20041217: AVN and ETA models-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20041217: AVN and ETA models-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 08:20:24 -0700

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NOUS41 KWBC 171455
PNSWSH

TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-58...AMENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
950 AM EST FRI DEC 17 2004

TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
         WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
         WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
         OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND
         PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     PAUL HIRSCHBERG
         CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH
         OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/

SUBJECT:  AMENDED: RENAMING NCEP AVN AND ETA MODEL OUTPUT DATA ON
 THE NCEP AND NWS FTP SERVERS.

 AMENDED TO DELAY RENAMING BY ONE WEEK TO JANUARY 25 2005

NOTE:     THE ORIGINAL TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-58
         WAS TRANSMITTED ON OCTOBER 26 2004.  WE ARE
         RETRANSMITTING THIS NOTICE TO AMEND THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
         ALTHOUGH THIS NOTICE FALLS OUTSIDE THE PROVISIONS AND
         REQUIREMENTS OF NWSI 10-1805... IT IS BEING TRANSMITTED
         AS A COURTESY.

NCEP IS IN THE PROCESS OF RENAMING THE AVN AND ETA MODEL RUNS TO BETTER REFLECT 
THE
FUNCTIONS OF THESE RUNS. THE AVN RUN IS BEING RENAMED TO THE GFS /GLOBAL 
FORECAST
SYSTEM/ AND THE ETA MODEL RUN IS BEING RENAMED TO NAM /NORTH AMERICAN 
MESOSCALE/.
THIS RENAMING PROCESS WILL BE COMPLETE ONCE NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS /NCO/ BEGINS
OPERATIONAL PROCESSING ON PHASE II OF ITS CENTRAL COMPUTING SYSTEM /CCS/ IN
GAITHERSBURG ... MD.  THE
CHANGE IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY... JANUARY 25 2005.

TO ACCOMODATE THESE NAME CHANGES... NCO IS CHANGING THE NAMES OF
SEVERAL OTHER FILES AND DIRECTORIES ON ITS CCS TO STREAMLINE HOW
DATA ARE STORED. THESE CHANGES WILL CREATE NOTICABLE DIFFERENCES
IN THE LOCATIONS AND NAMES OF FILES ON THE NCEP AND NWS FTP
SERVERS. NCEP IS CURRENTLY PROVIDING DATA WITH THE NEW NAMES AND
LOCATIONS ON ITS FTP SERVER AND THE NWS FTP SERVER. USERS OF
THESE SERVERS SHOULD CHANGE THEIR PROCESSING THAT DOWNLOADS DATA
FROM THESE SERVERS TO THE NEW NAMES AND DIRECTORIES AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. ON TUESDAY... JANUARY 25 2005... THE DATA SETS WITH THE
OLD NAMES AND DIRECTORY STRUCTURES WILL NO LONGER EXIST.

THESE CHANGES AFFECT THE DATA ON THE FOLLOWING TWO SERVERS.

THE OFFICIAL NWS SERVER AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

 FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/

AND THE NCEP FTP SERVER AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

 FTP://FTPPRD.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PUB/DATA/NCCF/COM/

PLEASE USE THE INFORMATION AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO AID IN
YOUR TRANSISTION TO THE NEW FILE NAMES AND DIRECTORY LOCATIONS
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

 HTTP://WWW.NCO.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PMB/CHANGES/MODEL_RENAME.HTML

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS MODEL NAME CHANGE CONTACT:

JOHN WARD
NCEP...PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BRANCH CHIEF
CAMP SPRINGS... MD
PHONE: 301 763 8000 X7185
EMAIL: JOHN.WARD@xxxxxxxx

OR

BRENT GORDON
NCEP...PRODUCTION SUPPORT TEAM LEAD
CAMP SPRINGS... MD
PHONE: 301 763 8000 X7193
EMAIL: BRENT.GORDON@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

 HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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