The PPS (Precipitation Processing System) will be down starting Tuesday September 22, 2020 (0800 EDT|1200 UTC) -through- Thursday September 24, 2020 (Uptime- Still TBD) for a very important multi-day archive upgrade. It is not anticipated that this work will have any impact on the near real-time data servers (jsimpson) or data collection from the GPM satellite and constellation.

It is important to be aware that this will be an extensive PPS GPM Archive upgrade that will impact crucial PPS services.  Services that may NOT be available during this time  include:

• PPS 'arthurhou' GPM research data server (also FTPS and HTTPS services) : ftp://arthurhou.pps.eosdis.nasa.gov
• PPS web site availability:  https://pps.gsfc.nasa.gov/
• STORM (Data Ordering) : https://storm.pps.eosdis.nasa.gov/storm/
• PPS Registration: https://registration.pps.eosdis.nasa.gov/registration/
• PMM Publisher: (pmmpublisher.pps.eosdis.nasa.gov)
• FTP developer access – all arthurhou*, gpmweb* down
  • Gpmweb2 FTP down
  • Mrms down (ingest will continue)

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IMPORTANT:  PPS GPM NRT (Near real-time -'jsimpsonftps.pps.eosdis.nasa.gov') It is anticipated that these data services WILL NOT be impacted during this maintenance period. 

We regret any inconvenience or disruption that this extended maintenance may cause.  PPS appreciates your understanding and patience during this time period.