Madis-Data.ncep.noaa.gov Website Outage
Notices & outages ...MADIS-DATA.NCEP.NOAA.GOV WEBSITE OUTAGE...
NWS is reporting a problem affecting NCO. Some data may be missing, delayed or slow until it is fixed.
The message says NWS is actively working the issue, so this is a live situation rather than a closed one.
NCO is NWS Central Operations, which runs the computing behind the forecast models.
For most people this is invisible — forecasts keep coming. It matters most to anyone pulling NWS data directly, and to forecasters who lean on the affected feed.
Balloon reports 00Z GFS RAOB RECAP...
Twice a day, NWS and partner agencies release weather balloons that carry a radiosonde — a small instrument package that radios back temperature, humidity, pressure and wind as it climbs. Those soundings are one of the main ingredients in a forecast model’s starting conditions. This section is the roll call of stations that had a problem for the 00Z run of the GFS.
9 stations were flagged: 3 sent no usable sounding at all, 6 reported a numeric status code. A handful of gaps is normal and is not by itself a sign of a forecast problem — the models are built to work with an incomplete picture.
| Station | Where | What happened | As printed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYA 70414 | Shemya AFB, AK | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report |
| JAX 72206 | Jacksonville/Intl, FL | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report |
| OTX 72786 | Spokane, WA | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report |
| OTZ 70133 | Kotzebue, Ralph Wien, AK | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| BET 70219 | Bethel/Bethel Airport, AK | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| MCG 70231 | Mcgrath, AK | Ground equipment failure — the station’s tracking/receiving equipment was down, so no usable sounding was produced. | 10142...Ground equipment failure |
| SNP 70308 | St. Paul Islands, AK | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| AKN 70326 | King Salmon, AK | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| TWC 72274 | Tucson, AZ | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
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000 NOUS42 KWNO 200314 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 0314Z TUE OCT 20 2026 ...MADIS-DATA.NCEP.NOAA.GOV WEBSITE OUTAGE... NCO is aware of and investigating issues with the madis-data.ncep.noaa.gov website. Please visit https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/status/messages/ for further updates. 00Z NWS model production is running on time with 8 Alaskan...26 Canadian...64 CONUS...14 Mexican...8 Caribbean...and 9 Pacific stations available for ingest. 00Z GFS RAOB RECAP... 70414/SYA - No report 72206/JAX - No report 72786/OTX - No report 70133/OTZ - 10159 70219/BET - 10159 70231/MCG - 10142...Ground equipment failure 70308/SNP - 10159 70326/AKN - 10159 72274/TWC - 10159 Kempisty/SDM/NCO