B-Rent Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I didn't see it anywhere else here, this was posted on IND's page. The Central Region web servers will be down for maintenance from 5 pm CDT on Wednesday April 13th, 2011 until 7 am CDT on Thursday April 14th, 2011 The National Weather Service is taking steps to improve its web services in an effort to better handle the high traffic volume that occurs during high impact weather events. To facilitate this improvement, the Central Region web servers will be down for maintenance from 5 pm CDT on Wednesday April 13th, 2011 until 7 am CDT on Thursday April 14th, 2011. During this maintenance period, any visitors to the Central Region Web pages will receive a maintenance page. The maintenance page will include links to key services including: •Watch/Warning/Advisory Maps •Forecasts •Radar •River Forecasts and Observations •Fire Weather Forecasts •Aviation Forecasts •Marine Forecasts Please note that this maintenance only impacts the Central Region Web Pages and not the following National pages: •http://weather.gov •http://water.weather.gov •http://radar.weather.gov •http://forecast.weather.gov We apologize for any inconvenience that this maintenance may cause but the upgrades we are making will help better serve you in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 KLOT WSR-88D Catastrophic Failure of the Gearing in the Radar Pedestal The NWS Chicago/Romeoville WSR-88D, KLOT, is in the initial stages of a catastrophic failure of the gearing in the radar pedestal. A five person team from the WSR-88D Radar Operations Center (ROC) will travel to Chicago this Friday, April 15, to perform a rebuilding of the gears in the pedestal. This is a significant failure, and the reconstruction of the pedestal gears will require that the radar be out of service for 7 to 10 days. The condition was identified when other routine maintenance was being performed. Because the problem was discovered early, it is believed that the radar pedestal still has some operational service time left. In order to utilize and maximize this remaining service time, the radar will only be operated sparingly until the reconstruction begins. Operation of the system will be curtailed during quiet weather, and the radar placed into service when widespread or significant rain is within the coverage area. Rain is expected in the area Thursday afternoon through Saturday night, however the best chances are Friday and Friday night into Saturday. The radar will then be down Saturday through at least late next week while the reconstruction of the pedestal is being completed. While the KLOT WSR-88D is out of service, adjacent local radars from ILX, MKX, DVN and IWX may be utilized for coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Thunder Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I didn't see it anywhere else here, this was posted on IND's page. The Central Region web servers will be down for maintenance from 5 pm CDT on Wednesday April 13th, 2011 until 7 am CDT on Thursday April 14th, 2011 The National Weather Service is taking steps to improve its web services in an effort to better handle the high traffic volume that occurs during high impact weather events. To facilitate this improvement, the Central Region web servers will be down for maintenance from 5 pm CDT on Wednesday April 13th, 2011 until 7 am CDT on Thursday April 14th, 2011. During this maintenance period, any visitors to the Central Region Web pages will receive a maintenance page. The maintenance page will include links to key services including: •Watch/Warning/Advisory Maps •Forecasts •Radar •River Forecasts and Observations •Fire Weather Forecasts •Aviation Forecasts •Marine Forecasts Please note that this maintenance only impacts the Central Region Web Pages and not the following National pages: •http://weather.gov •http://water.weather.gov •http://radar.weather.gov •http://forecast.weather.gov We apologize for any inconvenience that this maintenance may cause but the upgrades we are making will help better serve you in the future. Unfortunately, the bolded is not quite completely true. Central Region's Web Server also controls the point and click forecasts for Southern Region offices. Those will revert to zone forecasts during the outage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMIweather Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Unfortunately, the bolded is not quite completely true. Central Region's Web Server also controls the point and click forecasts for Southern Region offices. Those will revert to zone forecasts during the outage. Booooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Unfortunately, the bolded is not quite completely true. Central Region's Web Server also controls the point and click forecasts for Southern Region offices. Those will revert to zone forecasts during the outage. *Headscratch* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 When is KLOT going to be down for Dual-Pol installment? If I remember correctly, it was going to be one of the first... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 When is KLOT going to be down for Dual-Pol installment? If I remember correctly, it was going to be one of the first... It was originally scheduled for early March, but has been pushed back to the May-September time frame IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Central Region's Web Server also controls the point and click forecasts for Southern Region offices. Those will revert to zone forecasts during the outage. Does the same apply to eastern region's point-and-clicks as well? I've only been seeing zone forecasts since about 6:00 (local time) or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 It was originally scheduled for early March, but has been pushed back to the May-September time frame IIRC. What all mechanical goes into the dual pol install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Central region repairs are taking longing to complete than expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 I'm still having issues on some pages. Unknown if related or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMIweather Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I still can't pull up a damn point/click forecast, smh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 I still can't pull up a damn point/click forecast, smh Same here, couldnt get to a CRH office site for about 15 min when I posted that either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDF_Wx Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 What all mechanical goes into the dual pol install? In general, it is a major overhaul on the antenna, pedestal, and hardware at the radar site. Dome has to come off during the install. It is supposed to take about 2 weeks to do the upgrade. SDF_Wx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted April 18, 2011 Author Share Posted April 18, 2011 In general, it is a major overhaul on the antenna, pedestal, and hardware at the radar site. Dome has to come off during the install. It is supposed to take about 2 weeks to do the upgrade. SDF_Wx Wonder why they couldn't kill 2 birds at once? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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