Update #1: The timing of the outage was incorrect in the original notification. Please reference the updated timing below.

Length of Outage: 5 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change:

On March 3, 2018, ABI Flex Mode (mode 3) will be replaced with 15 minutes of Continuous Full Disk (mode 4) from 1100-1115 UTC. A GOES-16 ABI solar calibration scan will be performed during this period, resulting in an outage of all ABI products for approximately 5 minutes at the end of the time period from 1110-1115 UTC. ABI Flex Mode (mode 3) will resume at 1115 UTC, however due to a known ground system issue, the ABI Full Disk image at 1115 UTC will not be generated. CONUS and MESO imagery should resume as expected at 1115 UTC. The next ABI Full Disk image will be generated at 1130 UTC.

Original Message:

Topic: GOES-16 ABI solar calibration scan scheduled for March 3, 2018

Date/Time Issued: February 27, 2018 1455 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 ABI product outage

Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 3, 2018 1100 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: March 3, 2018 1115 UTC

Length of Outage: Approximately 10 minutes at the beginning of a period of Continuous Full Disk operations

Details/Specifics of Change:

On March 3, 2018, ABI Flex Mode (mode 3) will be replaced with 15 minutes of Continuous Full Disk (mode 4) from 1100-1115 UTC. A GOES-16 ABI solar calibration scan will be performed during this period, resulting in an outage of all ABI products for approximately 10 minutes at the beginning of the time period from 1100-1110 UTC. ABI Flex Mode (mode 3) will resume at 1115 UTC.

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