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276 NOUS72 KNCF 231616 ADMNCF SUBJECT: AWIPS SBN INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SOLAR ECLIPSE . PLEASE ENSURE THAT THIS MESSAGE IS PROVIDED TO YOUR MIC/HIC, ESA, AND AWIPS FOCAL POINT. . DURING THE NEXT 23 DAYS, THE SUN WILL ALIGN EACH DAY WITH THE GE-4 SPACECRAFT SUCH THAT THE SOLAR RF ENERGY MAY DEGRADE OR AT TIMES TOTALLY INTERRUPT AWIPS SBN TRANSMISSIONS TO YOUR SITE. EACH SITE WILL EXPERIENCE THIS SUN OUTAGE CONDITION FOR UP TO 20 MINUTES PER DAY FOR UP TO 10 DAYS. THE SUN OUTAGE PERIODS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN THE DATES 23 FEB TO 16 MAR, BETWEEN THE TIMES 1815Z TO 1924Z. . THE AWIPS SBN AUTOMATIC RETRANSMISSION FEATURE FOR THE NWSTG CHANNEL SHOULD ENSURE THAT YOUR SITE DOES NOT EXPERIENCE ANY NWSTG DATA LOSS. SINCE THERE IS NO RETRANSMISSION CAPABILITY FOR THE GOES AND NONGOES PRODUCT CHANNELS, YOU MAY SEE SOME DROPOUTS IN THE GOES IMAGERY OF POSSIBLY THE LOSS OF A PRODUCT DURING THE SUN OUTAGE PERIOD. ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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