Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-17 ABI transition to mode 6 operations

Date/Time Issued: March 27, 2019 1417 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 and GOES-17 ABI data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 2, 2019 1600 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: N/A

Length of Event: N/A

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Details/Specifics of Change:

The GOES-16 (GOES-East) and GOES-17 (GOES-West) Advanced Baseline Imagers (ABI) will permanently replace Flex Mode (mode 3) operations with 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) operations on April 2, 2019 at 1600 UTC. Continuous Full Disk Mode (mode 4) will continue to be a secondary operational mode. 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) operations is a Full Disk every 10 minutes, CONUS every 5 minutes, and 2 meso domains every minute (or 1 domain every 30 seconds).

In the event of a Critical Weather Day declaration, the mode 6 transition will be rescheduled for the same time each day thereafter until the transition can be executed.

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or 301-817-3880

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