Topic: GOES-16 ABI Lunar Trending Calibration Scans scheduled for February 2-3, 2018

Date/Time Issued: February 1, 2018 1905 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 ABI MESO-2 outages

Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 2, 2018 1844 UTC (event 1) and 1945 UTC (event 2)

February 3, 2018 1922 UTC (event 3) and 2050 UTC (event 4)

Date/Time of Expected End: February 2, 2018 1846 UTC (event 1) and 1947 UTC (event 2)

February 3, 2018 1924 UTC (event 3) and 2052 UTC (event 4)

Length of Outage: Approximately 2 minutes for each event

Details/Specifics of Change:

Four, very short, GOES-16 routine calibration scans for lunar trending will be performed on February 2, 2018, from 1844-1846 UTC and 1945-1947 UTC and February 3, 2018, from 1922-1924 UTC and 2050-2052 UTC, resulting in an outage of ABI MESO-2 products for about 2 minutes for each event. ABI MESO-1 will still be available during this time.

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