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#1 Postby Derek Ortt » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:39 pm

Is the satellite down again? Or is it my LDM? I also cannot get a new image from the NHC site
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#2 Postby skysummit » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:41 pm

The last GHCC image I have is 1715z.
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#3 Postby Derek Ortt » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:42 pm

great bleeping time for the sat feed to go dark.

thats the last image I also have at UM
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#4 Postby cjrciadt » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:42 pm

Image
1715 last one.
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#5 Postby cycloneye » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:43 pm

NRL Navy site also has the last as 17:15z.
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#6 Postby skysummit » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:45 pm

I thought I saw something smoking streak across the sky a while ago....hmm... :P
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#7 Postby tampawx » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:46 pm

skysummit wrote:The last GHCC image I have is 1715z.


Same here
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#8 Postby Brent » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:47 pm

Well isn't this lovely? :roll:
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#9 Postby cycloneye » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:49 pm

Well at leat recon is getting close to Wilma so we will know more soon.
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#10 Postby P.K. » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:56 pm

NRL now has the 18:00 GMT image so maybe it was just a temporary thing.
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#11 Postby melhow » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:57 pm

...perhaps it was a "strong proton event" that lashed out against the satellite? Just a theory...
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#12 Postby Nimbus » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:02 pm

Extra terrestrials blowing the whistle up above?
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#13 Postby x-y-no » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:02 pm

A GOES-12 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at 1802 UTC. For National Weather Service
operations: The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, October 20,
2005. If the NWS regions have any operational concerns, please contact
the NCEP SDM (301-763-8298) at least 6.5 hours prior to the maneuver time.

On Tuesday October 18, the following exclusive schedule will be employed
to support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-10 Full
Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-12 outage during the
maneuver.*)

GOES-12 Maneuver Schedule starts at 1136 UTC on October 18, 2005.
(Southern Hemisphere Scan at 1139 UTC is canceled)

From 1145 UTC through 1644 UTC -- GOES-12 Routine Imaging and Soundings.

From 1645 UTC through 1714 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk Imaging and Routine
Soundings.

From 1715 UTC through 1742 UTC -- GOES-12 Routine Imaging and Soundings.

*From 1743 UTC through 1914 UTC -- No GOES-12 Imaging or Soundings*

**From 1730 UTC through 1929 UTC -- GOES-10 Full Disk Imaging**

From 18/1915 UTC through 19/0214 UTC -- GOES-12 Post Maneuver Recovery
Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX15 and XX45
* CONUS Soundings at XX46

0215 UTC October 19 -- GOES-12 Routine Scan Operations Resume

Expect GOES-12 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours
following the maneuver.



http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/SPBULL/MSG2902234.01.txt
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#14 Postby MWatkins » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:04 pm

x-y-no wrote:A GOES-12 East-West Station Keeping maneuver will be performed on
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at 1802 UTC. For National Weather Service
operations: The backup date for this maneuver is Thursday, October 20,
2005. If the NWS regions have any operational concerns, please contact
the NCEP SDM (301-763-8298) at least 6.5 hours prior to the maneuver time.

On Tuesday October 18, the following exclusive schedule will be employed
to support maneuver operations: (*PLEASE NOTE the scheduled GOES-10 Full
Disk scan period to support the primary GOES-12 outage during the
maneuver.*)

GOES-12 Maneuver Schedule starts at 1136 UTC on October 18, 2005.
(Southern Hemisphere Scan at 1139 UTC is canceled)

From 1145 UTC through 1644 UTC -- GOES-12 Routine Imaging and Soundings.

From 1645 UTC through 1714 UTC -- GOES-12 Full Disk Imaging and Routine
Soundings.

From 1715 UTC through 1742 UTC -- GOES-12 Routine Imaging and Soundings.

*From 1743 UTC through 1914 UTC -- No GOES-12 Imaging or Soundings*

**From 1730 UTC through 1929 UTC -- GOES-10 Full Disk Imaging**

From 18/1915 UTC through 19/0214 UTC -- GOES-12 Post Maneuver Recovery
Including:
* Full Disk Images (19 minute scan) at XX15 and XX45
* CONUS Soundings at XX46

0215 UTC October 19 -- GOES-12 Routine Scan Operations Resume

Expect GOES-12 imager and sounder gridding offsets for up to 6 hours
following the maneuver.



http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/SPBULL/MSG2902234.01.txt


You beat me to it.

Thanks Jan...

MW
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#15 Postby SouthFloridawx » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:06 pm

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#16 Postby MiamiensisWx » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:08 pm

:uarrow: It looks like a vulture to me. :uarrow:
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#17 Postby SouthFloridawx » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:09 pm

i kind of thought it looked like and evil black horse.... :grr: :grr: :grr:
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#18 Postby cinlfla » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:10 pm

Ohhh creepy it looks like a horse to me
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#19 Postby skysummit » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:10 pm

A Cobra?
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#20 Postby cjrciadt » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:11 pm

skysummit wrote:A Cobra?
thats what I thought.
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