Prog Charts - inop since 4/15/24

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In case helpful for weather planning, FYI:

Prog Charts on Aviation Weather Center remain unreliable (and mostly outdated) due to a NWS systems outage.
- Current shows fronts/pressure systems valid: Mon Apr 15 (three days ago)
- 6 and 12 hour forecasts, now corrected
- 18 hour, 72 hr and longer-term forecasts: all wrong/outdated
Although AWC website remains silent, the problem has been ongoing since Monday, Apr 15.

NWS/AWC email reply (redacted) follows:
ETA for fix remains ... unknown.
Affected: Prog Charts on AWC, aopa.weather.org/weather, etc.
Subject: Re: AviationWeather.gov - Bug
Date: 2024-04-18 15:44
From: NOAA Federal <xxxx@noaa.gov>
Hi Mike,
Thanks for reaching out. Prog charts are temporarily out of service due to an NWS data outage.
We are starting to get data for the near term but the longer range charts remain unavailable.
There is no estimated return to service yet.
We apologize for the inconvenience.

Kind regards,
Acting Warning Coordination Meteorologist
Senior Aviation Meteorologist
NOAA/NWS/Aviation Weather Center
7220 NW 101st Terrace, Kansas City, MO 64153
aviationweather.gov

-------- Original Message --------
Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 2:42 PM Mike <aviationweather.webmail@noaa.gov> wrote:
Name: Mike
Category: Bug
Subject: Prog Charts - NWS outage

Since April 15, several of the Prog Charts appear to include forecasts which are valid for periods 4 days ago.
What is the status of the NWS outage and when will the Prog Charts on aviationweather.gov be fixed?
Thank you.
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As a workaround, short and long-term forecast charts on 'Weather Prediction Center' appear accurate:
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php

fyi: Problem started on Monday morning, at start of a trip.
Assumed it was a temp glitch, but 3 days later ...

Absent public announcement or notification, hope this may be useful.
Exercise caution and check 'Valid: dates/times' ... carefully.
 
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I've noticed they were down, but just chalked it up to the new site being buggy. Thanks for the workaround. My long term planning this time of year revolves more around farming than flying, but I find the prog charts almost more useful for that anyway.
 
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