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SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS CAMP SPRINGS MD
1640Z WED MAY 20 2009
12Z MODEL PRODUCTION IS ON SCHEDULE
12Z GFS RAOB RECAP...
`PASY/70414 - UNAVB FOR THE NAM; IN FOR THE GFS
A LOCAL/REGIONAL CRITICAL WEATHER DAY...CWD...WILL BE DECLARED AT
1200Z THUR MAY 21 2009 AND EXTEND THROUGH 1800Z FRI MAY 22
2009 DUE TO SPACE SHUTTLE OPERATIONS..NCEP/NWSTG..NCF AND
LOCAL SOUTHERN REGIONAL OFFICES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS CWD
TO ENSURE A RELIABLE FLOW OF WEATHER DATA. ALL SCHEDULED
SOFTWARE/HARDWARE/NETWORK CHANGES FOR THE IMPACTED OFFICES
WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE CWD HAS ENDED. ANY EMERGENCY
CHANGES WILL BE EVALUATED AND APPROVED BY THE LOCAL/REGIONAL
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. NWS OFFICES SHOULD CONTACT THEIR REGIONAL
OFFICES FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CWD.
FYI...
A GOES-12/EAST STATION KEEPING MANEUVER IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR
WEDNESDAY
MAY 20 2009 AT 2311Z...THIS MANEUVER WAS CHANGED FROM THE ORIGINAL
DATE OF TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 AND THE BACK-UP DATE OF MAY 21,
2009....
THE MAIN IMPACT ON NWS OPERATIONS WILL BE A LOSS OF GOES-12
IMAGERY
AND SOUNDING DATA FROM 20/2215Z TO 21/0045Z..THE GOES-11/WEST
SATELLITE
WILL PROVIDE FULL DISK IMAGERY AT 30 MIN INTERVALS DURING THIS
TIME..
ON WEDNESDAY MAY 20, THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVE SCHEDULE WILL BE
EMPLOYED
TO SUPPORT MANEUVER OPERATIONS:
*PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULED GOES-11/GOES-WEST FULL DISK SCAN PERIOD
TO SUPPORT THE PRIMARY GOES-12/GOES-EAST OUTAGE DURING THE
MANEUVER*
GOES-12/GOES-EAST) MANEUVER SCHEDULE STARTS AT 1705 UTC ON
WEDNESDAY
MAY 20, 2009...SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE SCAN AT 1709 UTC IS CANCELED...
FROM 1715 UTC THROUGH 2114 UTC -- GOES-12/GOES-EAST ROUTINE
IMAGING
AND SOUNDINGS.
FROM 2215 UTC THROUGH 2244 UTC -- GOES-12/GOES-EAST FULL DISK
IMAGING
AND ROUTINE SOUNDINGS
*FROM 20/2300 UTC THROUGH 21/0014 UTC -- NO GOES-12/GOES-EAST
IMAGING
OR SOUNDINGS*
FROM 20/2300 UTC THROUGH 21/0029 UTC -- GOES-11/GOES-WEST FULL
DISK
IMAGING
FROM 21/0015 UTC THROUGH 21/0714 UTC -- GOES-12/GOES-EAST POST
MANEUVER
RECOVERY INCLUDING:
* FULL DISK IMAGES ..19 MINUTE SCAN.. AT XX15 AND XX45
* CONUS SOUNDINGS AT XX46
0715 UTC MAY 21 -- GOES-12/GOES-EAST ROUTINE SCAN OPERATIONS
RESUME
EXPECT GOES-12/GOES-EAST IMAGER AND SOUNDER GRIDDING OFFSETS FOR
UP TO
6 HOURS FOLLOWING THE MANEUVER.
$$
SHRUELL/SDM/NCO/NCEP