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NOUS42 KWNO 180313
ADMNFD
SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS CAMP SPRINGS MD
1010 PM EST WED DEC 17 2008
THE 00Z NCEP PRODUCTION CYCLE IS ON TIME.
RAOBS...
NKX/72293 - DELETED ALL HGTS AND SFC PRESS...LATE IN FOR GFS
ITO/91285 - NOT AVBL
ABQ/72365 - DELETED HGTS 925-850MB...SOME KIND OF CODING
ERROR
YYR/71816 - DELETED WINDS 620-570MB
GOES-EAST STATUS...
NESDIS/SOCC..SATELLITE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER..ENGINEERS
WILL MONITOR GOES-12 FOR A FEW DAYS FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS
PRIOR TO ANY DECISION FOR AN ATTEMPT TO RETURN GOES-12 TO
GOES-EAST PRIMARY OPERATIONS. THERE ARE NO CURRENT PLANS
TO MOVE GOES-13 FROM ITS CURRENT LOCATION AT 105 WEST.
IN THE MEANTIME..NESDIS WILL BE RUNNING IN THE CURRENT
CONFIGURATION UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. GOES-13 GVAR DATA WILL
CONTINUE TO BE SENT OUT TO USERS VIA BOTH GOES-12 AND
GOES-13. BROADCAST SERVICES OF LRIT..EMWIN..AND DCS ARE
BEING ROUTED THROUGH GOES-12. GOES-EAST DIRECT BROADCAST
USERS MAY WANT TO ADJUST THEIR ANTENNAS TO OBTAIN DATA
DIRECTLY FROM GOES-13.
TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME NOTED STRIPING IN IMAGER AND SOUNDER
DATA FROM GOES-13..THE SOCC IMPLEMENTED SPS CALIBRATION
BIAS MODE..FROM 2 INSTEAD OF 1..AND MBCC..MIDNIGHT BLACKBODY
CALIBRATION CORRECTION..AT 1900 UTC TODAY
NOTES:
THERE WILL BE A GOES-13 EAST/WEST MANEUVER TOMORROW..
THURSDAY DECEMBER 18 IN ORDER TO KEEP GOES-13 ON STATION.
DATA WILL BE OUT FROM 2258Z-2314Z.
GOES-13 IS LOCATED AT 105 DEGREES WEST AND HAS WMO SATELLITE
ID #257
GOES-12 IS LOCATED AT 75 DEGREES WEST AND HAS WMO SATELLITE
ID #256
SATELLITE IMAGERY IS BEING PRODUCED FOR AWIPS AND
SATEPSDIST USERS FROM GOES-13.
GOES DERIVED PRODUCTS (WINDS, SOUNDINGS) FROM NESDIS ARE
BEING PRODUCED FROM GOES-13.
FOR GROUND INGEST SOFTWARE..YOU MAY NEED TO CONTACT YOUR
INGEST HARDWARE/SOFTWARE PROVIDER FOR ANY RELEVANT UPDATES
TO YOUR SYSTEM IN ORDER TO INGEST GOES-13 DATA.
COVERAGE AND CORNER POINTS OF SECTOR SCANS FOR GOES-13 ARE
NOW FOUND AT:
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/G13SECTORS.HTML
PRIOR MESSAGES ON THIS EVENT CAN BE FOUND AT:
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/SATS/BULLETINS.HTML
AN UPDATE WILL BE PROVIDED BY 5PM ON FRIDAY..DEC 19TH..
OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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KNEAS/SDM/NCO/NCEP