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-------- Original Message -------- 518 NOUS42 KWNO 091240 ADMNFD SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 1235Z MON SEP 09 2013 A GOES-13 (GOES-East) East/West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on September 11, 2013, at 0026 UTC. The backup date for this maneuver is September 13, 2013. NWS Regions with any operational concerns, please contact the NCEP SDM (301) 683-1500 at least 6 hours prior to the maneuver time. On September 11, 2013 the following schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations for GOES-East... 0020 UTC: GOES-E East/West Maneuver Schedule begins 0024 UTC - 0038 UTC: GOES-E No Scan Operations 0039 UTC: GOES-E Routine Scan Operations Resume. ****The maneuver is being performed at the normal day transition, which normally has an image and sounding gap from 0030 to 0039 UTC. Therefore the only image & sounding impact is a shortened Northern Hemisphere starting at 0015 UTC (duration change from 14:15 to 9:44).**** There will be no GOES-15 (GOES-West) Full Disk (30 minute) Imaging due to the outage being less than 15 minutes. There will be no recovery schedule for this maneuver. HANDEL/SDM/NCO/NCEP
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