19990830: Missing data on FOS

The following messages were transmitted on NOAAport


733 
NOUS71 KNCF 302036
ADANCF
ATTN: ALL AWIPS SITES
WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH SURFACE METAR REPORTS
ON AWIPS. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE AROUND 2000Z. NCF AND 
GATEWAY ARE INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM. 
LEFKOF/ NCF OPERATIONS

289 
NOUS71 KNCF 302112
ADANCF
WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH METAR DATA FROM THE GATEWAY.
GATEWAY ENGINEERS ARE WORKING THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE.
LEFKOF/ NCF OPERATIONS


Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support



On Mon, 30 Aug 1999 address@hidden wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've noticed in the past couple of hours that most of the US
> hourly METAR data have ceased coming in via our Alden
> satellite feed.  I've checked some other sites and it looks
> like the data *is* being sent via NOAAPORT but not by FOS.
> Specifically, none of the SAUS** KWBC bulletins have come
> in since around 2000 UTC today on the FOS feed.  I suspect that
> other bulletins may be missing too, but this is the most
> obvious one.
> 
> Just wondering if any other non NOAAPORT/Unidata-feed people
> have noticed this too.  I've checked one other site that gets data
> via FOS and see the same thing.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kevin Tyle <address@hidden>
> MESO, Inc.
> 
>