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NOUS42 KWNO 191000
ADMNFD
SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION
CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC
1000 UTC TUE NOV 19 2002
191000Z...FYI...THE ASOS OPERATIONS MONITORING CENTER AND ATLANTA
WMSCR REPORT THAT THE FAA CONTINUES TO WORK ON AN ADAS DATA
FLOW PROBLEM AT THE MEMPHIS TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER. THIS IS
AFFECTING THE TRANSMISSION OF ASOS OBSERVATIONS HANDLED BY THE
MEMPHIS ADAS. NO IDEA YET HOW LONG THIS OUTAGE WILL CONTINUE.
SOME ANCILLARY NASA POLAR ORBITING SATELLITE DATA SETS SUCH AS
QUIKSCAT AND TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION...TRMM DATA...
ARE BEING INTERRUPTED TONIGHT. THE INSTRUMENTS ON THESE SATELLITES
WILL BE PROTECTED FROM ANY POSSIBLE DAMAGE DUE TO LEONID METEOR
SHOWER ACTIVITY.
BUREK/SDM/NCO/NCEP
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