20020918: Quarterly backup test-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 15:47:01 -0600

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PUBLIC INFO STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 02-18
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
530 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002

TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES
         FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
         OTHER CUSTOMERS OF NCEP MODEL FORECASTS

FROM:     JOHN WARD
         CHIEF...PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT BRANCH
         NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION

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_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_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                     OR   BRENT GORDON
PHONE:  301 763 8000 X 7185        301 763 8000 X 7193
E-MAIL: JOHN.WARD@xxxxxxxx         BRENT.GORDON@xxxxxxxx


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

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

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