scheduled power outage at WWB/NSC

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• Subject: scheduled power outage at WWB/NSC
• From: C.ALEX
• Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 09:14:49 -0700

Posted: Mon, Nov 22, 1993   1:45 PM EST              Msg: NGJD-5991-6686
Subj:   scheduled power outage at WWB/NSC             
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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 93-43
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
125 PM EST MON NOV 22 1993

TO:         ALL USERS OF NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL CENTER (NMC)
            PRODUCTS

FROM:       JOHN F. MACHOWSKI
            ACTING CHIEF, SERVICES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH

SUBJECT:    SCHEDULED POWER OUTAGE AT THE NOAA SCIENCE CENTER
            (NSC)

(THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY ROBERT DEROUIN, DEPUTY
CHIEF OF THE METEOROLOGICAL OPERATIONS DIVISION AT NMC).
   
TODAY, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1993, THE NOAA SCIENCE CENTER LOCATED
IN CAMP SPRINGS, MD (AND "HOME" OF THE NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL
CENTER) WILL EXPERIENCE A POWER OUTAGE FROM APPROXIMATELY 3:00 PM
TO 6:30 PM EST (OR 1900Z TO 2330Z).  THE OUTAGE IS NECESSARY TO
ALLOW ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON A MOTOR GENERATOR USED TO CONVERT
FROM COMMERCIAL TO BACKUP POWER AND VICE VERSA.  THE NMC
MAINFRAME COMPUTERS (HDS 9000 AND CRAY) WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY
THIS OUTAGE.

ALTHOUGH THE TIME OF THE OUTAGE WAS SET TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON
OPERATIONS, THERE WILL BE SOME DELAYED, AND POSSIBLY SOME MISSED,
MANUALLY GENERATED GRAPHICS, SUCH AS THE 18Z/21Z SURFACE
ANALYSIS, HIGH AND LOW LEVEL AVIATION FORECASTS, ETC.  IF
POSSIBLE, SOME OF THE MISSED CHARTS WILL BE RE-TRANSMITTED ONCE
THE WORK ON THE GENERATOR HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

A SECOND OUTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED AND WILL BE SCHEDULED IN THE
NEAR FUTURE.  THE PURPOSE OF THE SECOND OUTAGE WILL BE TO ALLOW
GSA TO PERFORM ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON CONFIGURATION COMPONENTS
THROUGHOUT THE NSC.

MESSAGES ON THE START AND CONCLUSION OF THE TEST, AND
NOTIFICATION CONCERNING THE SECOND OUTAGE, WILL BE ADVERTISED VIA
THE NORMAL STATUS MESSAGES SENT BY THE SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST
(SDM) AT NMC (AFOS IDENTIFIER NFDADMNFD;  WMO HEADER ADMN9 RWRA). 
ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE POWER OUTAGE MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE
SDM AT (301) 763-8298, OR TO BOB DEROUIN AT (301) 763-8076.

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