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The message included below was sent earlier on our communications lines. It is also posted to the NWS Data Management Change Notices web page at the following URL. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml 2002/07/25 1200 DM MESSAGE 07-02.05 QUARTERLY SUPER COMPUTER BACKUP TEST NOXX10KWBC 161910 DATA MGT MESSAGE 07-02.05 TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS... FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS... EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS... GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS FROM: JOHN WARD CHIEF...PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT BRANCH SUBJECT: QUARTERLY SUPER COMPUTER BACKUP TEST PLANNED DURING THE 1200 UTC MODEL CYCLE ON JULY 25 2002 NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE SUBSCRIBERS... ON THURSDAY JULY 25 2002...THE NATIONAL CENTERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/ WILL EXERCISE ITS BACKUP MODEL DISSEMINATION SYSTEM. THIS EXERCISE WILL BE CONDUCTED DURING THE 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ MODEL CYCLE. 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/ IF WEATHER CONDITIONS PRECLUDE PERFORMING THIS EXERCISE ON JULY 25 2002...WE WILL ATTEMPT THIS AGAIN THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON AUGUST 1 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: BRENT GORDON OR AVIS SPRUILL PHONE: 301 763 8000 X 7193 PHONE: 301 763 8000 X 7196 E-MAIL: BRENT.GORDON@xxxxxxxx E-MAIL: AVIS.SPRUILL@xxxxxxxx THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm FOR FOS/NOAAPORT FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT. Data Management EMail nws.dm@xxxxxxxx THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/index.html DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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