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barbtries

(30,613 posts)
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 04:35 PM Jun 15

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

National Weather Service Raleigh NC
249 PM EDT Wed Jun 11 2025

This could be business as usual, or more fuckery per doge and project 2025. Who knows.

https://www.weather.gov/media/rah/RAHAWIPS_upgrade.pdf

...Computer System Upgrade at NWS Raleigh from June 16th
through 18th...
The National Weather Service Raleigh Weather Forecast Office
in Raleigh will be conducting a required, scheduled update
to our Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS)
computer system. NWS offices use AWIPS to display and integrate
weather and water information, and to send life-saving
information, such as weather and water warnings, to the public.
AWIPS is updated periodically, but this update is comprehensive
and requires that the system be taken completely offline for
approximately three days, from the morning of Monday, June 16th
through the afternoon hours of Wednesday, June 18th. During that
time, NWS Raleigh forecasters will produce and disseminate
products for the area using the AWIPS system at one of our
backup offices at NWS Blacksburg, VA. No impacts to our core
services of forecast products and weather watches, warnings
and advisories are expected during this period.
A few of our services will be impacted as they originate only
from AWIPS facilities at NWS Raleigh, namely:
* NOAA Weather Radio broadcast: The following NOAA Weather Radio
transmitters, programmed by NWS Raleigh, will be off the air
during most of the AWIPS update:
Buck Mountain (WWF 60 - 162.500 mhz)
Chapel Hill (WXL 58 - 162.550 mhz)
Ellerbe(WNG 597 - 162.400 Mhz)
Garner(WNG 706 - 162.450 mhz)
Henderson (WNG 586 - 162.500 mhz)
Tarboro (WXL 59 - 162.475 mhz)
Winston-Salem (WXL 42 - 162.400 mhz)
* Climate: Data will be updated in a limited fashion from Monday
afternoon, June 16th through Wednesday, June 18th. Climate
graphs for the Raleigh Forecast Area at
https://www.weather.gov/rah/climatePlots will not be updated.
* Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook images normally at
www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=rah will not be updated.
* The Weather Story available at
https://www.weather.gov/rah/weatherstory will not be updated.
* Water level forecast services will be degraded due to a less
frequent update cycle. Forecasts will remain at
https://water.noaa.gov/wfo/rah through this period.
* NWS Raleigh will remain operational and staffed while AWIPS
is offline, taking public and partner phone calls, communicating
via social media, and performing other functions that can be
completed without AWIPS.
We apologize for any inconvenience. Please direct any questions
to Jonathan Blaes at jonathan.blaes@noaa.gov
$$


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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT (Original Post) barbtries Jun 15 OP
Our NOAA Weather radio was offline redstatebluegirl Jun 15 #1
There have been consequences to their barbtries Jun 15 #4
I know. redstatebluegirl Jun 19 #9
AWIPS went offline a few days ago I think, during some bad weather here. CousinIT Jun 15 #2
I'm in Durham NC. barbtries Jun 15 #5
I'm in Durham too. It has hardly stopped raining here for a month. CousinIT Jun 16 #6
right? barbtries Jun 16 #7
That's a good name for our swamp! CousinIT Jun 16 #8
The upgrade was done in our area a few weeks ago synni Jun 15 #3

redstatebluegirl

(12,720 posts)
1. Our NOAA Weather radio was offline
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 04:55 PM
Jun 15

This past week for a few days here in Oklahoma for "software updates". It happened during a severe storm outbreak. This was the first time we can remember this happening at all, much less during storm season.

My husband and I both wondered aloud if t his was Eloon infiltrating the severe storm warning system. I was never into conspiracy theories until 47 and Eloon took over.

barbtries

(30,613 posts)
4. There have been consequences to their
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 06:58 PM
Jun 15

ham fisted cuts. It is not easy to distinguish what any particular occurrence or circumstance is because of that, or normal.

redstatebluegirl

(12,720 posts)
9. I know.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 06:36 PM
Jun 19

I catch myself thinking anything odd that happens is due to DJT. Iam smart enough to know that is not rational, but we live in irrational times.

CousinIT

(11,666 posts)
2. AWIPS went offline a few days ago I think, during some bad weather here.
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 05:12 PM
Jun 15

During one of our recent storms (let's face it they happen multiple times weekly here in the NC swamp).

I wonder if that is the precipitating event for this upgrade.

And I also wonder if all of this is because of Eloon's mass destruction of NWS.

CousinIT

(11,666 posts)
6. I'm in Durham too. It has hardly stopped raining here for a month.
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 09:21 AM
Jun 16

I've counted 18 out of 28 days so far that it rained. Sometimes all day.

barbtries

(30,613 posts)
7. right?
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 09:36 AM
Jun 16

I saw a post on sm that said "we're changing the name of our state from Oklahoma to Oklaraina" and felt like responding, "We're transitioning to North Caroraina"

CousinIT

(11,666 posts)
8. That's a good name for our swamp!
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 10:48 AM
Jun 16


Or, North Carorainy

I just call it the swamp most of the time.

It rains more here than in Seattle. I'm told that in Seattle, it rains almost every day but only for a short while, and in one place, like it goes in a wave across the city and then stops. Here, it seems to just be non-stop all over the place.

Ugh!

synni

(481 posts)
3. The upgrade was done in our area a few weeks ago
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 06:23 PM
Jun 15

It's a matter of routine, nothing to be concerned about.

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