SUBJECT: AWIPS SBN INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SOLAR ECLIPSE
PLEASE PASS TO MIC/HIC, ESA, AWIPS FOCAL POINT
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 26 THROUGH OCTOBER 19, THE SUN WILL ALIGN WITH THE
GE-4
SPACECRAFT DAILY CREATING A SOLAR ECLIPSE. THE SOLAR ECLIPSE COULD
POTENTIALLY DEGRADE OR INTERRUPT A SITE?S RECEPTION OF THE AWIPS SBN
DATA.
EACH SITE WILL BE EXPOSED TO THE SOLAR ECLIPSE UP TO 20 MINUTES PER DAY
BETWEEN 1800Z AND 1900Z.
SITES EXPERIENCING A LOSS OF DATA ON THE NWSTG CHANNEL DUE TO THE SOLAR
ECLIPSE WILL HAVE DATA RETRANSMITTED AUTOMATICALLY. HOWEVER, SITES
THAT
EXPERIENCE LOSS OF GOES IMAGERY WILL NOT HAVE THOSE PRODUCTS
RETRANSMTTED.
RC
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