All but three NC AWOS METARs have returned. These are the sites
that have not for NC and MD.
KJNX.TXT 31-Oct-2025 21:01 83
KDMW.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 83
KCGS.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 96
KCGE.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 83
KCBE.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 85
K2W6.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 95
K2G4.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 93
K0W3.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 108
KW29.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 91
KMCZ.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 85
KFME.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 75
K7W6.TXT 31-Oct-2025 07:50 85
On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM Rob Dale <rdale@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Alan Gerard did some digging:
>
> "Even though the notice the NWS sent to users stated that the observations
> were being lost due to the cancelation of an FAA contract, colleagues with
> contacts within the FAA have reported to me this morning that the issue
> here is that the private entity that was responsible for transmitting the
> data for the 58 observation sites in question has actually went out of
> business. These sources report that the FAA is working to identify new
> entities that can provide this service. In fact, the FAA has already
> identified a new data provider for the North Carolina sites and is hoping
> to find a new provider for the Maryland sites soon, so the missing data
> should hopefully only be a temporary situation."
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM Mike Zuranski <zuranski.wx@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Done.
>>
>> That is a big list in my eyes. Normally I'd say I'd expect this to get
>> overturned but, given the general state of things these days I dunno. So
>> please voice your opinion if you have one, they need to hear it.
>>
>> -Mike
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM Boris A. Konon <trwplusa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Express your concern to this point of contact:
>>>
>>> holly.uhlenhake@xxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM Stephen Adams <sadams@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is unacceptable. Terminating almost 50% of Maryland metars and
>>>> almost 60% of North Carolina metars with no notice? Unbelievable. Is this
>>>> permanent?
>>>>
>>>> *Steve Adams | AWIS Weather Services*
>>>> 888.798.9955 | sadams@xxxxxxxx | www.awis.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM Sebenste, Gilbert <sebensteg@xxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Starting likely this evening, 58 METAR sites, mostly in the eastern
>>>>> and southeastern U.S., will go off-line.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gilbert Sebenste
>>>>> Meteorology Support Analyst
>>>>> College of DuPage
>>>>>
>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* Holly Uhlenhake - NOAA Federal <holly.uhlenhake@xxxxxxxx>
>>>>> *Date:* October 31, 2025 at 6:25:16 AM CDT
>>>>> *To:* _NCEP NCO IDP Dataflow <nco.idp.dataflow@xxxxxxxx>
>>>>> *Subject:* *FAA/WMSCR outage for some sites, starting today*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Morning SBN and METAR customers,
>>>>>
>>>>> FAA is not renewing contracts with their third party vendor. They
>>>>> sent me a list of sites that are not going to be reporting starting today.
>>>>> There are 58 sites in this list, which isn't a huge number, but I am
>>>>> curious how this impacts customers like yourselves. Please feel free to
>>>>> share those impacts with me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Holly Uhlenhake
>>>>> IDP DF Team Lead
>>>>>
>>>>> _
>>>>
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