From colstonl at gmail.com Mon Apr 2 11:41:16 2018 From: colstonl at gmail.com (Lloyd Colston) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2018 10:41:16 -0500 Subject: [Skywarn] EMWIN outage announced Message-ID: <2D150341-576A-45FA-9E8D-63367E68B0FF@gmail.com> NOXX10 KWBC 021410 COR Data Management Message 04-18.01 To: Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) Customers From: GISC/RTH Washington Data Management Subject: GOES-14/15 EMWIN Satellite Broadcast Disruption Commencing 1200 UTC, April 3, 2018 The NOAA Wallops Command & Data Acquisition Station (WCDAS), which provides the EMWIN data uplink service to the GOES-14 and 15 satellites, will undergo a planned 48 to 60 hour facility power outage commencing 1200 UTC, April 3, 2018. Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 3, 2018 1200 UTC ** NOTE: The EMWIN satellite broadcast outage may commence any time after April 2, 2018 2045 UTC ** Date/Time of Expected End: April 5, 2018 2359 UTC Length of Outage: 48 to 60 Hours The outage is required to perform maintenance and repairs on the station's electrical power system. The power outage can be expected to last as long as three days, although the goal is to complete the work within two days. It is likely there will be an outage of the 1692.7 MHz Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) broadcast for the duration that WCDAS is down for both GOES-14 and 15. If there is an outage, users are asked to utilize GOES-15?s LRIT broadcast, the NWS FTP or ByteBlaster services for EMWIN continuity of operations. If a ?Critical Weather Day? is identified to take place during this maintenance event, the event will be rescheduled for April 10, 2018. http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/cwd/ Information contained in this bulletin is posted on http://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/index.html#notices http://www.nws.noaa.gov/iscs/index.html Further information is available from: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations at noaa.gov at 301-817-3880 NWS EMWIN Support at nws.emwin.support at noaa.gov Data Management NCO Production Management Branch College Park GISC/RTH Washington Sends -- John Simensky Meteorologist National Weather Service Dissemination & Outreach Silver Spring Maryland Lloyd Colston Altus, OK From colstonl at gmail.com Thu Apr 5 13:13:06 2018 From: colstonl at gmail.com (Lloyd Colston) Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 17:13:06 +0000 Subject: [Skywarn] Hurricane season forecast Message-ID: 2018 #Hurricane Season Expected to Be More Active Than Usual, CSU Forecasters Say https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2018-04-04-hurricane-season-forecast-atlantic-colorado-state @WRNAmbassadors want you to listen to official sources like @NWSNHC #Skywarn Lloyd Colston, KC5FM From colstonl at gmail.com Thu Apr 5 13:37:43 2018 From: colstonl at gmail.com (Lloyd Colston) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 12:37:43 -0500 Subject: [Skywarn] EMWIN outage announced Message-ID: The US National Weather Service (NWS) Headquarters will perform urgent maintenance on electrical systems supporting the Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) services commencing 0900 UTC, April 7, 2018. Expected EMWIN service impacts: A. FTP server ? loss of service. B. ByteBlaster servers - negligible impact. C. GOES 14 or 15 EMWIN satellite broadcast ? no impact. D. GOES-16 HRIT-EMWIN satellite broadcast - no impact. Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 7, 2018 0900 UTC Date/Time of Expected End: April 9, 2018 1300 UTC The EMWIN service disruption can be expected to last as long as 52 hours. Full service may be restored sooner. Should users experience any additional service issues or problems, please notify the NWS EMWIN Support at: nws.emwin.support at noaa.gov A ?Critical Weather Day? will not postpone this maintenance activity. Information contained in this bulletin is posted on http://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/index.html#notices http://www.nws.noaa.gov/iscs/index.html Further information is available from: NWS EMWIN Support at nws.emwin.support at noaa.gov This information is also posted on the NWS Data Management change notices web page. the url is listed below. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml Data Management NCO Production Management Branch College Park GISC/RTH Washington Sends From n4aof at arrl.net Thu Apr 5 14:08:08 2018 From: n4aof at arrl.net (N4AOF) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 14:08:08 -0400 Subject: [Skywarn] Fw: 2018 National Level Exercise Message-ID: <79E37B3774354A2A96DC5AD079BC06AB@TomPC> From: mailto:REACTcommunications at yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2018 12:42 PM To: react-list at lists.reactintl.net ; Walter Green ; ri.board at reactintl.org ; REACTcommunications at yahoogroups.com ; REACT Council Maryland ; reactintl at yahoogroups.com Subject: Fw: 2018 National Level Exercise [1 Attachment] [Attachment(s) from N4AOF included below] FEMA INVITES WHOLE COMMUNITY TO NATIONAL LEVEL EXERCISE On April 3, FEMA announced that the agency is conducting its 2018 National Level Exercise (NLE) for the whole community. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) leads national-level exercises every two years. The NLE will invite other government agencies, representatives and organizations in the private sector, communities, and individuals to participate in this historic activity. The 2018 NLE is based on a mid-Atlantic hurricane scenario that makes landfall near Hampton Roads, Virginia, causing severe damage to residences, businesses, and critical infrastructure throughout the Mid-Atlantic Learn more about 2018 National Level Exercise at: https://www.fema.gov/nle?utm_medium=press-release&utm_source=fema-share&utm_campaign=nle Over 200 organizations, including all levels of government, private businesses, and nonprofit organizations, will participate in NLE 2018 between April 30 and May 11, 2018. Organizations of all sizes can participate by attending a national webinar on Hurricane Preparedness on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT. To RSVP for the webinar, e-mail Partnerships at fema.dhs.gov with ?Hurricane Webinar? in the subject line. Yours, Ronan P.. Dalcross, AEM Mass Care and Emergency Assistance/Voluntary Agency Liaison Region IV Recovery Desk Mobile: 202-705-9703 Desk: 770-220-5683 Fax: 770-220-5344 ronan.dalcross at fema.dhs.gov Amateur Radio: AC8MT