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322 NOUS42 KWNO 262150 ADMNFD SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NOAA/NWS/NCEP WASHINGTON DC 2149 UTC TUE AUG 26 2003 262149Z...NCEP COMPUTER PROBLEMS... THE FROST SUPEROMPUTER...NOT THE CURRENT PRODUCTION MACHINE...HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN UFN TO PREVENT A POTENTIAL OVERHEATING CONDITION AT THE GAITHERBURG COMPUTER FACILITY. BACKUP POWER WAS INITIATED WHEN REGULAR POWER WAS KNOCKED OUT BY A SEVERE T-STORM AND THE BACKUP POWER DOES NOT SUPPORT THE AIR COOLING UNITS. ADDITOINALLY WE ARE EXPERIENCING LOAD LEVELER PROBLEMS ON THE SNOW COMPUTER...THE PRODUCTION MACHINE. THE 18Z GFS HAS STOPPED RUNNING AND WILL BE DELAYED BY AN UNKNOWN LENGTH OF TIME WHICH IS NOW APPROACHING ONE HOUR. WE ARE NOT SURE IF THIS PROBLEM IS STORM RELATED OR COINCIDENTAL. YIUR PATIENCE IS REQUESTED. GOES WEST WILL BE IN RSO FROM 26/2200Z..27/0700Z DUE TO FLASH FLOODING/SEVERE WEATHER CONCERNS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN US THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STOUDT/NEWBY/SDM/NCO/NCEP ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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