Hello everyone,
In case anyone is wondering why we haven't had any RAOBS from Mexico since
April 28, here is the official answer from CONAGUA and the National Weather
Service..
Begin forwarded message:
> From: NCO Ops - NOAA Service Account
> Date: May 9, 2023 at 12:21:17 AM CDT
> To: Gilbert, at AllisonHouse
> Subject: Fwd: Nearly zero Mexican RAOBs since 4/28/2023
>
> Good morning Gilbert: The Mexico SMN link is out of service since
> April 13 and all of the Mexico servers are also out of service, due to
> a computer attack on CONAGUA's servers and PCs.
> The institutional
> e-mail server is out of service too.
> "We are currently recovering the equipment that we use to transmit our
> messages internationally. In previous days we started testing the
> link, we were able to send some files, but after two hours it started
> sending errors."
>
> Gilbert, I have added you to ticket number (redacted). You will receive
> updates concerning this ongoing issue.
>
> Thank you
> Denise Talley
> Tech Control
