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117 NOUS40 KWBC 261542 FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1754 JULY 26... 2000 ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS SUBJECT GOES-8 E/W MANEUVER 08/10/00 A GOES-8 EAST-WEST STATION KEEPING MANEUVER WILL BE PERFORMED ON TUESDAY... AUGUST 8... 2000 AT 1720 UTC. FOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS THE BACKUP DATE... AND LAST WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY /FINAL DATE/ FOR THIS MANEUVER IS THURSDAY... AUGUST 10... 2000. 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 AUGUST 8TH... THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVE SCHEDULE WILL BE EMPLOYED TO SUPPORT MANEUVER OPERATIONS /ASTERISK/ PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULED GOES-10 FULL DISK SCAN PERIOD TO SUPPORT THE PRIMARY GOES-8 OUTAGE DURING THE MANEUVER. /ASTERISK/ MANEUVER SCHEDULE STARTS AT 1248 UTC ON AUGUST 8. FROM 1300 UTC THROUGH 1644 UTC -- GOES-8 ROUTINE IMAGING AND SOUNDINGS EXCEPT 1309 UTC SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE DATA WILL BE CANCELED. FROM 1645 UTC THROUGH 1714 UTC -- GOES-8 FULL DISK SCANNING FROM 1715 UTC THROUGH 1814 UTC -- NO GOES-8 IMAGES OR SOUNDINGS /ASTERISK ASTERISK/FROM 1700 UTC THROUGH 1830 UTC -- GOES-10 FULL DISK IMAGING /ASTERISK ASTERISK/ FROM 1815 UTC THROUGH 09/0044 UTC -- GOES-8 ABBREVIATED FULL DISK /19 MINUTE SCAN/ AND NORTHERN HEMISPHERE IMAGING... WITH CONUS SOUNDINGS. 09/0045 UTC -- GOES-8 ROUTINE SCAN OPERATIONS RESUME EXPECT GOES-8 IMAGER AND SOUNDER GRIDDING OFFSETS FOR UP TO SIX HOURS FOLLOWING THE MANEUVER. ANY POSTPONEMENT MAY CAUSE CHANGES TO THIS SCHEDULE. TOM RENKEVENS SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH /SAB/ SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION /SSD/ NOAA/NESDIS THOMAS.RENKEVENS/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV END NNNN ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------Linda
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