[nws-changes] 20100422: NAM and GOES: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS42 KWNO]

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20100422: NAM and GOES: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS42 KWNO]
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:36:22 -0600

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ADMNFD


SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS CAMP SPRINGS MD
0140Z THU APR 22 2010

THE 00Z NAM STARTED ON TIME.

RAOBS...
SLC/72572 - 10142
ADQ/70350 - NOT AVBL
NKX/72293 - NOT AVBL
DRA/72387 - NOT AVBL
YYR/71816 - SHORT
TWC/72274 - DELETED TEMPS/RH 575-520MB...SUPER ADIABATIC

THE GOES-WEST SATELLITE WILL BE IN RAPID SCAN MODE UNTIL 22/0603Z.



GOES-WEST MANEUVER INFORMATION..

GOES-11 (GOES-West) East/West Maneuver, April 22, 2010
Message Issued: April 20, 2010, 0115 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) and GOES-13 (GOES-East)
Products Impacted: GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imager and Sounder Data and
GOES-13 (GOES-East) Imager Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 22, 2010  0747 UTC

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Details:

A GOES-11 (GOES-West) East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be
performed on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 1300 UTC. This maneuver
was
rescheduled from the original date of Tuesday, April 20, 2010 due
to the
Shuttle landing. There is no back up day for this maneuver.

On April 22, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to
support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-13
(GOES-East) Full Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-11
(GOES-West) outage during the maneuver.*)

GOES-11 (GOES-West) Maneuver Schedule starts at 0747 UTC on April
22, 2010.
(Southern Hemisphere scan at 0751 UTC is canceled)

From 0800 UTC through 1251 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine

Imaging
and Soundings.

*From 1252 UTC through 1359 UTC -- No GOES-11 (GOES-West) Imaging
or
Soundings*

**From 1245 UTC through 1414 UTC -- GOES-13 (GOES-East) Full Disk
(30
minute) Imaging**

From 1400 UTC through 2059 UTC -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Post

Maneuver
Recovery Including:
  * Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX00 and XX30
  * CONUS Soundings at XX01

2100 UTC April 22 -- GOES-11 (GOES-West) Routine Scan Operations
Resume

Expect GOES-11 (GOES-West) imager and sounder gridding offsets for
up to 6 hours following the maneuver.

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Contact Information:
Brian Hughes
Satellite Services Division
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD
301-763-8051 x106
Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx

See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html  for this and
other satellite related messages.


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