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FROM: John H. Ward
Chief, Production Management Branch
SUBJECT: Changes to the NWS Production Suite
On Tuesday, 20 April 2004, the configuration of the Eta Model
will be modified to allow for the 0 - 84 hour forecast to run in the
current 0 - 60 hour time slot. This will be a permanent change.
The expected new delivery times for Eta products are as follows:
24 hr products: 5-10 minutes earlier
36 hr products: 15-20 minutes earlier
48 hr products: 15-20 minutes earlier
60 hr products: 20-25 minutes earlier
84 hr products: 35-40 minutes earlier
More precise times will be provided when they become available.
Details on the change can be found at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notifications/tin04-07eta_compression.txt
Currently, on both the NCEP and TOC FTP servers, over 50% of
the gridded NCEP model data sets are not being accessed. In June
2004, unused model data will be removed from both the TOC and NCEP
FTP servers. A review of file access on both FTP servers was
conducted during the months of January and February. A list of
files to be removed will be posted on the TOC and NCEP WEB sites in
early April. Files will only be included on this list if they are
unused on both servers. A minimum of 60 days will be provided for
user comments. In early June all files deemed unnecessary will be
removed. This process will provide the server resources to host
higher temporal and spatial resolution data not currently available.
Further details will be provided as they become available.
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