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NOUS42 KWNO 011108
ADMNFD
SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION
CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC
1108 UTC FRIDAY DEC 01 2000
011108Z...ATTN...USERS....
VERY LITTLE CANADIAN UPPER AIR DATA MADE IT IN FOR THE AVN AND
ABOUT HALF OF THE CANADIAN DATA MADE IT IN FOR THE FINAL/MRF/06Z
AVN/06Z ETA....
UKMET WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE IN NAWIPS DUE TO BRACKNELL COMMS
PROBLEMS...ECMWF IS PARTIALLY AVAILABLE 4 OUT 9 CHARTS IN NAWIPS..
THE 00Z ETA MODEL WAS STARTED ON TIME...RAOBS...
GSO RNK ANN LWX EQUIP PBLMS...DELETED LOW HGTS AND TEMPS
200MB AND ABV AT NKX..HIGH HGTS AND TEMPS 70MB AND ABV
AT OAK.
COMMUNICATIONS STATUS...FOR THE 00Z CYCLE NESDIS WAS ABLE
TO IMPLEMENT A PATCH WHICH ALLOWED THE INGEST OF GOES WIND
AND SOUNDING DATA. ACARS DATA WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE 00Z
CYCLE. NO CANADIAN DATA WAS INGESTED FOR THE ETA MODEL.
HOWEVER HOPE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME CANADIAN UPPER DATA
FOR THE AVN AND FNL.
THE COMMUNICATIONS BREAK WAS A SIGNIFICANT ONE AND THE LOCAL
TELEPHONE COMPANY ADVISES IT WILL LIKELY TAKE ANOTHER 24 HOURS
TO REPAIR.
SHRUELL/SDM/NCO/NCEP
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