Extreme Fire Weather Concerns for the Western U.S.; Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.

Extremely critical fire weather conditions are expected to develop across the Great Basin and Southwest today, and exceptionally dry and windy conditions will promote rapid wildfire spread through the weekend. Scattered severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are possible across parts of the Ozark Plateau into lower Ohio Valley and parts of the northern Rockies into adjacent Great Plains. Read More >

...Prolonged Outage for Coastal and Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) Marine Observation Platforms...

On or after 8 PM EDT on April 5, 2019, twenty Coastal and Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations across the nation will stop transmitting all data due to a GPS software issue. Three C-MAN stations in New England waters will be affected by this software issue:

Buzzards Bay, MA (BUZM3)
Matinicus Rock, ME (MISM1)
Mount Desert Rock, ME (MDRM1)

The local NWS offices have no control on fixing or maintaining these three sites. These sites are maintained by National Data Buoy Center (NDBC).

Additional Information:

You can read the National Weather Service Headquarters Service Change Notice at: https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/scn19-26ndbc_cman_buoy.pdf.

You can read further explanation of the GPS software issue at: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/GPSRolloverEffects.pdf.

Projected Restoration of Services:

NDBC is working to update the GPS software as soon as possible. This requires an onsite visit which are projected to be done between August to November 2019 for all three sites in New England waters. To stay up to date on projected site maintenance timelines, please visit the NDBC projected site maintenance page: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ops.shtml.