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981 NOUS72 KNCF 251912 ADMNCF SUBJECT: AWIPS SBN INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SOLAR ECLIPSE PLEASE PASS TO MIC/HIC, ESA, AWIPS FOCAL POINT EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 26 THROUGH OCTOBER 19, THE SUN WILL ALIGN WITH THE GE-4 SPACECRAFT DAILY CREATING A SOLAR ECLIPSE. THE SOLAR ECLIPSE COULD POTENTIALLY DEGRADE OR INTERRUPT A SITE'S RECEPTION OF THE AWIPS SBN DATA. EACH SITE WILL BE EXPOSED TO THE SOLAR ECLIPSE UP TO 20 MINUTES PER DAY BETWEEN 1800Z AND 1900Z. SITES EXPERIENCING A LOSS OF DATA ON THE NWSTG CHANNEL DUE TO THE SOLAR ECLIPSE WILL HAVE DATA RETRANSMITTED AUTOMATICALLY. HOWEVER, SITES THAT EXPERIENCE LOSS OF GOES IMAGERY WILL NOT HAVE THOSE PRODUCTS RETRANSMTTED. RC NCF/JCC ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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