator

- Manual IFFA

- GOES Sounder SFOV Moisture and Temperature Profiles and

- POES Soundings.

At 2000 UTC, April 26, 2012, NESDIS will switch back to its primary
GINI AWIPS production
system at ESPC, Suitland, MD, and route the operational AWIPS products
directly to
the ANCF (AWIPS Network Control Facility), Silver Spring,MD, and then
through NOAAPort, the
standard operational transmission method.

If you notice degradation or loss of AWIPS data during the scheduled
test period, please contact
the following:	ESPC Operations at 301-817-3880
or email, ESPCoperations@noaa.gov.

Contact Information for Further Information:  ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 

Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A

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