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Snowy, Very Cold and Windy from the Northern Plains to Great Lakes; Critical Fire Weather in South Texas

Moderate to heavy lake effect snow is expected downwind of the Great Lakes, with the Chicago metro potentially receiving 6 to 12 inches of snowfall. A frigid airmass will bring very cold temperatures to the Central U.S. and Mississippi Valley today, migrating into the Eastern U.S. on Monday. Dry and windy weather will bring critical fire weather conditions to South Texas today. Read More >

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EMWIN ByteBlaster Internet File Push

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Byte Blaster:

  • Client/Server Internet Based Service (NWS is one of many participants)
    • Client software is used to receive products from other servers
    • Local server may have many clients - when a file is received it is immediately re-distributed
    • A server may collect products from different sources (e.g., satellite broadcast, local LAN, or as a client to another ByteBlaster server)
    • Multiple daisy chains are possible: Server -> Client/Server -> Client/Server ->…
  • LoadMaster (NWS)
    • Agent for load balancing clients on registered servers
    • Assists in reassignment of clients when a registered server is no longer active

Future Service Outlook:

  • IDP Environment does not currently support the Windows environment.
  • Existing operational IDP file-push protocol (e.g., XMPP) does not adequately support binary file transfer today.
  • Alternative 1: Switch to NWWS End User Client software to receive a portion of the EMWIN distribution
    • Provides an Internet push of all EMWIN US-National text products, and then some
    • Does not include EMWIN International or Image Products
  • Alternative 2: Continue to operate client/server networks in absence of the NWS ByteBlaster Servers and LoadMaster.
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