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566 NOUS42 KWNO 060850 SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC 0840Z UTC MON DEC 6 1999 060840Z...SCHEDULED IBM OUTAGE... ON MONDAY DECEMBER 6 THE IBM COMPUTERS AT BOWIE WILL BE SHUT DOWN FROM 1100Z UNTIL 2400Z...PRODUCTION WILL BE SWITCHED DURING THAT TIME TO CRAY 5 BACKUP...PRODUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE AS FOLLOWS... A. 12Z ETA WILL BE THE 80KM CRAY 5 VERSION B. THE OLD ETA BUFR SOUNDING FILES WILL BE AVAILABLE C. THE NEW ETA BUFR FILES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. D. 18Z ETA WILL BE THE HI RES AFWA MM5 BACKUP VERSION E. FSL RUC2 BACKUP WILL BE INSTITUTED AGAIN F. THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER ENSEMBLES CREATED AFTER 1100Z G. ALL MODEL PRODUCTION WILL BE SLOWER DURING THIS PERIOD H. 00Z CYCLE MRF MODEL SHOULD COMPLETE BEFORE THE IBM OUTAGE I. 18Z AVN WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE KNEAS/SDM/NCO/NCEP ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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