NOUS40KWBC 311024
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1941 MAY 31... 2001
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT NCEP SITE OUTAGE BACKUP TEST
EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 19... 2001
ON TUESDAY 19 JUNE 2001 NCEP WILL BE EXERCISING ITS SITE OUTAGE
BACKUP PROCESSING LOCATED AT OPS IN SILVER SPRING... MD. THE
EXERCISE WILL OCCUR DURING THE 12 UTC MODEL CYCLE AND LAST
APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS. THIS EXERCISE IS NOW BEING PERFORMED
ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND WILL BE SIMILAR TO A TEST PERFORMED
EARLIER THIS YEAR ON 06 FEBRUARY.
DURING THIS EXERCISE A LIMITED SET OF PRODUCTS WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED BY THE BACKUP PROCESSING FROM NOGAPS... AFWA...
FSL... AND UKMET MODEL GUIDANCE. ONLY LIMITED NCEP MODEL
GUIDANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR 12 UTC THIS DAY. THE MODELS
AFFECTED BY THIS ARE THE ETA... AVN... RUC2... RSAS... AND NWW3
/WAVE/ MODELS. THE 12 UTC NGM AND NGM MOS PRODUCTS WILL
BE DISSEMINATED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS TEST... WHICH WILL
MAKE THEM ABOUT 4 HOURS LATE.
FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING NCEP S SITE OUTAGE BACKUP
PROCESSING CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB
SITE
HTTP/COLON///WWW.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/NCO/PMB/NCEP/UNDERSCORE/
BACKUP.HTML
WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CREATE...
HOWEVER THIS EXERCISE IS NEEDED TO ASSURE THE CONTINUED
FLOW OF MODEL GUIDANCE IN CASE OF A CATASTROPHIC SITE
OUTAGE.
FOR FOS/NOAAPORT QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT JULIE HAYES
PHONE 301 713-0864 EXTENSION 120
EMAIL JULIE.HAYES/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
FOR NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
REGARDING ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE PRODUCTS
TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT.
FRED BRANSKI
TEAM LEADER FOR DATA MANAGEMENT
PHONE 301 713-0864 EXTENSION 146
EMAIL FRED.BRANSKI/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
WALTER SMITH
SENIOR DATA MANAGER
PHONE 301 713-0864 EXTENSION 139
EMAIL WALTER.SMITH/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
RICHARD ROBINSON
DATA MANAGER
PHONE 301 713-0864 EXTENSION 179
EMAIL RICHARD.ROBINSON/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS SYSTEMS OPERATIONS
CENTER CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES2.SHTML
DATA MANAGEMENT
DATA DISSEMINATION BRANCH
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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