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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1548 OCTOBER 20... 1999
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT GOES-10 MANEUVER... NOVEMBER 4... 1999
A GOES-10 EAST-WEST STATION KEEPING MANEUVER WILL BE
PERFORMED ON THURSDAY... NOVEMBER 04... 1999 AT 1218 UTC.
FOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS THE BACKUP
DATE... AND LAST WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY... FOR THIS
MANEUVER IS TUESDAY NOVEMBER 09... 1999. IF THE NWS REGIONS
HAVE ANY OPERATIONAL CONCERNS PLEASE CONTACT THE NCEP
SDM
/301-763-8298/ AT LEAST 6.5 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MANEUVER TIME.
ON NOVEMBER 4TH... THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVE SCHEDULE
WILL BE EMPLOYED TO SUPPORT MANEUVER OPERATIONS
/ NOTE - GOES-8 FULL DISC SCANNING TO PROVIDE COVERAGE
DURING THE MANEUVER. /
MANEUVER SCHEDULE BEGINS AT 0703 UTC
FROM 0704 UTC THROUGH 1059 UTC -- ROUTINE IMAGING AND
SOUNDINGS EXCEPT THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE SCAN AT 0752
UTC WILL BE CANCELED.
FROM 1100 UTC THROUGH 1129 UTC GOES-10 FULL DISK IMAGING
WITH SOUNDINGS
FROM 1130 UTC THROUGH 1151 UTC ROUTINE IMAGING AND
SOUNDINGS
FROM 1152 UTC THROUGH 1329 UTC -- NO GOES-10 IMAGES OR
SOUNDINGS
FROM 1145 UTC THROUGH 1344 UTC -- GOES-8 FULL DISK
IMAGING
FROM 1330 UTC THROUGH 2029 UTC -- GOES-10 ABBREVIATED
FULL DISK AND NORTHERN HEMISPHERE IMAGING... WITH
CONUS /ASOS-1/ SOUNDINGS.
2030 UTC -- GOES-10 ROUTINE SCAN OPERATIONS RESUME
EXPECT GOES-10 IMAGER AND SOUNDER GRIDDING OFFSETS
FOR UP TO SIX HOURS FOLLOWING THE MANEUVER.
A MANEUVER CANCELLATION MAY CAUSE CHANGES TO THIS
SCHEDULE.
STEVEN ARNETT
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH
NOAA/NESDIS/SSD
STEVE.ARNETT/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
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