Major Winter Storm to Impact the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast; Inclement Weather in the Pacific Northwest

A major winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow, strong winds, and coastal flooding across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast that may cause impossible travel conditions and power outages. Blizzard conditions are possible along the Northeastern Seaboard. Wet weather and strong winds return to the Pacific Northwest and north-central California. Read More >

WMO Standard Format

Default NWS text format in use for over 25-years. Used in SBN/NOAAPORT product streams (Channels 101-108 and 201), over EMWIN (GOES platforms), and on weather.gov.
https://www.weather.gov/tg/headef

XMPP Header wrapped WMO Standard Format

Latest format since July 2015 for text weather information, alerts and warnings via NWWS-Open Interface. Here are some notes for developers;

https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0131.html

Common Alert Protocol (CAP V1.2) Format
Alerts and warnings only format; available over SBN/NOAAPORT Channels 101-108 and on weather.gov.

Format https://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/cap/v1.2/CAP-v1.2.html

NWS Source https://api.weather.gov/ (NWWS FAQ #5 for NWS Message IDs)

WARNING: CAP v1.1 should not be used to activate local EAS equipment.

NWS also has the following XML feed formats for Alerts and Warnings;

ATOM Feed
https://alerts.weather.gov/

RSS Feed
https://www.weather.gov/rss

Major Winter Storm to Impact the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast; Inclement Weather in the Pacific Northwest

NWS Formats