Users of NOAAPORT data from the IDD or other sources should
be aware of interruptions due to solar eclipse periods
as mentioned in the announcement below.
Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support
910
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SUBJECT: AWIPS SBN INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SOLAR ECLIPSE
PLEASE PASS TO MIC/HIC, ESA, AWIPS FOCAL POINT
EFFECTIVE NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 15, THE SUN WILL ALIGN WITH THE GE-4 SPACECRAFT
ON A DAILY BASIS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE SOLAR RF ENERGY MAY DEGRADE OR EVEN
INTERRUPT AWIPS SBN TRANSMISSION TO YOUR SITE. EACH SITE WILL EXPERIENCE
THIS SUN OUTAGE CONDITION FOR UP TO 20 MINUTES PER DAY BETWEEN 1810 AND 1900Z.
AWIPS SBN AUTOMATIC REQUESTS FOR RETRANSMISSION SHOULD ENSURE THAT NO NWSTG
DATA IS LOST DURING THESE EVENTS. HOWEVER, SINCE THERE IS NO RETRANSMISSION
CAPABILITY FOR GOES IMAGERY, SOME GOES PRODUCTS MAY BE LOST DURING THIS TIME.
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