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209 NOUS42 KWNO 011353 ADMNFD SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC 1350 UTC TUE AUG 01 2000 01350Z...NCEP IS SUFFERING FROM A BELL ATLANTIC LINE OUTAGE. FORTUNATELY THIS ONE INVOLVES INTERNET AND DBNET CONNECTIONS AND NOT DATA RECEIPT BY THE IBM SP. THEREFORE ONLY MINIMAL MODEL IMPACT EXPECTED. SEVERAL PRODUCTS WHICH REQUIRE DBNET FOR TRANSMISSION WILL BE DELAYED. THE 12Z ETA BEGAN AT 1322Z WITH GOOD N AMER UPA DATA COVERAGE AND QUALITY. RAOB RECAP...LCH ABR EQUIP PBLMS AND NO DATA. CUN/76595 ADDED 4 MB/30 M TO SFC PRESS/HGTS DUE TO BASELINE ERROR. WAL ALB PURGED TOO-HIGH HGTS/TEMPS 100 MB AND 150 MB RESPECTIVELY AND ABOVE. CHS PURGED TOO-HIGH HGTS 250 MB AND ABOVE AND TOO-WARM 124 MB TEMP. MYNN/78073 PURGED ERRATIC WINDS 1000 TO 810 MB /APRT TRACKING PBLM/ AND CONVECTIVELY CONTAMINATED WINDS 196 TO 110 MB. FYI...THE NCEP IBM SP IS SCHEDULED TO BE TAKEN DOWN ON WED. AUG 2ND AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE 12Z AVN AND ANY 12Z GHM RUNS ROUGHLY STARTING AROUND 1700Z AND LASTING ABOUT 3HRS TO ROUGHLY 2000Z. FSL RUC2 BACKUP WILL BE IMPLEMENTED DURING THIS OUTAGE. 18Z ETA AND AVN RUNS WILL START ASA THE IBM COMES BACK UP. STOUDT/SDM/NCO/NCEP NNNN ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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