20030310: NCEP fcst model-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20030310: NCEP fcst model-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:31:39 -0700

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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 03-11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
430 PM EST MON MAR 10 2003

TO        NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES
         FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
         NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS
         OTHER CUSTOMERS OF NCEP MODEL GRAPHICS

FROM      JOHN WARD
         CHIEF...PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT BRANCH
         NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/

SUBJECT   TRANSFER OF NCEP FORECAST MODEL PRODUCTION TO THE NEW
         NCEP CENTRAL COMPUTER SYSTEM...EFFECTIVE THE FIRST WEEK
         OF APRIL 2003

NOTE...THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SUBSCRIBERS

THE NEXT NCEP CENTRAL COMPUTER SYSTEM /CCS/ IS SCHEDULED TO
BECOME OPERATIONAL DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL 2003.  NO
CHANGES IN PRODUCT CONTENT OR FORMAT WILL BE MADE DURING THE
SWITCH TO THE CCS.  THE ONLY DIFFERENCES THAT SHOULD BE NOTED BY
THE END-USERS OF NCEP PRODUCTS ARE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS IN THE
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE.  A PRODUCTION STATUS WEB PAGE FOR THE
PARALLEL RUNS ON THE CCS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AT /USE LOWER CASE/

    HTTP://WWW.NCO.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PMB/NWPARA/PRODSTAT/INDEX.HTML

THE AVERAGE PRODUCT AVAILABILITY TIMES CONTAINED ON THIS PARALLEL
PAGE SHOULD REFLECT THE COMPLETION TIMES EXPECTED WHEN THE CCS
BECOMES OPERATIONAL AND SHOULD CLOSELY MIRROR THE SCHEDULE ON THE
IBM SP PRIOR TO THE T254 GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/
IMPLEMENTATION.  THE ONLY NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCES IN THE SCHEDULE
SHOULD BE THE DELIVERY OF AVN PRODUCTS APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES
EARLIER AND THE NESTED GRID MODEL /NGM/ PRODUCTS APPROXIMATELY
30 MINUTES EARLIER.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS TRANSFER OF OPERATIONS
PLEASE CONTACT:

JOHN WARD                    OR   BRENT GORDON
CAMP SPRINGS MD                   CAMP SPRINGS MD
PHONE:  301 763 8000 X 7185       301 763 8000 X 7193
E-MAIL: JOHN.WARD@xxxxxxxx        BRENT.GORDON@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/:

           HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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