2023/01/04 18Z
DM12-22.02 REPLACEMENT OF GOES-17 DERIVED MOTION WIND BUFR DATA WITH 
GOES-18 DERIVED MOTION WIND BUFR DATA

NOXX10 KWBC 291900
Data Mgt Message 12.22-02

To:  AWIPS/NOAAPort Users. Emergency Managers Weather
     Information Network /EMWIN/ National Weather Services
     /NWS/ Customers. WAFS Users.  GTS Users. 

From:  RTH Washington Data Management

Subject: REPLACEMENT OF GOES-17 DERIVED MOTION WIND BUFR DATA WITH 
         GOES-18 DERIVED MOTION WIND BUFR DATA

Effective: 1/4/2023 1800UTC

WMO Headers: 
https://www.weather.gov/source/datamgmt/GTS_WMO_Headers_G18_AMV_BUFR.txt

Submitting Authority: HONGMING QI HONGMING.QI@NOAA.GOV IS THE
COGNIZANT TECHNICAL INDIVIDUAL FROM NOAA/NESDIS FOR
THIS ITEM.

On January 4.. 2023 at 1800 UTC.. the GOES-18 satellite will be 
declared the Operational GOES-West satellite. All products and
services containing GOES-17 data will be transitioned to GOES-18
data. For GTS customers this includes the Derived Motion Wind
products in BUFR format. The headers used for GOES-17 products
will remain in use for GOES-18 products when it becomes the
operational GOES-West satellite. Once GOES-18 is declared
operational.. the Derived Motion Wind products for GOES-17 will
no longer be made available.

Note that the GOES-18 Transition to Operations will occur
regardless of a Critical Weather Day declaration.

For NOAAPORT and NON-AWIPS Customers - if you have any
questions regarding distribution or would like to add these
products to your datastream please contact Data Management
at ncep.nco.dm@noaa.gov.

This information is also posted on the NWS Data Management
change notices web page. The url is listed below.

https://www.weather.gov/datamgmt/notices

Data Management
NCO Implementation & Data Services Branch
College Park
GISC/RTH Washington Sends