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FROM: John H. Ward
Chief, Production Management Branch
1. The transition of NCEP operations to the Phase II Central
Computer System (CCS) has begun. No further changes to the Production Suite will be
made prior to Phase II becoming operational on or about 18 January 2005. Changes
required to correct operational failures will continue to be made during the
moratorium. General user access to the IBM Blue system should be available on or
about Tuesday, 12 October.
Information on the transition, such as file name changes and system differences, are currently being compiled and will soon all be available at the following web location:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/ccs_transition.shtml
CCS users should check this page regularly for updates.
2. The transition in the file naming convention for the Global
Forecast System (GFS) has begun. A duplicate file structure has been established on
both the TOC and NCEP FTP servers. All file structures containing AVN now has a
duplicate link containing GFS. These duplicate file structures will remain in place
for six months. On approximately 18 January 2005, all file structures containing
AVN will be eliminated. Additional details about this transition can be found at
the following web site:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/changes/avn-gfs_rename.html
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