Topic: Himawari-9 data outage

Date/Time Issued: October 11, 2025 1858Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: Himawari-9 Imagery and Derived Products

Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 11, 2025 1530Z

Date/Time of Expected End: TBD

Length of Event: TBD

Details/Specifics of Change: 

Starting at around 1530, NOAA stopped receiving Himawari data from JMA. There is

also a notice from the JMA’s status page:
Upload time: 2025-10-11 16:03)
[Himawari-9 system]
Failure on the image observation of Himawari-9 has been continued. 1540Z on
2025-10-11.
Until the issue is resolved, we have no Himawari imagery or Derived Products (Rain
Rate, Cloud, Winds, Arctic Composite, Enterprise Rain Rate).
This will also affect McIDAS distribution of Himawari data (HIM/ group). Blended
products using this data (Global HydroEstimator, Global Mosaic) will be degraded.

Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A

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