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009 NOUS1 KRWA 301358 WMSC NOUS1 CIRNOT NR 027/02 ALL WMSCR USERS - THE FLWG IS AN EXCERPT OF A MSG RECD FROM THE NWS CONCERNING A BACKUP OF THE NWS AWIPS NCF SYSTEM. THE AWIPS IS THE NETWORK THAT THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER, THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER, AND ALL NWS FORECAST OFFICES ARE CONNECTED TO. THE ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT IS ALSO CONNECTED TO AWIPS. BEGIN NWS MSG: THERE WILL BE AN OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE AWIPS NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY /NCF/ BACKUP CAPABILITY. OPERATIONS WILL BE SWITCHED FROM THE PRIMARY AWIPS NCF /ANCF/ AT SILVER SPRING... MD TO THE BACKUP NCF /BNCF/ AT FAIRMONT... WV. TWO TESTS ON SUCCESSIVE EVENINGS ARE PLANNED WITH A POSSIBLE THIRD IF NEEDED. THE FIRST TEST IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY... 04 SEPTEMBER 2215 UTC TO THURSDAY... SEPTEMBER 0615 UTC. THE SECOND TEST IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY... 05 SEPTEMBER 2215 UTC TO FRIDAY 06 SEPTEMBER 0615 UTC. IF NEEDED A THIRD TEST WILL BE DONE ON FRIDAY EVENING... 06 SEPTEMBER FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD. TESTS WILL NOT BE DONE ON CRITICAL WEATHER DAYS OR IF THERE ARE OTHER SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL ISSUES WARRANTING POSTPONEMENT. ALL ANCF MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION WILL BE REPOINTED TO THE BNCF. THE SWITCH TO THE BNCF WILL BEGIN AT 2215 UTC AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 20 MINUTES. DATA WILL QUEUE WHILE THE SWITCH IS IN PROGRESS AND WILL BE SENT ONCE THE SWITCH IS COMPLETE. THIS WILL AFFECT DATA ORIGINATING AT NWS FIELD OFFICES AND NATIONAL CENTERS ON THE AWIPS NETWORK INCLUDING RADAR DATA. ONCE ACTIVATED... THE BNCF WILL HANDLE ALL OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE AWIPS NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY UNTIL OPERATIONS ARE SWITCHED BACK TO THE ANCF AT 0615 UTC. THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE THE URL IS LISTED BELOW HTTP/COLON///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML END OF MSG FROM NWS. ATL WMSCR CKT CONTROL 301355Z ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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