The National Weather Service (NWS) has learned that the telecommunications company serving Mexico in the delivery of weather data and products on the World Area Forecast System (WAFS) will terminate the transmission of weather data to and from Mexico on December 25, 1998 because of non-payment of communications charges. The loss of data at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) may affect forecast model output. The NWS is exploring the receipt of Mexican surface and upper air data by other channels at the same time it encourages the Mexican government to pay charges due the communication provider.
Jack Kelly recently selected Carl Staton as the director of NCEP's Central Operations. Staton joins the NWS from a sister agency-the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service where he was Deputy Chief of the Information Processing Division. That Office processes, distributes and archives data from NOAA and non-NOAA polar and geostationary satellites.
Located in Camp Springs, Maryland, NCEP Central Operations is responsible for running the sophisticated computer systems that produce the various numerical weather prediction models. Staton will manage the daily operations of the center as well as the installation of a new supercomputer before the end of 1999.
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