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308 NOUS42 KWNO 121718 ADMNFD SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC 1700 UTC MON MAR 12 2001 121700Z...THE 12Z NCEP MODEL CYCLE IS STILL ON TIME WITH THE AVN COMPLETED... ...PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN DATE FOR THE PLANNED ONE-HR OUTAGE AT THE BOWIE IBM COMPUTER COMPLEX... AND MORE DETAILED OPERATIONAL IMPACT... ...FYI...NCEP/NCO HAS POSTPONED THE PLANNED NETWORK OUTAGE AT THE BOWIE IBM COMPUTER CENTER FROM TODAY TO TOMORROW TUESDAY MARCH 13..IT WILL STILL START AT 1740Z FOR UP TO AN HOUR. OPERATIONAL IMPACT: NO COMPUTER GENERATED FCST GUIDANCE WILL BE AVBL DURING THIS TIME. THE 17Z SFC RUC AND RUC2 FCST SHOULD BE ON TIME.. THE 18Z SFC RUC AND RUC2 FCST WILL BE DELAYED APPROX 20-MINUTES SINCE THEY WILL BE RUN ON THE IBM ASP ONCE THE NETWORK IS RESTORED.. IN ADDITION..THE NWS NATIONAL RADAR COMPOSITE MOSAIC CHART WILL PROBABLY NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THE 1745Z AND 1815Z TIME FRAME..AND THE NORTH AMERICA RADAR FAX CHART FOR 1735Z WILL PROBABLY NOT BE AVAILABLE.. THE 18Z ETA SHOULD START ON TIME.. ...NO OTHER OPERATIONAL IMPACT IS EXPECTED... ALSO...NCEP IS STILL PLANNING FOR TWO NSC/WWB POWER OUTAGES THIS WEEK..THE FIRST ON WED. MARCH 14 AND THE SECOND ON THU. MARCH 15..THESE ARE REQUIRED FOR NECESSARY BUILDING MAINTENANCE. ON WED. 03/14 ALL NCEP SYSTEMS INCL. NAWIPS AND NCEP MANUAL PRODUCTS WILL NOT BE AVBL FROM 1930Z TO 2130Z. A SIMILAR OUTAGE ON THU. 03/15 WILL LAST FROM 1930Z TO 2100Z. COMMUNICATIONS FROM NCEP CENTERS TO OR THRU NSC/WWB WILL BE DOWN DURING THESE OUTAGES AS WILL COMMS FROM NSC/WWB TO REMOTE NCEP CENTERS AND OPS GATEWAY. HOWEVER...THE IBM SUPER COMPUTER WILL BE UNAFFECTED BY THE POWER OUTAGES ON 03/14 AND 03/15...ALL PRODUCTS MADE DIRECTLY ON THE IBM ASP WILL BE AVBL AND SENT TO OPS GATEWAY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO USERS. WE WILL KEEP YOU ADVISED ON THESE DEVELOPMENTS. SMITH/SDM/NCO/NCEP NNNN ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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