Sept. 27, 1999 - Fire destroys NCEP's large CRAY
Operational RUC runs ceased, lower-resolution backup runs started
quickly at NCEP.
Although forecasters could have accessed full model results from FSL
over the web, they did not.
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It is hard for forecasters to get to the web
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Forecasters like to overlay graphics from multiple sources
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Forecasters are very busy, and it takes valuable
time to establish new routines
Last modified: Mon Oct 25 15:47:06 DST 1999