NOUS41 KCLE 011240  
PNSCLE  
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-020000-  
  
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO  
800 AM EST MON JUN 1 2009  
  
...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DIGITAL MARINE WEATHER DISSEMINATION   
SYSTEM (DMAWDS) MOVING TO THE INTERNET...  
  
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DIGITAL MARINE SYSTEM THAT SERVES   
COMMERCIAL SHIPS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES IS MOVING COMPLETELY  
TO THE INTERNET.  
  
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS OF THE COMMERCIAL   
SHIPPING FLEET OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAVE MADE SOME OF MARINE   
WEATHER DISSEMINATION SYSTEMS OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OBSOLETE.    
THE DIGITAL MARINE WEATHER DISSEMINATION SYSTEM (DMAWDS) HAS SERVED   
AS A CENTRAL FOCUS POINT FOR WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE GREAT LAKES  
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES.  A FEW YEARS AGO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER   
SERVICE LAUNCHED A WEB BASED VERSION OF DMAWDS.  AS MORE AND MORE   
COMMERCIAL VESSELS HAVE OBTAINED INTERNET ACCESS...THE TRADITIONAL   
DIAL-UP VERSION OF DMAWDS AS WELL AS FAXBACK SERVICES HAVE   
BECOME OBSOLETE.  
  
ON JULY 1ST, 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL DISCONTINUE THE   
DIAL-UP VERSION DMAWDS AND THE FAXBACK SERVICES.  THE INTERNET VERSION   
OF DMAWDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE.  
  
THE INTERNET VERSION OF DMAWDS CAN BE ACCESSED AT:  
  
DMAWDS.ERH.NOAA.GOV  
  
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS CAN BE SENT TO GARY GARNET AT   
GARY.GARNET@NOAA.GOV OR 216-265-2382 EXT 223.