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Re: [ldm-users] [data-curation] Fwd: FAA/WMSCR outage for some sites, starting today

It appears roughly half are still online from a quick perusal - does anyone
have the final list of what was axed?

Rob


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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