Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Key West, FL
Issued by NWS Key West, FL
306 NOUS42 KKEY 161757 PNSKEY FLZ076>078-170600- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Key West FL 157 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025 The National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Office in Key West will be conducting a required update to their Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) from Monday, May 19th, 2025 through approximately Wednesday, May 21st, 2025. 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 marine warnings, to the public. During the time of the update, forecast operations will be conducted by NWS Key West staff utilizing our service backup office in Miami 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 NOAA Weather Radio transmitters maintained by NWS Key West will be off air through the time of the install. The weekly test of the Florida Keys transmitters normally scheduled for Wednesday, May 21st is cancelled. The transmitters out of service are: Transmitter Station Frequency ============= ======= =========== SUGARLOAF KEY WXJ-95 162.400 MHz TEA TABLE WWG-60 162.450 MHz A nearby transmitter with limited overlapping coverage is: Transmitter Station Frequency ============= ======= =========== PRINCETON WNG-663 162.425 MHz Remember that the latest weather information is also available on our website at www.weather.gov/key * A few graphical forecast maps and climate text products (CLI, CF6) are unlikely to update during the outage. * Several local graphical forecast maps that are hosted on www.weather.gov will not be updated during the outage. This includes the Graphical Hazardous Weather Forecast products issued by NWS Key West. * Updates to the forecast recording line (305-295-1316) will be unavailable during the upgrade. * Some additional data, such as upper air observations, may be slightly delayed as it is routed through our back-up system. The forecast office in Key West will remain open and staffed throughout this period for public and partner phone calls and additonal functions that can be completed without AWIPS. For more information, please contact: Jon Rizzo Warning Coordination Meteorologist National Weather Service Office Key West FL 33040 jonathan.rizzo@noaa.gov $$ BT