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239 NOUS42 KWNO 101925 ADMNFD SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC 1915 UTC WED JUL 10 2002 101915Z..PLEASE NOTE.. A GOES-8/EAST RSO WILL BE IN EFFECT TODAY FROM 10/1926Z TO 11/0026Z ON BEHALF OF WFO HSV TO SUPPORT THEIR FORECASTING EFFORTS OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WX OVER THEIR AREA.. OTHERWISE..THE 18Z ETA STARTED ON TIME AT 1851Z.. FYI..ALL THE 12Z ETA AND AVN PRODUCTS HAVE POSTED TO AWIPS..THE PROBLEM OF LATE POSTING IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED AND THE EXACT CAUSE IS NOT KNOWN..HOWEVER THE 12Z ETA OUTPUT TO HR60 DID POST TO TOC/GATEWAY BY 1521Z OR 20-MINUTES LATE AND THE HR120 OF THE 12Z AVN BY 1617Z OR RIGHT ON TIME.. FYI..THE NWS AVIATION WEATHER CENTER..AWC..AND USAF AIR FORCE WEATHER AGENCY..AFWA..WILL CONDUCT A SERVICE BACKUP TEST TODAY. THE TEST WILL RUN FROM 10/2000Z TILL 11/0400Z. DURING THE TEST AFWA WILL ISSUE AIRMETS..SIGMETS.. AND CONVECTIVE SIGMETS BULLETINS NORMALLY ISSUED BY AWC. HOWEVER..THE AFWA ISSUED CONVECTIVE SIGMETS WILL NOT TAKE THE FORM OF THE AWC HOURLY CONVECTIVE SIGMETS...INSTEAD AFWA WILL ISSUE THUNDERSTORM SIGMETS WHICH COVER A 4 HOUR PERIOD. AWC WILL ISSUE AREA FORECASTS (FA) DURING THE TEST PERIOD. SMITH/SDM/NCO/NCEP NNNN -Jeff ____________________________ _____________________ Jeff Weber jweber@xxxxxxxx Unidata Support PH:303-497-8676 NWS-COMET Case Study Library FX:303-497-8690 University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000 ________________________________________ ______________________
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