04/04/2019
An alert for our members and boaters in the area from U.S. National Weather Service (NWS):
UPCOMING LOSS OF MARINE OBSERVATIONS
Weather.gov > Boston / Norton, MA > UPCOMING LOSS OF MARINE OBSERVATIONS
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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
1151 AM EDT Thu Mar 28 2019
...UPCOMING LOSS OF MARINE OBSERVATIONS...
On or after 8 PM EDT on April 5, 2019, it is expected that a
newly identified GPS software issue will cause twenty Coastal and
Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations to stop transmitting all
data.
For New England, this includes
Buzzards Bay, MA (BUZM3)
Matinicus Rock, ME (MISM1)
Mt. Desert Rock, ME (MDRM1)
Local National Weather Service Forecast Offices have no control
over fixing or maintaining these sites. They are maintained by the
National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). NDBC is working to update the
GPS software as soon as possible, but this requires onsite visits.
These visits will most likely be done between August and November
of 2019.
You can read the National Weather Service Headquarters Service
Change Notice on this at
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/scn19-26ndbc_cman_buoy.pdf
The NDBC online schedule of their projected site maintenance is at:
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ops.shtml
You can read a further explanation of the GPS software issue at:
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/GPSRolloverEffects.pdf
NOAA apologizes for the inconvenience that this will cause our
customers.
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