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ADMNFD SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS CAMP SPRINGS MD 1640Z WED MAY 20 2009 12Z MODEL PRODUCTION IS ON SCHEDULE 12Z GFS RAOB RECAP... `PASY/70414 - UNAVB FOR THE NAM; IN FOR THE GFS A LOCAL/REGIONAL CRITICAL WEATHER DAY...CWD...WILL BE DECLARED AT1200Z THUR MAY 21 2009 AND EXTEND THROUGH 1800Z FRI MAY 22 2009 DUE TO SPACE SHUTTLE OPERATIONS..NCEP/NWSTG..NCF AND LOCAL SOUTHERN REGIONAL OFFICES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS CWD TO ENSURE A RELIABLE FLOW OF WEATHER DATA. ALL SCHEDULED SOFTWARE/HARDWARE/NETWORK CHANGES FOR THE IMPACTED OFFICES WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE CWD HAS ENDED. ANY EMERGENCY CHANGES WILL BE EVALUATED AND APPROVED BY THE LOCAL/REGIONAL
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. NWS OFFICES SHOULD CONTACT THEIR REGIONAL OFFICES FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CWD. FYI... A GOES-12/EAST STATION KEEPING MANEUVER IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY MAY 20 2009 AT 2311Z...THIS MANEUVER WAS CHANGED FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE OF TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 AND THE BACK-UP DATE OF MAY 21, 2009.... THE MAIN IMPACT ON NWS OPERATIONS WILL BE A LOSS OF GOES-12 IMAGERY AND SOUNDING DATA FROM 20/2215Z TO 21/0045Z..THE GOES-11/WEST SATELLITE WILL PROVIDE FULL DISK IMAGERY AT 30 MIN INTERVALS DURING THISTIME..
ON WEDNESDAY MAY 20, THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVE SCHEDULE WILL BE EMPLOYEDTO SUPPORT MANEUVER OPERATIONS:
*PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULED GOES-11/GOES-WEST FULL DISK SCAN PERIOD TO SUPPORT THE PRIMARY GOES-12/GOES-EAST OUTAGE DURING THE MANEUVER* GOES-12/GOES-EAST) MANEUVER SCHEDULE STARTS AT 1705 UTC ON WEDNESDAY MAY 20, 2009...SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE SCAN AT 1709 UTC IS CANCELED... FROM 1715 UTC THROUGH 2114 UTC -- GOES-12/GOES-EAST ROUTINE IMAGING AND SOUNDINGS. FROM 2215 UTC THROUGH 2244 UTC -- GOES-12/GOES-EAST FULL DISK IMAGING AND ROUTINE SOUNDINGS *FROM 20/2300 UTC THROUGH 21/0014 UTC -- NO GOES-12/GOES-EAST IMAGING OR SOUNDINGS* FROM 20/2300 UTC THROUGH 21/0029 UTC -- GOES-11/GOES-WEST FULL DISK IMAGING FROM 21/0015 UTC THROUGH 21/0714 UTC -- GOES-12/GOES-EAST POST MANEUVER RECOVERY INCLUDING: * FULL DISK IMAGES ..19 MINUTE SCAN.. AT XX15 AND XX45 * CONUS SOUNDINGS AT XX46 0715 UTC MAY 21 -- GOES-12/GOES-EAST ROUTINE SCAN OPERATIONS RESUME EXPECT GOES-12/GOES-EAST IMAGER AND SOUNDER GRIDDING OFFSETS FOR UP TO 6 HOURS FOLLOWING THE MANEUVER. $$ SHRUELL/SDM/NCO/NCEP
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