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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
405 PM HST WED MAR 21 2012
...EXTENDED LOSS OF SATELLITE DATA OVER THE ISLANDS...
THE GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE /GOES-15/ THAT USUALLY PROVIDES IMAGERY
OVER THE PACIFIC...INCLUDING THE CENTRAL PACIFIC AND HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS...HAS SUFFERED A BAD MOMENTUM UNLOAD. THIS MEANS THAT THE
SATELLITE IS CURRENTLY POINTED TOWARD THE SUN...AND IMAGERY IS
UNAVAILABLE. THE LAST IMAGE RECEIVED FROM THIS SATELLITE WAS NEAR
1030 AM HST MARCH 21. ESTIMATED TIME OF RESTORAL IS UNKNOWN...BUT IS
EXPECTED TO TAKE AT LEAST ANOTHER 24 HOURS. ALTHOUGH GOES-13...
STATIONED FARTHER EAST...HAS BEEN PLACED INTO A FULL DISK IMAGING
MODE...THESE IMAGES DO NOT PROVIDE DATA OVER THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
THIS OUTAGE ALSO AFFECTS THE RECEIPT OF OTHER OBSERVATIONAL DATA IN
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC...INCLUDING REPORTS FROM CERTAIN BUOYS...WIND
AND RAIN GAGES.
A JAPANESE GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE /MTSAT/ DOES PROVIDE COVERAGE
OVER THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
HONOLULU WILL BE EMPLOYING THIS DATA TO MONITOR ISLAND WEATHER. IN
ADDITION...DATA FROM POLAR ORBITING SATELLITES WILL BE UTILIZED.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED AS IT IS RECEIVED FROM THE
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE...DATA...AND INFORMATION SERVICE
/NESDIS/. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
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BIRCHARD
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