Date/Time Issued: Sept 4, 2026 1900 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: Turbulence Probability, Coral Reef Watch products

Date/Time of Initial Impact: September 30, 2026, 1700 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: October 7, 2026, 1800 UTC

Details/Specifics of Change: 

The new GOES-18 / GOES-19 Turbulence Probability will be installed on September 30, 2026 and released from PDA OPS on October 7, 2026. The existing GOES 16 / GOES-17 / GOES-18 / GOES-19 / Himawari-8 / Himawari-9 / Meteosat-9 / Meteosat-10 / Meteosat-11 / Metop-B / MetOp-C / NOAA-20 / NOAA-21 Coral Reef Watch products will be upgraded with new filenames, promoted to NCCF PROD and released from PDA OPS.

The Products listed below will be transitioned from research to operations and will be promoted to NCCF Operations (OPS) on October 7, 2026.

• Operational product generation of Turbulence Probability products:

Impact on users: No

PDA product file name changes: Yes

New products: Yes

• Operational product generation of Coral Reef Watch products:

Impact on users: No

PDA product file name changes: Yes

New products: No

Details for the updated products (PDA file names in tables) included in this release are provided in the link below:

NCCF Product Upgrades to Operations | OSPO

If you would like to see the NCCF ESPC archived notifications: go to the bottom of the OSPO Webpage (linked above) click on “NCCF ESPC Notification Archive”, pick the year (2026) and notification(s) you want to download from the list.

Please note: This upgrade will not be performed during Critical Weather Day (CWD). Also, the contents of this release are subject to change based on user readiness, customer feedback, and management approval.

Contact Information: For information on the status of this work, user feedback, and questions please contact User Services at SPSD.userservices@noaa.gov.

Web Site(s) for applicable information:

https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/products/nccf-product-upgrades.html

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