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NOXX01 KWBC 131251
ATTN USERS OF NCEP MODEL OUTUT PRODUCTS
THIS MESSAGE TAKEN FROM NOUS42 KWNO. FURTHER UPDATES IF
NEEDED WILL ALSO BE SENT IN THE NOUS42 KWNO BULLETIN.
SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION
CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC
PLEASE NOTE..
ON WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14 2001..THE IBM ASP WILL BE TAKEN
OUT OF SERVICE BETWEEN 1730-2000Z OR AFTER THE COMPLETION
OF THE 12Z MODEL CYCLE..DURING THIS OUTAGE NCEP WILL BE
DISSEMINATING THE 17-20Z RUC2 AND RSAS MODELS AS WELL AS
THE RADAR VIA NCEP BACKUP PROCESSING..
NCEP WILL ALSO USE THIS OUTAGE TO RE-TEST THE ETA MODEL
BACKUP PROCESSING USING THE AFWA MM5 18Z ETA MODEL..FOR
THIS TEST NCEP WILL ONLY DISSEMINATE BACKUP ETA GRIDS
FOR 00HR TO 12HR FORECASTS FOR AWIPS/NAWIPS AND FOS VIA
THE NOAA PORT..
AS SOON AS THE IBM ASP IS RETURNED TO SERVICE NCEP WILL
RUN AND DISSEMINATE THE ENTIRE NCEP ETA MODEL THROUGH
48HRS..THIS OUTAGE WILL CAUSE THE NCEP ETA TO BE DELIVERED
APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 90 MINUTES LATER THAN USUAL..
A WEB PAGE CONTAINING THE INFORMATION ON PRODUCT DELIVERY
TIMES CAN BE VIEWED VIA HTTP TO
//WWW.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/NCO/PMB/NCEP-BACKUP-20010214.HTML
..PLESE NOTE ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT FOR THE NCO/PMB AND THE
DASHES SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH UNDERSCORES..
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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