981117: Possible data loss, depending on your services (fwd)

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SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION
CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC 
1630 UTC TUE NOVEMBER 17 1998
     
171630 UTC  REPLACEMENT CPU HAS ARRIVED AND CRAY 3 WILL BE TAKEN 
OFFLINE FROM 1900Z TO 2200Z TODAY.  AS A RESULT THE 18Z ETA WILL 
BE CANCELLED...19Z AND 20Z RUCS WILL BE N/A...AND THE OLD VERSION 
OF THE 21Z RUC WILL RUN ON BACKUOP CRAY 5.  ALSO...A REMINDER THAT 
GOES 8 IMAGERY WILL BE N/A FROM 1744Z TO 2114Z TODAY DUE TO THE 
LEONIDS METEOR STORM BUT HALF HOURLY GOES 10 FULL DISK IMAGERY 
WILL BE AVBL DURING THIS TIME.
     
BUREK/SDM/NCO/NCEP