ADMIN NOTICE NOXX10 KWBC (fwd)

• To: nws-changes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: ADMIN NOTICE NOXX10 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Jeff Weber <jweber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 10:39:25 -0600 (MDT)

393 
NOXX10 KWBC 061417
DATA MGT MESSAGE 09-02.05

ATTN       USERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES

FROM       JOHN WARD
           CHIEF...PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT BRANCH

SUBJECT    QUARTERLY SUPER COMPUTER BACKUP TEST PLANNED
           DURING THE 1200 UTC MODEL CYCLE ON OCTOBER 17 2002

NOTE  THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SUBSCRIBERS...

ON THURSDAY OCTOBER 17 2002...THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/ WILL EXERCISE ITS BACKUP
MODEL DISSEMINATION SYSTEM.  THIS EXERCISE WILL BE CONDUCTED
DURING THE 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ MODEL
CYCLE /OR 1200-1800 UTC/.  DURING THIS TEST NO NCEP MODEL
GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE.  INSTEAD...LOOK ALIKE PRODUCTS
FROM FLEET NUMERICAL OCEANOGRAPHICAL CENTER /FNMOC/...
AIR FORCE WEATHER AGENCY /AFWA/...FORECAST SYSTEM LAB /FSL/...
AND THE UNITED KINGDOM METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE /UKMET/
WILL BE DISSEMINATED.  AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS TEST /
APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC/ NCEP WILL DISSEMINATE NESTED GRID
MODEL /NGM/ MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/ OUTPUT.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE TYPE OF PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FROM
THE BACKUP PROCESSING AND THEIR APPROXIMATE DELIVERY TIMES
CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE EXCEPT
WHERE NOTED/

HTTP//WWW.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/NCO/PMB/NWPROD/OSOBACKUP/
NCEP/UNDERSCORE/BACKUP.HTML

/NCO AND PMB ARE CAPITALIZED/

EXAMPLE DATA SETS OF THE BACKUP DATA CAN BE FOUND AT

FTP//FTPPRD.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PUB/DATA/NCCF/UNDERSCORE/BACKUP/

IF WEATHER CONDITIONS PRECLUDE PERFORMING THIS EXERCISE ON
OCTOBER 17 2002...WE WILL ATTEMPT THIS AGAIN THE FOLLOWING
WEEK ON OCTOBER 24 2002.

AS ALWAYS...NCEP APPRECIATES YOUR PATIENCE DURING THESE
EXERCISES...WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO ASSURE THE CONTINUED FLOW OF
MODEL GUIDANCE IN THE EVENT OF AN OUTAGE AT THE NCEP SUPER
COMPUTER FACILITY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NCEP SUPER COMPUTER
BACKUP TEST PLEASE CONTACT

JOHN WARD
PHONE  301 763 8000 X 7185
E-MAIL JOHN.WARD/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV

OR

BRENT GORDON
301 763 8000 X 7193
BRENT.GORDON/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/

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

THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA
MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE THE URL IS LISTED
BELOW

HTTP/COLON///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML

DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS


 
-Jeff
____________________________                  _____________________
Jeff Weber                                    jweber@xxxxxxxx
Unidata Support                               PH:303-497-8676
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
________________________________________      ______________________