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The emerg ency build that was tested in EWR from 4/2 - 7 began testing in CLE from 4/11 and passed, and is still running. This build has greatly reduced the number of errors CLE has been seeing over the last 6 months. o EWR An emergency build was tested in EWR the week of 4/2 - 7 and was successful. This build has been running in the background since it's initial test with no system failures and only 2 resets of individual positions. EWR is currently awaiting the completion of a portable strip holder and AEFS screen prot ector in the event of an AEFS failure. This process should be completed by the end of this week. EWR has continued to run shadow operations on a daily basis with a high rate of success and is planning on going IOC in late April or early May. o SFO The team continues to work on SFO ' s local adaptations. Once the 5.3.0.3 build has been installed in EWR, we are looking at sending the SFO team there for a demonstration of the new capabilities. SFO has requested to move their IOC back to the summer of 2017, to all ow further development of local adaptations and the release of the 5.3.0.3 build, which will be the build a suitability call will be made on. o LAS A familiarization visit is scheduled for this week with members of th e AEFS team and the LAS local. Additiona l adaptation visits are also in the works beginning in May. LAS is planning on going IOC after the commission of their new tower, planned in late August, putting IOC in the October/November time frame. o CLT PLA Amendment is into Next G en for final signatur e/approval. The CLT kick - off is planned for the week of 5/4 in conjunction with the NASA ATD - 2 briefings. We are working on getting a full training suite set up for the kick - off, space permitting. CLT is planning on going IOC in the November/December time frame. • SWIM Visualization Tool (SVT) o Deployment of the new software build, which includes additional filtering data for individual flights that are shown on the SVT display, has bee n implemented in all 11 sites. Meetings with the facilities will begin th is week to establish the effectiveness of the new capabilities . WEATHER: Matt Tucker (ZTL) is the Weat her Article 48 Representative. His update to the membership is below. • Off shore Precipitation. Capability (OPC) o OPC is a product using lightning, satel lite, and machine learning to create a proxy for NEXRAD in areas of no coverage, mainly offshore sectors at