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SUPER COMPUTER BACKUP TEST NOXX10 KWBC 271726 DATA MGT MESSAGE 01-04.03 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 RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT SUBJECT QUARTERLY SUPER COMPUTER BACKUP TEST PLANNED DURING THE 1200 UTC MODEL CYCLE ON FEBRUARY 26 2004 ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26 2004...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/: http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/ncepbk/ncep_backup.html IF WEATHER CONDITIONS PRECLUDE PERFORMING THIS EXERCISE ON FEBRUARY 26 2004...WE WILL ATTEMPT THIS AGAIN THE FOLLOWING WEEK...MARCH 4 2004. 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 FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE... PLEASE CONTACT DATA MANAGEMENT LOWER CASE EMAIL NWS.DM/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER RTH WASHINGTON SENDS ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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