Nonetheless, the internet and web were crucial
NCEP and FSL had been laying the groundwork to establish
full-resolution backup runs at FSL, so some infrastructure was already
in place.
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model results from FSL are now transferred to the Weather Service distribution
point over the internet (not leased lines)
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initial concerns about bandwidth issues proved groundless (4
Gigabytes per day causes no noticeable slowing of the net)
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the web forum kept people
informed; rapid feedback from the field helped debug the system
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the RUC was available again on forecaster workstations within
days
Last modified: Mon Oct 25 15:47:06 DST 1999