20020717: NCEP backup-25 July

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• Subject: 20020717: NCEP backup-25 July
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 11:52:55 -0600

The message included below was sent earlier on our communications
lines.  It is also posted to the
NWS Data Management Change Notices web page at the following URL.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml

2002/07/25 1200
DM MESSAGE 07-02.05 QUARTERLY SUPER COMPUTER BACKUP TEST

NOXX10KWBC 161910
DATA MGT MESSAGE 07-02.05

TO  AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS... FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/
SUBSCRIBERS...
      EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
      NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS...
      GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS

FROM:     JOHN WARD
         CHIEF...PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT BRANCH

SUBJECT:  QUARTERLY SUPER COMPUTER BACKUP TEST PLANNED DURING
         THE 1200 UTC MODEL CYCLE ON JULY 25 2002

NOTE:  THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SUBSCRIBERS...

ON THURSDAY JULY 25 2002...THE NATIONAL CENTERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PREDICTION /NCEP/ WILL EXERCISE ITS BACKUP MODEL DISSEMINATION
SYSTEM.  THIS EXERCISE WILL BE CONDUCTED DURING THE 1200
COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ MODEL CYCLE.  DURING THIS TEST
NO NCEP MODEL GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE.  INSTEAD...LOOK ALIKE
PRODUCTS FROM FLEET NUMERICAL OCEANOGRAPHICAL CENTER /FNMOC/...
AIR FORCE WEATHER AGENCY /AFWA/...FORECAST SYSTEM LAB /FSL/...
AND THE UNITED KINGDOM METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE /UKMET/ WILL BE
DISSEMINATED.  AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS TEST /APPROXIMATELY 1800

UTC/ NCEP WILL DISSEMINATE NESTED GRID MODEL /NGM/ MODEL OUTPUT
STATISTICS /MOS/ OUTPUT.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE TYPE OF PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FROM THE
BACKUP PROCESSING AND THEIR APPROXIMATE DELIVERY TIMES CAN BE
FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE EXCEPT WHERE
NOTED/:


http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/NCO/PMB/nwprod/osobackup/ncep_backup.html

                          ^^^ ^^^
          /NCO AND PMB ARE CAPITALIZED/

IF WEATHER CONDITIONS PRECLUDE PERFORMING THIS EXERCISE ON
JULY 25 2002...WE WILL ATTEMPT THIS AGAIN THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON
AUGUST 1 2002.

AS ALWAYS...NCEP APPRECIATES YOUR PATIENCE DURING THESE
EXERCISES...WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO ASSURE THE CONTINUED FLOW OF
MODEL GUIDANCE IN THE EVENT OF AN OUTAGE AT THE NCEP SUPER
COMPUTER FACILITY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NCEP SUPER COMPUTER
BACKUP TEST PLEASE CONTACT:

BRENT GORDON                 OR    AVIS SPRUILL
PHONE:  301 763 8000 X 7193        PHONE:  301 763 8000 X 7196
E-MAIL: BRENT.GORDON@xxxxxxxx      E-MAIL: AVIS.SPRUILL@xxxxxxxx



THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE

ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/:

           http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm

FOR FOS/NOAAPORT FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF
YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE
PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT.

Data Management
EMail   nws.dm@xxxxxxxx

THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE

NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/index.html

DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS