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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
149 PM MDT MON APR 28 2025
..NWS DENVER/BOULDER COMPUTER SYSTEM UPGRADE
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER/BOULDER, COLORADO WILL BE
CONDUCTING A REQUIRED, SCHEDULED UPDATE TO THEIR ADVANCED WEATHER
INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM (AWIPS) SYSTEM FROM APRIL 29TH
7:00AM MDT THROUGH MIDDAY MAY 1ST. THE NWS USES THE AWIPS COMPUTER
SYSTEM TO DISPLAY AND INTEGRATE WEATHER AND WATER INFORMATION,
AND TO SEND LIFE-SAVING INFORMATION, SUCH AS WEATHER AND WATER
WARNINGS, TO THE PUBLIC.
DURING THE TIME OF THE UPDATE, FORECAST OPERATIONS WILL BE
CONDUCTED BY OUR SERVICE BACK-UP OFFICE IN PUEBLO, COLORADO, AND
OUR TERTIARY BACKUP OFFICE IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, TO MINIMIZE
ANY POTENTIAL INTERRUPTION TO SERVICES. NO IMPACTS TO OUR CORE
SERVICES OF FORECAST PRODUCTS AND WEATHER WATCHES, WARNINGS AND
ADVISORIES ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD. HOWEVER, LIMITED
IMPACTS WILL OCCUR TO THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:
ALL OF THE 12 NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS PROVIDED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) DENVER/BOULDER COLORADO OFFICE WILL
GO OFF THE AIR DUE TO A COMPUTER SYSTEM UPGRADE. A LISTING OF
NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTERS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED CAN BE FOUND
AT WEATHER.GOV/NWR/WFO_LIST?WFO=BOU. NOAA WEATHER RADIO
BROADCASTS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO SERVICE MIDDAY THURSDAY, MAY
1ST.
LOCAL GRAPHICAL FORECAST MAPS THAT ARE HOSTED IN NUMEROUS PLACES
ON WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOU WILL NOT BE UPDATED. THIS INCLUDES ALL MAPS
ON THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PAGE
(HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ERH/GHWO?WFO=BOU), THE MAJORITY OF THE
GRAPHICS ON THE COLORADO WEATHER IMPACTS PAGE
(HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOU/CO_WEATHERIMPACTS), AND THE SNOWFALL
TABLES ON THE WINTER WEATHER
PAGE (HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOU/WINTER).
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