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DATA MGT MESSAGE 05-03.01
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 RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT CORRECTED...TRANSFER OF NCEP FORECAST MODEL
PRODUCTION TO THE NEW NCEP CENTRAL COMPUTER
SYSTEM...12 UTC ON MAY 12 2003
CORRECTED FOR NEW DATE
NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SUBSCRIBERS
THE NEXT NCEP CENTRAL COMPUTER SYSTEM /CCS/ IS SCHEDULED
TO BECOME OPERATIONAL AT 12 UTC ON MAY 12 2003. NO CHANGES IN
PRODUCT CONTENT OR FORMAT WILL BE MADE DURING THE SWITCH TO
THE CCS. THE ONLY DIFFERENCES THAT SHOULD BE NOTED BY THE
END-USERS OF NCEP PRODUCTS ARE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS IN THE
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE. A PRODUCTION STATUS WEB PAGE FOR THE
PARALLEL RUNS ON THE CCS HAS
BEEN ESTABLISHED AT /USE LOWER CASE/
HTTP//WWW.NCO.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PMB/NWPARA/PRODSTAT/INDEX.HTML
THE AVERAGE PRODUCT AVAILABILITY TIMES CONTAINED ON THIS
PARALLEL PAGE SHOULD REFLECT THE COMPLETION TIMES EXPECTED
WHEN THE CCS BECOMES OPERATIONAL AND SHOULD CLOSELY MIRROR
THE SCHEDULE ON THE IBM SP PRIOR TO THE T254 GFS
IMPLEMENTATION. THE ONLY NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCES IN THE
SCHEDULE SHOULD BE THE DELIVERY OF AVN PRODUCTS
APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES EARLIER AND THE NGM PRODUCTS
APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES EARLIER.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS TRANSFER OF
OPERATIONS PLEASE CONTACT
JOHN WARD OR BRENT GORDON
PHONE 301 763 8000 X 7185 301 763 8000 X 7193
E-MAIL BRENT.GORDON/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
JOHN.WARD/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/
HTTP/COLLON//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA
MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE THE URL IS LISTED
BELOW
HTTP/COLON///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML
DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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