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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1757 JULY 27 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT GOES-10 TEST- IMC OFF 7/27/00 CANCELLED
THE GOES-10 IMC OFF TEST THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY...
7/27/00 FROM 1610Z TO 1835Z HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE
CANCELLATION WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE ACTIVE TROPICAL
WEATHER IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WITH THE PRESENCE OF
HURRICANE DANIEL AND DEVELOPING TD7E. AT THIS TIME... THE
TEST WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY 8/3/00 WITH NO
EXACT TIME AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT.
RECALL... THIS TEST IS CALLED IN SUPPORT OF THE GOES-11 NOAA
SCIENCE TEST... WHERE GOES-10 WILL BRIEFLY RUN IN IMAGER IMC
OFF MODE. NO DATA OR PRODUCTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOST
DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. IT IS UNLIKELY... BUT POSSIBLE... THAT
THERE COULD BE GOES-10 IMAGER GRIDDING OFFSETS DURING THIS
TIME PERIOD. IF NEEDED... GOES-10 CAN BE RUN IN RSO DURING THIS
TIME PERIOD. IF THE NWS REGIONS HAVE ANY OTHER OPERATIONAL
CONCERNS... PLEASE CALL ME AT 301-763-8051 EXT109. IF OTHER
CUSTOMERS ANTICIPATE HAVING PROBLEMS INGESTING AND
PROCESSING GOES-10 DATA WHILE IN IMC OFF MODE... PLEASE LET
ME KNOW.
ANOTHER MESSAGE WILL FOLLOW ON EXACT TIMES WHEN THEY
BECOME AVAILABLE.
TOM RENKEVENS
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH /SAB/
SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION /SSD/
NOAA/NESDIS
THOMAS.RENKEVENS/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
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