Topic: Discontinuation of On-Premises GMGSI 


Date/Time Issued:  July 31, 2026 1405 UTC


Product(s) or Data Impacted:  GMGSI Products (On-premises)


Date/Time of Initial Impact: August 31, 2026, 1600 UTC 


Date/Time of Expected End: N/A


Length of Outage: N/A

Details/Specifics of Change: 


Following the availability of the migrated Global Mosaic of Geostationary Satellite Imagery (GMGSI) in the NCCF, the on-premises GMGSI has remained operational. With testing and validation now finalized during this parallel period, generation of the on-premises GMGSI will cease at 1600 UTC on August 31, 2026.


Please note that the NCCF-generated GMGSI has been accessible on the PDA for some time. If you have not yet set up a subscription, please refer to the PDA short names listed below to establish or update your subscriptions accordingly.

 

Legacy On-Premises GMGSI PDA Shortname

(Deactivation date: August 31, 2026)

Replacement NCCF GMGSI PDA Shortname

GMGSI_LW_NetCDF

GMGSI_LW_NetCDF_C

GMGSI_SW_NetCDF

GMGSI_SW_NetCDF_C

GMGSI_VIS_NetCDF

GMGSI_VIS_NetCDF_C

GMGSI_WV_NetCDF

GMGSI_WV_NetCDF_C

GMGSI_SSR_NetCDF

Unavailable

GMGSI_LW_AREA

GMGSI_LW_AREA_C

GMGSI_SW_AREA

GMGSI_SW_AREA_C

GMGSI_VIS_AREA

GMGSI_VIS_AREA_C

GMGSI_WV_AREA

GMGSI_WV_AREA_C

GMGSI_SSR_AREA

GMGSI_SSR_AREA_C



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