NOUS40 KWBC 301421
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1542 SEPTEMBER 30... 1999
ATTENTION NOAAPORT USERS
FYI FOS SUBSCRIBERS
ATTENTION USERS OF THE NWS AWIPS/NOAAPORT DATA STREAM
THIS MORNING NWS WILL BEGIN TESTING BACKUP PRODUCTION
OF THE MODEL PRODUCTS. THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE TRANSMITTED
ON THE AWIPS/NOAAPORT NWSTG CHANNEL. THE WMO HEADINGS
OF ALL THESE PRODUCTS WILL BEGIN WITH AN X . THE REST OF THE
WMO HEADING OF THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE UNCHANGED.
PLEASE DISREGARD THESE PRODUCTS. AGAIN DISREGARD ALL MODEL
PRODUCTS ON THE AWIPS/NOAAPORT NWSTG CHANNEL BEGINNING
WITH AN X .
THIS TESTING WILL LAST APPROXIMATELY 24 HOURS.
INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS TEST PLEASE
CONTACT THE NWS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY
COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL CENTER AT 301-713-0902 OR DATA
MANAGEMENT AT THE NUMBERS INCLUDED BELOW.
FRED BRANSKI
SENIOR DATA MANAGER
PHONE 301-713-0864 EXTENSION 146
EMAIL FRED.BRANSKI/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
WALTER SMITH
DATA MANAGER
PHONE 301-713-0864 EXTENSION 139
EMAIL WALTER.SMITH/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
RICHARD ROBINSON
DATA MANAGER
PHONE 301-713-0864 EXTENSION 179
EMAIL RICHARD.ROBINSON/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
LLOYD IRVIN CHIEF
GRAPHICS AND DISPLAY SECTION
SYSTEMS OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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NOUS40KWBC 302235
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1543 SEPTEMBER 30... 1999
PART 1 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
NOTE THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT AS A SPECIAL NCEP
DISCUSSION CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/
WASHINGTON DC
ALL FIELD PERSONNEL...BELOW IS THE LATEST INFORMATION
AVAILABLE ON THE OUTAGE OF THE CRAY C-90 SUPERCOMPUTER
AT SUITLAND... MD. THIS INFORMATION WAS SENT TO YOUR
REGIONAL DIRECTORS LAST EVENING... AND THEY WERE BRIEFED
THIS MORNING. THE EXACT SCHEDULE FOR THE BACKUP...
MODEL SUITE IS STILL BEING EVALUATED BY NCEP AND OSO.
AS OF 00Z THE...MODEL SUITE ACCOMPANYING THIS MESSAGE WILL
GO INTO EFFECT. ADDITIONAL... OPTIONS REGARDING MODEL RUNS
AND BACKUP POSSIBILITIES FROM OTHER... ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUE
TO BE INVESTIGATED. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AS
THE MODEL SUITE IS MODIFIED. WE ALSO PLAN TO POST UPDATED
INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET BOTH ON THE NCEP AND OSO HOME
PAGES. THE NCEP HOME PAGE ADDRESS IS
HTTP //WWW.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/
THE OSO HOME PAGE IS
HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
INTERNET ADDRESSES ALL LOWER CASE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE DURING THIS CRITICAL
PERIOD.
LOUIS W. UCCELLINI/DIRECTOR/NCEP
FACT SHEET ON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES
CRAY C90 SUPERCOMPUTER FIRE AT SUITLAND CAMPUS
ON MONDAY 9/27/99 AT 4 00 P.M. A FIRE OCCURRED INSIDE THE
CRAY C90 SUPERCOMPUTER IN FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDING 4 IN
SUITLAND...MD. THE CRAY C90 IS THE CENTRAL NOAA NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ COMPUTER THAT GENERATES NUMERICAL
WEATHER FORECAST MODELS FOR THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/ IN CAMP SPRINGS MD.
THE PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED
AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE BY USING DRY CHEMICALS. TWO
OF THE POWER SUPPLY UNITS INSIDE OF THE CRAY C90 WERE
DAMAGED. THE DRY CHEMICALS USED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
CONTAMINATED OTHER COMPONENTS IN THE COMPUTER AS
WELL.
AFTER AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CRAY C90 COMPUTER...SILICON
GRAPHICS INCORPORATED...THE COMPUTER CONTRACTOR...HAS
DETERMINED THAT THE COMPUTER HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY
DAMAGED. SILICON GRAPHICS DOES NOT BELIEVE THE COMPUTER
CAN BE REPAIRED. THE CRAY C90 IS INOPERATIVE.
NCEP CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE OPTIONS FOR RESTORING
CRAY C90 SERVICE. IN COLLABORATION WITH NOAA S HIGH
PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CENTER /HPCC/... NCEP IS GETTING
A SECOND OPINION THROUGH AN EXPERT AT NIST ON THE
EXTENT OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE FIRE.
ALL CRITICAL OPERATIONS AT NCEP CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTED.
THE NWS FORECASTERS CONTINUE TO PERFORM THEIR
DUTIES UTILIZING NUMERICAL MODELS RUN ON OTHER NWS
COMPUTERS AND ACCESSED FROM OTHER NATIONAL CENTERS.
NCEP HAS IMPLEMENTED PRE-ARRANGED BACKUP SUPPORT
PROCEDURES USING AIR FORCE... NAVY... AND FSL FORECAST
PRODUCTS.
SOME MODELS WHICH USUALLY RUN FOUR TIMES DAILY ARE
NOW RUNNING TWICE DAILY AND ONE MODEL THAT IS USUALLY
RUN HOURLY IS BEING RUN EVERY THREE HOURS... WITH HOURLY
RUNS TO BE RESUMED BY FRIDAY OCTOBER 1ST. WE ARE ABLE TO
MAKE DO WITH THESE RUNS IN ADDITION TO USING THE
OTHER MODEL INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM OTHER NATIONAL
CENTERS.
THE NWS HAS TAKEN ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO MINIMIZE POTENTIAL
IMPACTS TO NWS FORECASTERS AND THOSE OUTSIDE OF THE NWS WHO
RELY ON OUR PRODUCTS.
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NOUS40KWBC 302241
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1543 SEPTEMBER 30... 1999
PART 2 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
NOTE THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT AS A SPECIAL NCEP
DISCUSSION CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/
WASHINGTON DC
NCEP NCEP MODEL SUITE BACKUP SUMMARY - 9/30/99
MODEL NORMAL BACK UP REMARKS
OPERATIONS
RUC HOURLY 3 HOURLY FSL HOURLY 10/1/99
ETA 32 KM 4 PER DAY 80 KM 2 PER NO ETA DATA
DAY... 00Z ASSIMILATION
12Z 36KM MM5 AIR FORCE CONUS
2 PER DAY... /EVALUATING
NGM/MOS 80 KM 2 PER DAY NO CHANGE NO REGIONAL DATA
ASSIMILATION
SYSTEM
AVN 4 PER DAY 2 PER DAY
GLOBAL 4 PER DAY 2 PER DAY
ANALYSIS
/FNL/
MRF 16 DAY FORECAST 7 DAY FORECAST
GLOBAL 1 PER DAY 1 PER DAY
MRF 17-MEMBER TOTAL NAVY ECMWF RESTRICTED
ENSEMBLE 1 PER DAY CANADIAN TO NCEP USE ONLY
ECMWF
ENSEMBLE
PACKAGES
HURRICANE 5 STORMS 1 STORM PER NWS PRODUCT
PER 12-HOUR 12-HOUR DOUBLE-NESTED
2 STORMS PER NAVY PRODUCT
12-HOUR TRIPLE-NESTED
WAVE 2 PER DAY NO CHANGE
MODEL
VAFTAD RUN ON NO CHANGE
DEMAND
CLIMATE 18-MEMBER EMSO NO CLIMATE DATA
MODEL ENSEMBLE EXPERIMENTAL ASSIMILATION
TWICE PER MODEL SYSTEM
MONTH ONCE PER
MONTH
REGIONAL 48-HOURS NO CHANGE
SPECTRAL 2 PER DAY
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