20030326: NCEP backup

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• Subject: 20030326: NCEP backup
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:03:42 -0700

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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 03-xx
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1135 AM EST WED MAR 26 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   QUARTERLY SUPER COMPUTER BACKUP TEST PLANNED
         DURING FOR THE 1300 AND 1400 UTC RUC MODEL CYCLES
         ON APRIL 2 2003

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

BARING CRITICAL WEATHER...ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 2 2003...NCEP
CENTRAL OPERATIONS /NCO/ WILL TEST ITS BACKUP MODEL DATA
DISSEMINATION SYSTEM.  FOR THIS TEST...NCO WILL DISSEMINATE
BACKUP RAPID UPDATE CYCLE /RUC/ PRODUCTS FROM THE FORECAST
SYSTEMS LABORATORY /FSL/ DURING THE 13 AND 14 COORDINATED
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ MODEL CYCLES.  THESE PRODUCTS...WHICH WILL
BE DISSEMINATED TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT AND BOTH THE NCEP AND NWS FTP
SERVERS...WILL LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THE NCEP RUC PRODUCTS.  DELAYED
DELIVERY TIMES OF THESE PRODUCTS ARE THE ONLY IMPACT END USERS
SHOULD OBSERVE.  AVERAGE DELIVERY TIMES FOR THESE RUNS ARE AS
FOLLOWS...

    13 UTC BACKUP RUC -- PRODUCTS AVAILABLE BY 14:25 UTC
    14 UTC BACKUP RUC -- PRODUCTS AVAILABLE BY 15:25 UTC

THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 35 MINUTES LATER THAN THE NCEP VERSION OF
THE RUC.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE TYPE OF PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FROM THE
NCEP BACKUP PROCESSING AND THEIR APPROXIMATE DELIVERY TIMES CAN
BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS EXCEPT
FOR NCO AND PMB/

http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/NCO/PMB/nwprod/osobackup/ncep_backup.html
                        ^^^ ^^^
                  UPPER CASE LETTERS

DURING THIS TEST WE WILL MAKE LOOK-ALIKE NCEP RUC GRIDS AVAILABLE
AT THE NWS FTP SERVER.  ON THE DAY OF THE TEST THESE PRODUCTS CAN
BE FOUND IN THE SAME DIRECTORIES THAT THE RUC MODEL DATA NORMALLY
RESIDE.  THIS SERVER IS LOCATED AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/

         ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/sl.us008001/st.opnl/

ADDITIONALLY...BACKUP DATA SETS /FROM AFWA, FNMOC, AND NOAA/FSL)
IN THEIR NATIVE FORMAT CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/

         ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf_backup/

THESE DATA ARE AVAILABLE ALL THE TIME ON THIS SERVER.

AS ALWAYS...NCEP APPRECIATES YOUR PATIENCE DURING THESE EXERCISES
WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO ASSURE THE CONTINUED FLOW OF MODEL
GUIDANCE IN THE EVENT OF AN OUTAGE AT OUR SUPER COMPUTER
FACILITY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NCEP SUPER COMPUTER
BACKUP TEST PLEASE CONTACT

     JOHN WARD                     OR   BRENT GORDON
     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 LETTERS/

           http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm

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