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DATA MGT MESSAGE 09-01.04
TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS... FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
NOAAPORT USERS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS
WAFS USERS... GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS
FROM DATA DISSEMINATION BRANCH
SUBJECT NCEP QUARTERLY BACKUP TEST
EFFECTIVE DATE OCTOBER 10... 2001
ON WEDNESDAY... 10 OCTOBER 2001... THE NCEP WILL BE PERFORMING
A QUARTERLY TEST OF ITS SITE OUTAGE BACKUP PROCESSING. THIS
TEST WILL OCCUR DURING THE 12 UTC MODEL CYCLE AND LAST
APPROXIMATELY 6 HOURS. A SIMILAR TEST WAS PERFORMEDEARLIER
THIS YEAR ON 19 JUNE.
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 APPROXIMATELY 6 HOURS LATE.
FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE NCEP S SITE OUTAGE
BACKUP PROCESSING CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB
SITE
HTTP//WWW.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/NCO/PMB/DOCS/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 SITE OUTAGE.
BRENT A. GORDON... METEOROLOGIST
DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS/PRODUCTION
MANAGEMENT BRANCH
PHONE 301 763 8000 X7193 FAX 301 763 8381
EMAIL BGORDON/AT SYMBOL/NCEP.NOAA.GOV OR
BRENT.GORDON/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
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/COLON///205.156.54.206/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES2.SHTML
DATA MANAGEMENT
DATA DISSEMINATION BRANCH
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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