SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION

CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC

0257 UTC WED SEP 01 2004

010257Z...00Z MODEL CYCLE RUNNING SMOOTHLY AND ON

TIME. MODEL STATUS...NGM HAS COMPLETED/ETA OUT TO H+75

AND THE GFS STARTED ON TIME.

GFS RAOB RECAP...

TAE/72214 - SHORT REPORT TO 410MB.

MROC/78762 - TTBB NOT AVAILABLE.

ADDITIONALLY...NCEP RECEIVED 9 USAF DROPSONDE REPORTS

BTW 21Z-00Z. THEY WERE AROUND 64.3-66.2W/21.9-19.0N.

ALL DROP DATA LOOKED GOOD. BOTH THE USAF AND NOAA G-IV

HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH FLIGHTS BEGINNING 09/02/00Z THRU

09/02/12Z.

RAPID SCAN OPS FROM GOES E BEGAN AT 2026Z AND WILL LAST

UNTIL 09/05/0026Z TO HELP MONITOR THE MOVEMENT OF HCN

FRANCES...GOES E SAT PIXS WILL BE N/A APPROX BETWEEN

0400Z/0600Z DURING THE ECLIPSE OF GOES E...THIS RSO WILL

BE N/A APPROX FROM 0800Z/1000Z DAILY DURING THE ECLIPSE

OF GOES W...ALSO...SUPER RAPID SCAN OPS WILL BE N/A WHILE

THIS RSO IS IN EFFECT...

WOOLDRIDGE/SDM/NCO/NCEP