The NCEP status messages are back (under the index on the left on the RUC/MAPS homepage) now that the FSL NOAAPORT feed has been restored.
Here is the latest message from this morning.

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CRAY 4 CONTINUES TO BE OUT OF SERVICE AND NCEP##,
IS STILL RUNNING ON CRAY 5..BACKUP MODE..RUC2 DATA IS NOT##,
AVAILABLE ON THE OSO SERVER AND AWIPS DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH CRAY 4..##,
SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE...##