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SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION
CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC
1700Z UTC TUE DEC 11 2001
111700Z...THERE WILL BE A SCHEDULED IBM ASP OUTAGE ON
WEDNESDAY DEC. 12TH BETWEEN 12Z-18Z..NCEP MODEL PRODUCTION
WILL RUN ON THE IBM BSP DURING THAT TIME..WE ANTICIPATE NO
SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL IMPACT TO USERS/CUSTOMERS..
FYI..A GOES 8/EAST STATION KEEPING MANEUVER WILL TAKE PLACE
BETWEEN 17-20Z..THE PRIMARY IMPACT WILL BE A LOSS OF ALL
GOES-8 IMAGERY AND SOUNDING DATA FROM 1731Z TO 1944Z..USERS
WILL GET HALF HOURLY GOES-10 FULL DISK IMAGERY DURING THIS
PERIOD..
FYI..FNMOC WILL HAVE A NETWORK OUTAGE LATER TODAY BETWEEN 21-23Z..
DATA FLOW BETWEEN THEM AND OPS/GATEWAY SHOULD CONTINUE AS USUAL..
HOWEVER ACCESS TO THEIR WEB SITE WILL BE UNAVAILABLE DURING THE
OUTAGE TIME..END..
SMITH/SDM/NCO/NCEP
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