20040515: NCEP update

• To: nws-changes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: 20040515: NCEP update
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 09:11:40 -0600

-> "John Ward" <John.Ward@xxxxxxxx> writes:


May 14, 2004

MEMORANDUM FOR:   Distribution E

FROM:                              John H. Ward
                                        Chief, Production Management
Branch

SUBJECT:                        Changes to the NWS Production Suite



       Currently, on both the NCEP and TOC FTP servers, over 50% of the
gridded NCEP model data sets are not being accessed.  A review of file
access on both FTP servers was conducted during the months of January
and February 2004.  From this review a list of the unaccessed data sets
has been generated.  It is NCEP's intention to remove these data sets,
but we would like to first solicit feedback from our users.  The
proposed list of data sets to be removed has been posted on the NCEP web
site at the following location:

 http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/products/ftp_removal_list.html

     An E-mail address has been provided on this web page to allow for
users to provide feedback.  Data sets were only included on this list if
they were unused on both the TOC and NCEP servers.  User comments on
this list will be accepted through 15 June 2004.  On 29 June 2004, all
files deemed unnecessary will be removed from the NCEP ftp server.  This
process will provide the additional server resources to host higher
temporal and spatial resolution data not currently available.

       On 25 May 2004 NCO will stop running production job 950, the old
MRF MOS job.  No products have been disseminated
from this job for over a year.  A list of products to be removed from
the NCEP CCS is listed at the bottom of this memo.
<snip>

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       The following data sets will no longer be available on the NCEP
CCS when job 950 (old MRF MOS) is removed from
production on 25 May 2004.

Data Files:
/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/mrfgrb.t00z
/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/mrfgrbi.t00z
/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/mosfcsts.mrf.t00z
/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/mrffox.t00z
/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/fxus11.t00z
/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/mrfmosplot.t00z
/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/mrfmosplot2.t00z
/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/mrfmosgrib.t00z
/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/mrfmosgribi.t00z
/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/mrfmosbufr.t00z
/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/mrffoxrot.t00z
/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/mrfbongrb.t00z
/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/mrfbongrbi.t00z
/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/mosfcsts.bon.t00z
/com/mrf/prod/mrf.{YYYYMMDD}/axus52.t00z

Product Files:
/pcom/mrf/mrffox.tran.j950_00
/pcom/mrf/fxus11.tran.j950_00
/pcom/mrf/mrfmosbufr.xtrn.j950_00
/pcom/mrf/axus52.tran.j950_00

NAWIPS Files:
/com/nawips/prod/tdl.{YYYYMMDD}/mrf_{YYYYMMDD}00
/com/nawips/prod/tdl.{YYYYMMDD}/meta/tdl_{YYYYMMDD}_00_mrf