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FROM: John H. Ward
Chief, Production Management Branch
Subject: Changes to the NWS Production Suite
1. The NWS Telecommunications Operations Center (TOC) is currently under a
moratorium on changes to operational data flow, while they replace their legacy
mainframe system and the Andrews File System (AFS). During the moratorium no new
NCEP model data will be added to TOC FTP server (tgftp.nws.noaa.gov), AWIPS, or
NOAAPORT. Limited resources on the NCEP FTP server (ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov) will not
permit it to be utilized as an interim source of new data during the moratorium.
Further details on the impact of the moratorium will be provided as they become
available.
2. During the last few weeks problems have been encountered in the delivery of NCEP model output to the TOC FTP server (tgftp.nws.noaa.gov). Delays of an hour or more have been occurring with some GFS and Global ensemble products. The ultimate solution to the problem is related to the activity referenced in item 1 above. TOC and NCO staff is working on an interim solution, which will not be available until next week at the earliest. Operational staff is aggressively monitoring the situation in an attempt to keep the delays as short as possible until an interim solution can be implemented.
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