Monday, September 24, 2012

Key Weather Satellite Goes Offline, May Affect Forecasts

Climate Central: In the midst of the very active North Atlantic hurricane season, the main weather satellite scientists use for keeping tabs on the weather across eastern North America and the Atlantic Ocean has gone offline. The outage began late on Sept. 23, after a period when the satellite, known as GOES-13, had been experience increasing vibrations, or "noise,' in particular instruments that was degrading its performance. According to the Capital Weather Gang blog, the satellite was put in stand-by mode while...

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