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-> John Ward <wd22jw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
December 13, 2000
MEMORANDUM FOR: Distribution E
FROM: John H. Ward
Chief, Production Management Branch
SUBJECT: Changes to the NWS Production Suite
On 7 January 2003, the NESDIS GMS-5 water vapor and the IR
winds will no longer be ingested into /dcom on the IBM SP. These
data are no longer being assimilated by the models. When this
change occurs the following files in /dcom on the IBM SP will no
longer be populated with GMS-5 data:
/dcom/us007003/YYYYMMDD/b005/xx050
/dcom/us007003/YYYYMMDD/b005/xx051
There is currently a moratorium on changes to the Production
Suite as parallel operations are being established on the next
Central Computer System (CCS). No implementations will be
scheduled during the moratorium, with the exception of changes
required to correct operational problems. The moratorium is
expected to extend through the normal holiday moratorium period,
at the minimum.
All major forecast model codes have been ported to the CCS.
System acceptance was successfully completed on 1 December. All
forecast model systems, with the exception of the Climate Suite,
are now running in real-time parallel on the CCS. Data flow and
ingest have been established and real-time data are being
utilized for model initialization. More details on the CCS
transition and moratorium will be provided as they become
available.
General users can expect access to the CCS by 18 December.
User account and password information will be the same on the CCS
as on the IBM SP. An on-line user guide for code conversion to
the CCS is available on the NCEP internal WEB server at:
http://www2.ncep.noaa.gov/NCO/PMB/nwprod/ccs_guide/
The guide will be continually updated as new features or
problems with the code conversion are uncovered. Migration of
user data from the IBM SP to the CCS began on 12 December and is
expected to be completed by 18 December. During December and
January user access to the CCS may be interrupted for testing and
minor system configuration changes. Whenever possible, prior
notice of system downtime or unavailability will be provided.
A preliminary list for 2003 can be found at:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/changes
As additional information about each implementation becomes
available, links will be added on the change summary page.
<snip>
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