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SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION
CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC
0330 UTC MON OCT 14 2002
140330Z...PLEASE NOTE..
THE 00Z GFS FORECAST HAD TO BE RESTARTED ON THE IBM BSP
DUE TO A HARDWARE FAILURE ON ONE OF ITS NODES..THE FORECAST
IS RUNNING OK NOW..THIS FAILURE WILL CAUSE THE GFS OUTPUT
TO BE DELAYED BY ABOUT 15-MINUTES..SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE..
FYI...
REMINDER...ON 17 OCTOBER 2002 NCEP WILL EXERCISE ITS BACKUP
MODEL DISSEMINATION SYSTEM. THIS EXERCISE WILL BE CONDUCTED
DURING THE 12Z MODEL CYCLE. INFO ON THE TYPE OF PRODUCTS AVBL
FROM THE BACKUP PROCESSING AND THEIR APPROX DELIVERY TIMES CAN
BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE...
http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/NCO/PMB/nwprod/osobackup/ncep_backup.html
ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT NCO AND PMB MUST BE CAPITALIZED.
KNEAS/SDM/NCO/NCEP
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