What the hell is wrong with the NexRad Doppler radars in Detroit andCleveland?

[Weather Man]

Jesus christ, the NexRad Radar station in Detroit is down AGAIN, and
again (at the same time) so is Cleveland.

What the **** is wrong with those stations? They work all friggin
winter when there's no heavy weather and now in the summer seems that
once a week those 2 stations are down for part of (or an entire) day
or two.

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National Weather Service Doppler radars

Message Date: Aug 01 2005 13:30:51
CLE RADAR IS GOING DOWN FOR PMI UNTIL 1600 LST

WSR-88D STATUS NOTIFICATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
809 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2005
DUE TO AN OB4 INSTALL TODAY...DTX 88D RADAR IMAGERY WILL NOT BE
AVAILABLE UNTIL ESTIMATED AROUND 20Z.
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[Dennis M. Rodgers]

Weather Man wrote:
> Jesus christ, the NexRad Radar station in Detroit is down AGAIN, and
> again (at the same time) so is Cleveland.
>
> What the **** is wrong with those stations? They work all friggin
> winter when there's no heavy weather and now in the summer seems that
> once a week those 2 stations are down for part of (or an entire) day
> or two.
>
> ---------------------
> National Weather Service Doppler radars
>
> Message Date: Aug 01 2005 13:30:51
> CLE RADAR IS GOING DOWN FOR PMI UNTIL 1600 LST
>
> WSR-88D STATUS NOTIFICATION
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
> 809 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2005
> DUE TO AN OB4 INSTALL TODAY...DTX 88D RADAR IMAGERY WILL NOT BE
> AVAILABLE UNTIL ESTIMATED AROUND 20Z.
> ---------------------

Well you can rest assured that preventative maintenance would be
rescheduled if any weather threatened the area. An OB4 Install is an
AWIPS upgrade. This also probably wouldn't happen if there was
significant weather in their area of forecast responsibility.

Jeez.

[winglesswonder03]

"Dennis M. Rodgers" > wrote in message
...
> Weather Man wrote:
> > Jesus christ, the NexRad Radar station in Detroit is down AGAIN, and
> > again (at the same time) so is Cleveland.
> >
> > What the **** is wrong with those stations? They work all friggin
> > winter when there's no heavy weather and now in the summer seems that
> > once a week those 2 stations are down for part of (or an entire) day
> > or two.
> >
> > ---------------------
> > National Weather Service Doppler radars
> >
> > Message Date: Aug 01 2005 13:30:51
> > CLE RADAR IS GOING DOWN FOR PMI UNTIL 1600 LST
> >
> > WSR-88D STATUS NOTIFICATION
> > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
> > 809 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2005
> > DUE TO AN OB4 INSTALL TODAY...DTX 88D RADAR IMAGERY WILL NOT BE
> > AVAILABLE UNTIL ESTIMATED AROUND 20Z.
> > ---------------------
>
> Well you can rest assured that preventative maintenance would be
> rescheduled if any weather threatened the area. An OB4 Install is an
> AWIPS upgrade. This also probably wouldn't happen if there was
> significant weather in their area of forecast responsibility.
>
> Jeez.
The local news stations have been on it more than in years before. If there
is severe storms they usually break from programming to give an radar
update. Fox will show a diagram in the corner of the screen which switchs
over to radar. I go to clickondetroit.com for the great lakes and ohio
valley radar loops. I unplug my computer when cloud to ground lightning is
in the area.