20030612: backup-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20030612: backup-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:32:59 -0600

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...TECHNICAL INFORMATION NOTICE 03-28
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
430 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003

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

FROM      JOHN WARD
         CHIEF...PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT BRANCH

SUBJECT   QUARTERLY SUPER COMPUTER BACKUP TEST PLANNED DURING
         THE 1200 UTC MODEL CYCLE ON JULY 9 2003

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

ON WEDNESDAY JULY 9 2003...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/ AND
GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ 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 9 2003...WE WILL ATTEMPT THIS AGAIN THE NEXT DAY...
JULY 10 2003.

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

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