I don't mean to muddy the waters further than they already have been, but I received this forwarded message from some weather researchers I correspond with at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory.

Is this the same news that you're reporting?

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>FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1195 MARCH 16... 1998
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>REFERENCE FOS/NOTICE NO. 1191
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>SUBJECT CHANGES TO VERSION 2 OF THE RAPID UPDATE
> /RUC2/NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICATION
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>THE VERSION TWO..OR RUCII..SCHEDULED FOR IMPLEMENTATION
>ON TUESDAY... MARCH 17... 1998... AT 1200 UTC COMPUTER CYCLE
>HAS BEEN CANCELED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. STAY TUNED FOR
>UPDATES. MEANWHILE..THE STANDARD RUC MODEL WILL CONTINUE
>TO RUN.
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