Topic:  Himawari-9 Special Maintenance Events

Date/Time Issued:  December 7, 2023 1600 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  Himawari-9 AHI Imagery

Date of Initial Impact (start date of first scheduled event):  December 11, 2023

Date of Expected End (end date of last scheduled event):  December 26, 2023

Length of Outage:  See detailed information below for specific Himawari-9 AHI data periods affected.

From JMA/MSC:

Maintenance of JMA’s data distribution system, HimawariCast, is scheduled for December 11, 2023.

For the maintenance, data disseminated by HimawariCast may be delayed or interrupted from 0110UTC to 0130UTC on December 11, 2023.

Maintenance of JMA’s data distribution system, HimawariCloud, is scheduled for December 20, 2023.

For the maintenance, data disseminated by HimawariCloud will encounter interruptions and data updates could see 10 minute delays from 0300UTC to 0900UTC December 20, 2023. However, no data will be missed.

Maintenance of JMA’s data distribution system, HimawariCloud, is scheduled for December 22, 2023.

For the maintenance, data disseminated by HimawariCloud will encounter interruptions and data updates could see 10 minute delays from 0400UTC to 0900UTC December 22, 2023. However, no data will be missed.

Maintenance of JMA’s data distribution system, HimawariCloud, is scheduled for December 26, 2023.

For the maintenance, data disseminated by HimawariCloud will encounter interruptions and data updates could see 15 minute delays from 0100UTC to 0500UTC December 26, 2023. However, no data will be missed.

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

Web Site(s) for applicable information:  https://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/oper/bulletin_list_H9.html