EMWIN ByteBlaster Internet File Push

Heavy Rainfall for Portions of the West and Southern Plains; Dangerous Heat for the Northwest

Monsoonal flow coinciding with a frontal boundary will focus more showers and thunderstorms across the central Great Basin, central Rockies, Southwest into the Southern Plains. Heavy rainfall may bring about instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile, record setting heat continues for the Pacific Northwest through Monday. Heat combining with dry conditions could allow for any fires to quickly spread. Read More >

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Assists in reassignment of clients when a registered server is no longer active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.