Topic: Product Outage/Anomaly: Degradation and loss of various GOES-16 ABI L2 products and their distribution to PDA

Date/Time Issued:December17, 2018 0335Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: Degradation (Clear Sky Mask, Cloud Optical Depth, Cloud Particle Size, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Phase, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Derived Stability Indices, Fire Hot Spot, Legacy Vertical Moisture, Legacy Vertical Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Volcanic Ash) and loss (Derived Stability Indices Meso-1, Legacy Vertical Moisture Meso-1, Legacy Vertical Temperature Meso-1, Total Precipitable Water Meso-1) of various GOES-16 ABI L2 products and their distribution to PDA.

Date/Time of Initial Impact:December17, 2018 0042Z

Date/Time of Expected End: December 17, 2018 0202Z

Length of Event: 1 hour 20 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change:Due to an anomaly, various GOES-16 ABI L2 products were of degraded quality from 0042Z to 0202Z. In addition, product loss was noted in a few GOES-16 ABI L2 products. The following products showed degradation between 0042Z - 0202Z: Clear Sky Mask, Cloud Optical Depth, Cloud Particle Size, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Phase, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Derived Stability Indices, Fire Hot Spot, Legacy Vertical Moisture, Legacy Vertical Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Volcanic Ash. The following products showed loss from 0042Z to 0145Z: Derived Stability Indices Meso-1, Legacy Vertical Moisture Meso-1, Legacy Vertical Temperature Meso-1, Total Precipitable Water Meso-1. Degraded products were distributed to PDA.

Contact Information for Further Information: ross.cox@noaa.gov

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