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PNSWSH
Service Change
Notice 17-74, Updated
National Weather
Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
1130 AM EDT Tue
Sep 5 2017
To: Subscribers:
- NOAA Weather Wire Service
- Emergency Managers Weather Information
Network
- NOAAPORT
Other NWS partners, users and
employees
From: Darin Figurskey
Operations Branch Chief, Ocean
Prediction Center
Subject: Updated: The Ocean Prediction Center is
upgrading its
website effective September 26, 2017
Updated to change
implementation to September 26, 2017, or on
the next
available non-critical weather day.
Effective Tuesday
September 26, 2017, the NWS Ocean Prediction
Center (OPC)
website
will be upgraded
to new formatting currently available for review at:
https://para.ocean.weather.gov
This change
represents the first major upgrade to the OPC website since 2002.
Additionally, the
URL will change from
to the currently
available:
This change
provides content through a more secure connection.
The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) directive describing
the requirement
to only provide service through https can be
found at:
The new format
provides an improvement of service over the
current website
format, including easier navigation and a
cleaner look and
feel with better support for mobile devices.
The new format
will also bring the OPC website in line with
other recent NWS
web formatting upgrades.
Please note that
mainly the formatting of the website will
change on
September 26. No changes have been made to any
operational products.
In addition, the old URL,
www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov,
will automatically redirect to
ocean.weather.gov
for approximately 6 months. Users
do not need to
take any action now but should update their
bookmarks after
the September 26 transition.
Please send
comments or requests for more information to OPC
Operations Branch
Chief Darin Figurskey at:
301-683-1497
National Service
Change Notices are online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notif.htm
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