j20021117: NCEP plans-ifmemo: jif_memo_021115 (fwd)

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• Subject: j20021117: NCEP plans-ifmemo: jif_memo_021115 (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 09:01:17 -0700

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MEMORANDUM FOR:   Distribution E

FROM:             John H. Ward
                 Chief, Production Management Branch

SUBJECT:          Changes to the NWS Production Suite



    There will be no memo issued the week of 25 November.

    There is currently a moratorium on changes to the Production
Suite as parallel operations are being established on the next
Central Computer System (CCS).  No implementations will be
scheduled during the moratorium, with the exception of changes
required to correct operational problems.  The moratorium is
expected to extend through the normal holiday moratorium period,
at the minimum.

    All major forecast model codes have been ported to the CCS.
A log of problems encountered during the code conversion can be
found in /com/logs/ccscodelog on the IBM SP.  System acceptance
began on Friday, 1 November.  A majority of the forecast model
systems are now running in real-time parallel on the CCS and will
continue to be executed daily during the 30 day acceptance
period.  Data flow and ingest have not been established on the
CCS, so data dumps from the IBM SP will be transferred to the CCS
to support the real-time parallel runs.  Data ingest is not
expected to be established on the CCS until after the first of
the year.  More details on the CCS transition and moratorium will
be provided as they become available.

    A preliminary list for 2003 can be found at:

        http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/changes

    As additional information about each implementation becomes
available, links will be added on the change summary page.

    On 7 January 2003, the NESDIS GMS-5 water vapor and the IR
winds will no longer be ingested into /dcom on the IBM SP.  These
data are no longer being assimilated by the models.  When this
change occurs the following files in /dcom on the IBM SP will no
longer be populated with GMS-5 data:

              /dcom/us007003/YYYYMMDD/b005/xx050
              /dcom/us007003/YYYYMMDD/b005/xx051

    To unsubscribe from the JIF memo use the link provided at:

        http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/jifmemo/

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