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
  [email protected]
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