NOTE: The nws-changes mailing list is no longer active. The list archives are made available for historical reasons.
FROM: John H. Ward
Chief, Production Management Branch
Subject: Changes to the NWS Production Suite
1. Due to critical weather for Hurricane Ivan, there were non
crisis implementations this week. If Hurricane Jeanne proceeds towards
the East Coast as predicted, next week's implementations will be delayed
as well. Every attempt will be made to complete all planned
implementations prior to the upcoming moratorium.
2. The transition of NCEP operations to the Phase II system is
expected to begin on or about 12 October 2004, with the system expected
to become operational on or about 18 January 2005. Based on the current
installation schedule, the moratorium on changes to the Production Suite
is expected to begin on or about 1 October and end in January 2005. No
further requests for changes to be made prior to the moratorium will be
accepted. Changes required to correct operational failures will
continue to be made during the moratorium.
3. The transition in the file naming convention for the Global
Forecast System (GFS) has begun. A duplicate file structure has been
established on both the TOC and NCEP FTP servers. All file structures
containing AVN now has a duplicate link containing GFS. These duplicate
file structures will remain in place for six months. On approximately
18 January 2005, all file structures containing AVN will be eliminated.
Additional details about this transition can be found at the following
web site:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/changes/avn-gfs_rename.html
nws-changes archives: