National Centers for Environmental Prediction: COPC Data Distribution Systems – IDP & NWSTG Michelle Mainelli Deputy Director, NCEP Central Operations NOAA/National Weather Service COPC meeting 4-5 November 2015

NCO’s New Organizational Structure What does this mean for COPC? The realignment of our Organizations and IT infrastructure will better serve the needs of our partners On April 1, 2015, NCO and the TOC operations and staff merged as part of NWS HQ Reorg NCO Director became system owner of OPSnet and NWSTG systems All NWS network services, support, and maintenance centralized with reorganization On October 4, 2015, NCO was approved to add two new branches 2 COPC – November 2015

NWSTG Overview NWSTG is a weather hub (24x7) for collection and distribution of weather data Current legacy NWSTG status: – Limited backup capability: 74% backup operational capability – Limited capacity and infrastructure: Inadequate capacity to accommodate projected increases of satellite, model and radar data NOAA’s Integrated Dissemination Program (IDP) NWSTG Re-architecture Project is providing: –100% backup capability –Accommodate for projected increases in satellite (e.g., GOES-R) model and radar data –Leverage IDP dissemination infrastructure at College Park, MD and Boulder, CO Re-architecture will encompass fundamental changes to: –Hardware, software and network infrastructure equipment All NWSTG existing functions will be transitioned with minimal impact to NWS and DoD customers by FY COPC – November 2015

4 NWSTG to IDP Schedule COPC – November 2015

NWSTG Project Lifecycle NWSTG Re-alignment IDP NWSTG Re-architecture FY13 FY17 FY16FY15FY14 Retire Legacy NWSTG O&M Cutover Legacy NWSTG Steady State Site A = SSMC2 Silver Spring, MD Site B = NESCC Fairmont, WV IDP NWSTG Re-architecture IDP Primary = NCWCP College Park, MD IDP Backup = DSRC Boulder, CO Retire Legacy NWSTG O&M Site A – 100% Site B -Build and Test Requirement Phase Design & Build &Test of NWSTG Function Cutover Requirement and Acquisition Phase Design, Build and Test Phase Cutover Operations and Maintenance Retire/Phase Out Site A – 100% Site B – 74% Site A – 100% Site B – 80% Site A – 100% Site B – 90% IDP A – 100% IDP B – 100% NWSTG Steady State NWSTG FY12 NWSTG FY12 Site A – 100% Site B –Plan & Design IDP Exhibit 300 We are here 5 COPC – November 2015

COPC Impacts Summary of the implementation schedule: –NCO has separated each NWSTG application into its own project –The IDP System in Boulder will be operation by FY16Q2 with complete integration / activation of all College Park IDP applications by FY16Q4 –All applications will be migrated to IDP no later than FY17Q1 Impacts to the COPC partners: –NWS Data Input System (EDIS) – allows met. data providers the capability to input weather bulletins to NWSTG via . One of the projects to migrate to IDP system Due to security-related issues, NCO had to terminate the web entry service a couple weeks ago Customers who use the input and ftpmail service will be migrated to other services by FY16Q4 Benefits –Full redundancy, support, larger networks, more data & cross-trained staff 6 COPC – November 2015

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