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325 NOUS72 KNCF 281432 ADMNCF PLEASE PASS TO MIC, HIC, ESA, ITO, AND SOO ~ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN PASSED BY TECH CONTROL: ~ On Thursday, October 28 at 1730 UTC, NWSTG staff will halt operations of the Weather Data Exchange (WDE) switching software in order to make database alterations. The outage is expected to take 20 minutes but could take as along as 30 minutes. ~ In the event of a Critical Weather Day, this outage will be rescheduled. A message will be sent subsequent to the outage to confirm a return to normal operations. ~ Any data from the NSC to the NWSTG will be queued and sent after the outage. Status information during the outage is available from NWSTG Tech Control at 301-713-0902. ~ During the outage the following circuits/processes will be suspended and the data received, sent, or processed by them will be queued for processing after the outage is complete: ~ - Socket interfaces Send and receive to/from UKMET (Exeter), Brasilia, South Africa, and WIMS will be halted. Send to the ISCS lines will stop. The NWSTG to NCF data transfer via sockets will stop. The NCF to NWSTG data flow via sockets and X.25 will continue. Any data received will be queued for processing after the outage. ~ - NCEP to TG (NTC) (not including model file writes to AFS) TG lines 201, 202, and 203. Any data received will be queued for processing after the outage. ~ - TG to NCEP (TNC) Data transfer to lines 291 and 292 will stop. ~ - Sybase to AFS (STA) Data update on the tgftp.nws.noaa.gov FTP server will be interrupted during the outage. ~ - FTP Ingest will be suspended for the following accounts/lines though login and file transfer will not be affected. Any data received will be queued for processing after the outage. ~ n49rf (Line 186) NOAA Aircraft messages proc003 (Line 247) SPOT Fire Weather Data Forecast products proc004 (Line 184) Carribean Satellite Charts from the Marta Box Operations ftpdb001 (To DBNet direct) QPE/QPF, SuperObs data for DBNet transfer to NCEP ftpin001 (Line 176) Seakeeper data (Automatic Weather Station Observations KWUM) ftpin002 (line 249) AWC National Convective Weather, Icing, and Turbulence Forecasts ftpin004 (Line 187) ARGOS Buoy Data ftpin005 (Line 200) Marine FAX charts from the Tropical Prediction Center ftpin006 Upper air messages from Andros Island (USBA20 MYAF, UEBAMYAF) ftpin008 (Line 248) NESDIS products direct to NWSTG ftpin010 (Line 192) GLERL Wave Grids to NWSTG (OLNC88KWNB, OMNC88KWNB, ONNC88KWNB) ftpin013 (Line 171) NCEP fax data to NWSTG ftpin014 (Line 183) Latin American pilot balloon data to NWSTG ftpin017 (line 237) Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) datato NWSTG ftpin018 (line 188) NOHRSC operational snow information products toNWSTG ftpin021 (line 190) National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD) data ftpin023 (Line 189) RCADAS data to NWSTG ftpin024 (Line 193) Canadian data from Dorval, Canada ftpin027 (Line 197) Radar mosaic and 3-hour forecasts to the NCF ftpin028 (Line 198) NCDDC Marine Observation reports ftpin029 (Line 199) Hydrological Automated Data Systems (HADS) data - KWOH ftpin030 (Line 195) Taiwanese Typhoon Dropsonde (UZPA13 RCTP) ftpin032 (Line 211) TPC/TCM grids via NCEP ftpin035,036,038-050 Alaska Region backup FTP input ~ - FTP Push for FAA line 219 will be suspended. ~ - Data ingest from the NOAA Weather Wire backup feed will be queued for processing after the outage. ~ - NCF High Speed Interface Data output from the NWSTG to the NCF via the High Speed Interface will be suspended. Any data will be queued for transmission after the outage. ~ - Email Data Input Service (EDIS) Data input into the NWSTG via the EDIS interface will be suspended. Any data received will be queued for processing after the outage. ~ - Web Bulletin Entry Form (BEF) Data input into the NWSTG via the BEF web interface will be suspended. Any data received will be queued for processing after the outage. ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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