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

Date/Time Issued: February 27, 2018 1450 UTC

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 2, 2018 1713 UTC (event 1) and 1830 UTC (event 2)

March 3, 2018 1756 UTC (event 3) and 1928 UTC (event 4)

Date/Time of Expected End: March 2, 2018 1715 UTC (event 1) and 1832 UTC (event 2)

March 3, 2018 1758 UTC (event 3) and 1930 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 March 2, 2018, from 1713-1715 UTC and 1830-1832 UTC and March 3, 2018, from 1756-1758 UTC and 1928-1930 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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