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
>>>>
>>>> _
>>>
>>>
