---- OPERATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ----
from: Alan Darling
Deputy Director, NCEP Central Operations (NCO)
1. Effective Tuesday, August 30, 2011, the National Centers for Environmental
Prediction (NCEP) will remove the Model Analysis and Forecast (MAF) web pages
currently available at:http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/
The Technical Information Notification (TIN) 11-06 is available
at:http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notification/tin11-06aaamaf_removal.txt
The previous proposed removal date of March 31, 2011 was postponed until
August 30, 2011, to give customers more time to acclimate to the Model Analysis
and Guidance (MAG) webpage, which was declared operational on March 15, 2011.
The MAG webpage is available at:http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/NCOMAGWEB/appcontroller
2. Effective at 12Z on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, the National Centers for
Environmental Prediction will stop running the Regional Spectral Model (RSM)
for Hawaii and discontinue all output products from this model run. Additional
information is provided in the Technical Information Notification (TIN) on the
web at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notification/tin11-34termination_hawaii_rsm.htm
3. The CCS Implementation Standards are available at
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/. Please adhere to these standards when
submitting changes for the CCS.
4. Upcoming major changes to NCEP's production suite and details on any
product or timing changes associated with upcoming implementations can be
viewed at the following website:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/changes/
Test data for major changes should be available six weeks prior to
implementation. Anyone wishing to receive formal notice of the final
pre-implementation testing and the opportunity to provide feedback on the
proposed changes can subscribe to the Model Evaluation mailing list via:
https://lstsrv.ncep.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/ncep.list.modelevalinfo
5. Maintenance of subscriptions to the Scheduled Operational Changes and
Upgrades mailing list can be performed via the following website:
https://lstsrv.ncep.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/ncep.list.rfcmemo
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Linda Miller - lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Community Services, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690