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855 NOUS42 KWNO 301739 ADMNFD SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC 1737Z UTC TUESDAY JAN 30 2001 301737Z...ATTN ALL USERS A TELCO CABLE WAS SEVERED IN THE WASH/DC AREA CAUSING SPORADIC COMMS OUTAGES INCLUDING SOME INTERNET CONNECTIONS....SUPPORT IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING... THE 16Z RADAR CHART WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE DUE TO A HUNG PROCESS AT OPS GATEWAY...FORMALLY OSO...HUNG PROCESS IS CURRENTLY BEING CLEARED AND THE 17Z DATA SHOULD BE THE AVAILABLE.. HYDROLOGIC PRODUCTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO PROBLEMS BETWEEN NCF AND OPS GATEWAY...OPS IS INVESTIGATING... NEW SST ANALYSIS HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED FOR THE 12Z ETA MODEL TO CORRECT COASTAL PROBLEMS WITH STORM STRENGTH OBSERVED EARLIER IN THE SEASON... ATTN NCEP MODEL USERS.... THERE WILL BE A TEST OF THE BACKUP FOR NCEP MODELS ON 2/6/01. TEST WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR THE 12Z CYCLE ON 2/7/01. NO 12Z NCEP MODEL DATA WILL BE SENT EXCEPT FOR THE NGM WHICH HAS NO BACKUP.. BACKUP WILL CONSIST OF GLOBAL NAVY NOGAPS..AFWA MM5..AND FSL HOURLY FORECAST RUC MODELS..THERE WILL BE NO 12Z ETA AND 12Z AVN MODEL PRODUCTION DURING THE BACKUP TEST.. IBM SUPER COMPUTER WILL BE UNAVAILABLE FOR 4 HOURS STARTING AT 1315Z TUESDAY 2/6/01.. ALSO REFER TO http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/NCO/PMB/ncep_backup.html from there click on the link...Click here for a detailed description of the backup products... 12Z NCEP MODELS ARE ON TIME WITH GOOD US/CAN UPPER AIR DATA COVERAGE...RAOB RECAP...PASY GSO EQUIP PROBLEMS..BIS DEL HTS/TEMPS 150MB UP LOW/COLD..ABQ DEL HTS/TEMPS 150MB UP LOW/COLD..DRA DEL HTS/TEMPS 100MB UP LOW/COLD..XMR MISSING REPORTTTAA/TTBB..ACM DEL HTS/TEMPS 70MB UP HIGH/WARM..ABR NO REPORT.. SHRUELL/SDM/NCO/NCEP NNNN ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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