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>From: "Arthur A. Person" <address@hidden> >Organization: . >Keywords: 199909301516.JAA21270 >Hi... > >I've noticed that the eta104 since 990928 and ens since 990928 appear to >be missing... any ideas on the cause? Have there been any header >changes? I think these are both NMC2 feeds. Other stuff on that feed >are there. > > Thanks. > > Art. > >Arthur A. Person >Research Assistant, System Administrator >Penn State Department of Meteorology >email: address@hidden, phone: 814-863-1563 > Art, As you know, the cray 3 computer at NCEP caught fire two days ago and the model production schedule has been severely cut. I do not know when these products will be available from NCEP. The eta104 has not been updated in: ftp://140.90.6.103/ncepc/eta/ An the ensembles have not been updated in: ftp://140.90.6.103/ncepb/ens/ The original assesment of the schedule was sent out as: NOUS42 KWNO 291937^M^M SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION^M^M CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC^M^M 1930 UTC WED SEP 29 1999^M^M ^M^M 291930Z...OSO NCF ISSUED A ROUTINE ADMIN MESSAGE /NOUS27 KNCF/ THIS^M^M MORNING THAT CONTAINS INACCURATE INFORMATION. PLEASE DISREGARD.^M^M THE MESSAGE IS AS FOLLOWS...^M^M DUE TO THE CRAY 3 OUTAGE AT NCEP...MODEL PRODUCTION WILL BE^M^M REDUCED UNTIL A PEPLACEMENT SYSTEM CAN BE BROUGHT ON LINE /3 TO 5^M^M WEEKS/. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PRODUCTS AND SCHEDULING THAT WILL^M^M BE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...^M^M ...ONLY 00Z AND 12Z AVN RUNS /NO 06Z OR 18Z RUNS/^M^M ...A REDUCED 80 KM RESOLUTION ETA /40 KM DATA WILL NOT BE AVBL/^M^M ...A REDUCED 80 KM RESOLUTION RUC /40 KM DATA WILL NOT BE AVBL/^M^M ...NO EDAS^M^M ...NO MRF /UNTIL AT LEAST FRIDAY POSSIBLY LONGER/^M^M ...NO ENSEMBLE RUNS^M^M ...NO RSM^M^M ...NO OFFTIME ETA /03Z OR 18Z/^M^M ...A DEGRADED NGM /NO RDAS/^M^M END^M^M AGAIN...THE ABOVE MESSAGE CONTAINS INACCURATE INFORMATION.^M^M PLEASE DISREGARD. A CORRECTED VERSION WILL BE ISSUED ON THURSDAY.^M^M WE REGRET ANY INCONVENIENCE AND CONFUSION THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED.^M^M ^M^M STOUDT/SDM/NCO/NCEP Here is todays message: NOUS42 KWNO 301832 SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC 1830 UTC THU SEP 30 1999 301830Z...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 NOAAS HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CENTER /HPCC/ NCEP IS GETTTING 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 10/1/99. WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE DUE 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. .................................................................... NCEP MODEL SUITE BACKUP SUMMARY - 9/30/99 MODELNORMAL OPERATIONSBACKUPREMARKS RUCHOURLY3 HOURLYFSL HOURLY 10/1/99 ETA32 KM 4 PER DAY80 KM 2 PERNO ETA DAY/ 00Z & DATA 12ZASSIMILIATION 36 KM MM5AIR FORCE 2 PER DAYCONUS - 06Z & 18ZEVALUATING ALASKA NGM/MOS80 KM 2 PER DAYNO CHANGENO REGIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM AVN4 PER DAY2 PER DAY GLOBAL4 PER DAY2 PER DAY ANALYSIS /FNL/ MRF GLOBAL16 DAY FORECAST/7 DAY FORECAST/ 1 PER DAY1 PER DAY MRF ENSEMBLE17-MEMBER/1 PER DAYTOTAL NAVYECMWF CANADIANRESTRICTED TO ECMWF ENSEMBLENCEP USE ONLY PACKAGES HURRICANE5 STORMS PER 12-HOUR1 STORM PERNWS PRODUCT 12-HOURDOUBLE-NESTED 2 STORMS PERNAVY PRODUCT 12-HOURTRIPLE-NESTED WAVE MODEL2 PER DAYNO CHANGE VAFTADRUN ON DEMANDNO CHANGE CLIMATE MODEL18-MEMBER ENSEMBLEENSO NO CLIMATE TWICE PER MONTHEXPERIMENTALDATA MODEL ONCEASSIMILATION PER MONTHSYSTEM REGIONAL 48-HOURS/2 PER DAYNO CHANGE STOUDT/SDM/NCO/NCEP **************************************************************************** Steve Chiswell