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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
204 PM EDT Mon Apr 28 2025

...South Florida NOAA Weather Radio Transmitters Off Air from
Tuesday April 29th through Thursday May 1st, 2025...

The National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Miami 
will be conducting a required update to their Advanced Weather 
Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) system from Tuesday, April 
29th, 2025 through approximately Thursday, May 1st, 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 water warnings, to the public.

During the time of the update, forecast operations will be 
conducted by NWS Miami staff utilizing our service back-up office
in Key West 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 Miami will
  be off air through the time of the install. This includes the 
  following transmitters in Florida: Miami, West Palm Beach, 
  Naples, Belle Glade, Homestead (Princeton), and Hialeah 
  (Spanish-language service). 

* A few graphical forecast maps and climate text products (CLI,
  CF6) are unlikely to update during the outage.

* Updates to the forecast recording line (305-229-4550) 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.

* Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TMIA/TFLL/TPBI) data may not be
  available during the outage.

The forecast office in Miami will remain open and staffed throughout
this period.

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