20040703: NCEP server update-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS42 KWNO (fwd)

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• Subject: 20040703: NCEP server update-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS42 KWNO (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 07:58:43 -0600

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NOTE..ACCESS TO THE NCEP FTPPRD SERVER.  NEWS ABOUT
ACCESSING THIS SERVER HAS IMPROVED. DISK CLEANUP EFFORT
HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE SERVER VENDOR HAS BEEN CONTACTED
TO REPAIR SOME HARDWARE PROBLEMS WITH THE BACKUP SERVER.
THIS WILL BE A LENGTHY EFFORT AND INVOLVE REPLACING
AND RE-POPULATING A VERY LARGE DISK.

IN SUMMARY.. ACCESS TO THE NCEP FTPPRD SERVER SHOULD BE
RESTORED FOR THE 12Z MODEL CYCLE. DATA QUEUES ARE STILL
SIGNIFICANT GOING TO THE SERVER. IF POSSIBLE PLEASE TRY
CONTINUE TO SATISFY YOUR DATA NEEDS BY CONNECTING TO THE
NWS GATEWAY FTP SERVER...TGFTP FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THE PROGRESS OF
THESE EFFORTS.

NEWBY/SDM/NCO/NCEP
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