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694 NOUS42 KWNO 152127 ADMNFD SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC 2115 UTC TUE OCT 15 2002 152115Z...NCEP DEVELOPED NETWORK COMMS PROBLEMS WITH THE IBM BSP AT 2000Z. WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING OPS OVER TO THE IBM ASP WHEN ASP COMMS WERE LOST AT 2110Z. NETWORK PERSONNEL ARE CURRENTLY TROUBLESHOOTING THIS PROBLEM BUT NO IDEA AT THIS POINT HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE WE CAN GET NCEP PRODUCTION GOING AGAIN. FSL BACKUP RSAS GUIDANCE FOR 20Z FAILED...EXCEPT FOR THE MMUS60KWBC DATA WHICH WAS OK...AS WELL AS THE 20Z TOC RADAR CHART DUE TO PROBLEMS GETTING DATA FROM GATEWAY. 20Z FSL RUC2 IS NOW RUNNING BUT COULD ALSO FAIL. 18Z AFWA MM5 ETA BACKUP HAS BEEN INVOKED SINCE THE NCEP 18Z ETA HAS ONLY PRODUCED OUTPUT TYO AROUND 24HRS...MM5 OUTPUT WILL OVERWITE ANY PREVIOUS 18Z ETA OUTPUT ON AWIPS. WILL KEEP YOU POSTED... FYI UPDATE...NCEP EXERCISE TESTING ITS BACKUP MODEL DISSEMINATION SYSTEM HAS BEEN POSTPONED TENTATIVELY UNTIL THE 12Z MODEL CYCLE ON 0CT 24. INFO ON THE TYPE OF PRODUCTS AVBL FROM THE BACKUP PROCESSING AND THEIR APPROXIMATE DELIVERY TIMES CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE... http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/NCO/PMB/nwprod/osobackup/ncep_backup.html LETTERS LOWER CASE EXCEPT NCO AND PMB MUST BE CAPITALIZED. BUREK/SDM/NCO/NCEP ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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