Gusty winds are expected from portions of the Mid-Atlantic into the Northeast through the night following the system that brought rain to the area. An atmospheric river will move into the Northwest late today into Saturday bringing moderate to heavy rainfall, mountain snow, windy conditions, and high surf to the area over the weekend. Read More >
Effective 2023/09/25
The next Joint GRB-HRIT/EMWIN Users Group Meeting will be held on
Tuesday, 24 October 2023 at 14:30 EDT (18:30 UTC).
The agenda and connection details are below.
If you have questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact
the HRIT/EMWIN Program Manager (hrit.manager@noaa.gov).
Agenda (65 minutes):
(10 min) GOES Status (Matt Seybold)
(5 min) CSPP Updates (Graeme Martin)
(5 min) GRB Updates (Toby Hutchinson)
(5 min) HRIT Updates (Ian Avruch)
(5 min) EMWIN Updates (Craig Hodan)
(5 min) HRIT/EMWIN Open-Source Community Updates (Carl Reinemann)
(10 min) SPRES Report and Follow-On (Franz Zichy)
(10 min) GeoXO Status (Daniel Gillies)
(10 min) Open Discussion
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Effective 2022/06/30
Topic: Notification of Upcoming Orbit Location Maneuvers of GOES-17 and GOES-18
Date/Time Issued: June 30, 2022 1931 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: None
Date/Time of Initial Impact: July 5, 2022 at 15:57 UTC for GOES 17 and July 5, 2022 at 16:54 UTC for GOES-18
Date/Time of Expected End: July 16, 2022 at TBD time for GOES-17 and July 20, 2022 at TBD time for GOES-18 Length of Event/Outage: N/A
Details/Specifics of Change:
NOAA will be repositioning GOES-17 and GOES-18 with synchronized burns to maintain a longitude separation of 0.3 degrees for RFI avoidance during drift and while on-station. These are both slow rate location “nudges”, as opposed to nominal drifts which are faster and cause a disruption to data availability. Start burns will be executed July 5th and both will utilize natural drift to stop at their new stations.
GOES-17 nudge start at 137.2W on July 5th at 15:57 UTC
GOES-17 nudge stop at 137.3W on July 16th at TBD time
GOES-18 nudge start at 136.8W on July 5th at 16:54 UTC
GOES-18 nudge stop at 137.0W on July 20th at TBD time
There are no anticipated L-band downlink impacts for GOES-17 GRB, HRIT/EMWIN and DCS users regarding the 0.1 degree westward longitudinal drift. Antennas smaller than 7m should not need to repoint. Antennas larger than 7m should repoint.Users are reminded to peak their antennas after the nudge periods end in order to achieve the best optimal signal.
Contact Information for Further Information: Joseph Fiore at joseph.fiore@noaa.gov
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Administrative: Update #2: GOES-18 Interleaving Test June 14, 2022, Issued: June 8, 2022 1348 UTC
Update#2: This is a reminder that the GOES-18 Interleaving Test will occur on June 14, 2022 from 1600-2000 UTC
Update #1: The date for the GOES-18 interleave test has changed from June 15th to June 14th
Topic: GOES-18 Interleaving Test June 14, 2022
Date/Time Issued: June 8, 2022 1348 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-17 (GOES-West) ABI, GLM, Space Weather
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 14, 2022 1600 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: June 14, 2022 2000 UTC
Length of Outage: 4 hours
Details/Specifics of Change:
On June 14, 2022 at 1600 UTC, a four hour test of the interleave configuration will be performed on the GOES-17 (GOES-West). This test is a user readiness opportunity to prepare for the operational interleave configurations that will be in place 24 hours per day during the two periods of August 1 - September 6 and October 15 - November 11, 2022.
At the time of the interleave test, GOES-18 will be located in a near-West orbital slot (136.8 degrees West), just 0.4 degrees from GOES-17 (at 137.2 degrees West).
The interleave configuration entails populating the operational GOES-17 GRB (GOES Rebroadcast) service with an “interleave” of GOES-18 ABI data (replacing the GOES-17 ABI data) and GOES-17 GLM and space weather data. See this table for the key to GRB Spacecraft IDs and Metadata: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/documents/GRB%20Interleave%20Spacecraft%20ID's%20and%20Metadata.pdf
In order to ensure continuity of GOES-West ABI operations, GRB users are advised to ensure their end-processing will accept a different ABI platform ID (G18 rather than G17) and instrument ID (FM3 rather than FM2). More information on global attributes is available in the Product User’s Guide (PUG) Volume 4 for GRB: https://www.goes-r.gov/users/docs/PUG-GRB-vol4.pdf
Here is the GOES-West data content of each product distribution service during interleave:
GRB: (netCDF file orbital slot will be "GOES West")
- G18 ABI L1b
- G17 GLM L2+
- G17 Space Wx L1b
PDA: ("GOES West" for products below)
- G18 ABI L1b, CMI (no L2+)
- G17 ABI L1b, CMI, L2+
- G17 GLM L1b, L2+
- G17 Space Wx L1b
- Note PDA cal/val subscriptions have additional G18 data access
CLASS:
- G17 ABI L1b, CMI, L2+
- G17 GLM L1b, L2+
- G17 Space Wx L1b
- Note CLASS cal/val subscriptions have additional G18 data access
NODD (formerly BDP):
- G18 ABI Rad, CMI
- G17 ABI Rad, CMI, L2+
- G17 GLM L2+
- G17 Space Wx L1b
HRIT/EMWIN:
- G18 ABI CMI
- G17 ABI L2+
GNC-A:
- G18 ABI CMI
AWIPS:
- G18 ABI SCMI
- G17 GLM L2+
During the June 14th test, GOES-18 ABI data will still be at a “Beta” level of maturity, minimally validated, and may contain significant errors. Nonetheless, GOES-18 ABI data obtained during this test will be advised for operational use, and may be shared without restriction.
During the Aug-Sep and Oct-Nov interleave periods, GOES-18 ABI data will be at “Provisional” level of maturity, fit for operational use and may be shared without restriction.
This test is subject to delay in the event of a Critical Weather Day declaration.
Note regarding GOES-17 ABI during interleave: GOES-17 ABI will be operating continuously until the GOES-West transition from GOES-17 to GOES-18 in January, 2023. Continuous GOES-17 ABI operations will include the June 14th interleave test and the Aug-Sep and Oct-Nov interleave periods when GOES-17 ABI will have multiple focal plane module temperature (FPM) mitigations including the cooling timeline and multiple FPM set points adjustments.
Contact Information for Further Information:
SPSD.UserServices.noaa.gov
Websites for Applicable Information:
https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/transition.html
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Effective 2022/05/11
HRIT_Open_Meeting_Notification (New 05/11/2022)
NOAA’s next generation of geostationary satellites, the GeoXO Satellite System, is currently defining requirements with the expectation of finishing in August 2022. NESDIS will host two open meetings to take input from the HRIT/EMWIN user community on the impact of this proposed change. View more information here.
Effective 2022/02/11
Topic: GOES-14/15/16/17 Spring 2022 Solar RFI predicted times are now available
Date/Time Issued: February 11, 2022 2100 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-14/15/16/17 Imager and Sounder Data plus Ancillary Services (GVAR, SAR, LRIT, EMWIN, DCS, GRB, etc.)
Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 22, 2022 1704 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: March 9, 2022 2152 UTC
Length of Outage: See table in details.
Details/Specifics of Change: The potential for solar radio frequency interference (RFI) with a satellite downlink circuit will occur whenever the Sun passes into the beam of the ground station receiving antenna.
We received the following information from our Mission Operations Division concerning the potential for outages of the GOES data stream including GVAR (GOES Variable) Imager and Sounder, SAR (Search and Rescue), High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT), Sensor Data (SD), Telemetry and Command (T&C), Weather Facsimile (WEFAX), Data Collection Platform Report (DCPR), Multi-use data link (MDL), Raw Data Link (RDL), etc.
The Wallops and Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Stations (CDAs) and Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) receiving antennas may experience periods of Solar RFI as predicted below. Solar RFI can cause loss of telemetry lock and command capability, as well as degradation or loss in the GVAR data.
SOLAR RFI PREDICTED TIMES FOR SPRING 2022
| SPACECRAFT | DATE | TIME | STATION | OPERATIONAL IMPACT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOES-14 | 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 1920 - 1932Z | WALLOPS | T&C |
| 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 1920 - 1932Z | SUITLAND | ||
| 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 1918 - 1929Z | FAIRMONT | ||
| GOES-15 | 2 MAR - 9 MAR | 2101 - 2112Z | WALLOPS | GVAR, T&C, SD |
| 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 2100 - 2111Z | SUITLAND | ||
| 22 FEB - 2 MAR | 2034 - 2045Z | FAIRBANK | ||
| 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 2059 - 2110Z | FAIRMONT | ||
| GOES-16 | 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 1706 - 1717Z | WALLOPS | RDL, GRB, T&C, HRIT, DCPC, SAR |
| 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 1705 - 1716Z | SUITLAND | ||
| 1 MAR - 8 MAR | 1704 - 1715Z | FAIRMONT | ||
| GOES-17 | 2 MAR - 9 MAR | 2141 - 2153Z | WALLOPS | RDL, GRB, T&C, HRIT, DCPC, SAR |
| 2 MAR - 9 MAR | 2141 - 2152Z | SUITLAND | ||
| 2 MAR - 8 MAR | 2140 - 2152Z | FAIRMONT |
Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880
Web Site(s) for applicable information:
See https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages.
See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.html for full GOES scanning schedules and scan sectors.
See http://www.noaasis.noaa.gov/ for Direct Services Branch (DSB) information.
Effective 2020/09/28
September 28, 2021 1815 UTC
Topic: GOES-13/14/15/16/17 Fall 2021 Solar RFI predicted times are now available
Date/Time Issued: September 28, 2021 1815 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-14/15/16/17 Imager and Sounder Data plus Ancillary Services (GVAR, SAR, HRIT, GRB, RDL, etc.)
Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 4, 2021 2119 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: October 18, 2021 2101 UTC
Length of Outage: See table in details.
Details/Specifics of Change: The potential for solar radio frequency interference (RFI) with a satellite downlink circuit will occur whenever the Sun passes into the beam of the ground station receiving antenna.
We received the following information from our Mission Operations Division concerning the potential for outages of the GOES data stream including GVAR (GOES Variable) Imager and Sounder, SAR (Search and Rescue), High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT), Sensor Data (SD), Telemetry and Command (T&C), Weather Facsimile (WEFAX), Data Collection Platform Report (DCPR), Multi-use data link (MDL), Raw Data Link (RDL), etc.
The Wallops and Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Stations (CDAs) and Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) receiving antennas may experience periods of Solar RFI as predicted below. Solar RFI can cause loss of telemetry lock and command capability, as well as degradation or loss in the GVAR data.
SOLAR RFI PREDICTED TIMES FOR FALL 2021
| SPACECRAFT | DATE | TIME | STATION | OPERATIONAL IMPACT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOES-14 | 5 OCT - 12 OCT | 1855 - 1906Z | WALLOPS | T&C |
| 5 OCT - 12 OCT | 1854 - 1905Z | SUITLAND | ||
| 5 OCT - 12 OCT | 1852 - 1903Z | FAIRMONT | ||
| GOES-15 | 4 OCT - 11 OCT | 2034 - 2046Z | WALLOPS | GVAR, PDR, T&C, SD, MDL |
| 5 OCT - 12 OCT | 2033 - 2045Z | SUITLAND | ||
| 5 OCT - 12 OCT | 2032 - 2044Z | FAIRMONT | ||
| 11 OCT - 18 OCT | 2003 - 2015Z | FAIRBANK | ||
| GOES-16 | 4 OCT – 11 OCT | 1644 - 1655Z | WALLOPS | RDL, GRB, T&C, HRIT, DCPC, |
| 4 OCT – 11 OCT | 1643 - 1654Z | SUITLAND | SAR | |
| 4 OCT – 11 OCT | 1641 - 1653Z | FAIRMONT | ||
| GOES-17 | 3 OCT – 10 OCT | 2118 - 2129Z | WALLOPS | RDL, GRB, T&C, HRIT, DCPC, |
| 3 OCT – 10 OCT | 2117 - 2128Z | SUITLAND | SAR | |
| 4 OCT – 11 OCT | 2117 - 2128Z | FAIRMONT | ||
Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations atESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880
Web Site(s) for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages.
See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.html for full GOES scanning schedules and scan sectors.
See http://www.osd.noaa.gov/GVAR_Downloads/gvar_downloads.html for more GVAR information.
See http://www.noaasis.noaa.gov/ for Direct Services Branch (DSB) information.
Effective 2021/03/25
NOUS41 KWBC 252000
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Public Information Statement 21-18
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
400 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-Satellite Broadcast Network/NOAAPort
Other NWS partners and NWS employees
From: Michelle Mainelli
Director, Office of Dissemination
Subject: Static Radar Image Files Return to EMWIN
Services March 24, 2021
The broadcast of static Radar Image files suspended on December 16, 2020, as announced in
Service Change Notice 20-117, have resumed over the Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite (GOES)-East and West High-Rate Information Transmission (HRIT) / Emergency Managers
Weather Information Network (EMWIN) satellite broadcast on virtual channel 21.
These files concurrently returned to the enterprise EMWIN File Transfer Protocol (FTP) image archive file server:
https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/OPS/
Further information on the Radar products is documented under
Title-03 through 12, in the updated EMWIN Image Catalog:
https://www.weather.gov/media/emwin/EMWIN_Image_and_Text_Data_Capture_Catalog_v1.3d.pdf
For more information, please contact NWS EMWIN Support at:
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
National Public Information Statements are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2021/02/26
Re: 20-117 Update
NOUS41 KWBC 241200 AAA
PNSWSH
Service Change Notice 20-117 Update
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
800 AM EST Wed Feb 24 2021
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-Satellite Broadcast Network/NOAAPort
Other NWS partners and NWS employees
From: Michelle Mainelli
Director, Office of Dissemination
Subject: Updated: Static Radar Image Files Temporarily Suspended
on EMWIN Services, Effective December 16, 2020
Updated to correct the date for the return of the Static Radar
Image Files on the EMWIN services from February 26, 2021, to a
date to be determined.
On or about December 16, 2020, NWS temporarily suspended 10
static Radar Image files sent over the Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite (GOES)-East and West High Rate
Information Transmission (HRIT) / Emergency Managers Weather
Information Network (EMWIN) satellite broadcast on virtual
channel 21. These products are published on the enterprise EMWIN
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) archive file server. The products
will be suspended pending completion of the NWS migration to the
new Ridge 2 radar product generation services.
The suspended Radar products are listed/documented under
Title-03 through 12, in the EMWIN Image and Text Data Capture
Catalog:
https://www.weather.gov/media/emwin/EMWIN_Image_and_Text_Data_Ca
pture_Catalog_v1.3b_r180817.pdf
The static Radar Image files should return to the EMWIN services
by a date yet to be determined. A separate NWS Public
Information Statement (PNS) will be released when the suspended
static Radar files have been reinstated on the EMWIN services.
In the interim and effective on or about December 16, 2020,
Users may obtain Ridge 2 static radar image files for individual
radar sites at the following Ridge 2 services URL:
https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/lite/
Send questions on the information in this bulletin to:
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
Questions on the Ridge 2 radar products may be address to:
- product comments and feedback: nwsradarfeedback@noaa.gov
- operational service issues: nco.ops@noaa.gov
- product support issues: idp-support@noaa.gov
National Service Change Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2020/12/16
Re: SCN 20-117
The transition to the Ridge2 service is on hold due to the NWS declared "Critical Weather Day" (CWD). The CWD is currently scheduled to expire at 1800 UTC, 12/17/2020. When the CWD expires, the Ridge2 service will be implemented. The NWS CWD status is available at: https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/status/cwd/
Effective 2020/12/15
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Service Change Notice 20-117
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
120 PM EST Tue Dec 15 2020
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-Satellite Broadcast Network/NOAAPort
Other NWS partners and NWS employees
From: Michelle Mainelli
Director, Office of Dissemination
Subject: Static Radar Image Files Temporarily Suspended on
EMWIN Services, Effective December 16, 2020
On or about December 16, 2020, ten static Radar Image files sent over the Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite (GOES)-East and West High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT) / Emergency
Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) satellite broadcast on virtual channel 21, and published
on the enterprise EMWIN File Transfer Protocol (FTP) archive file server, will be temporarily
suspended pending completion of the NWS migration to the new Ridge 2 radar product generation services.
The suspended Radar products are listed/documented under Title-03 through 12, in the EMWIN Image and
Text Data Capture Catalog:
https://www.weather.gov/media/emwin/EMWIN_Image_and_Text_Data_Capture_Catalog_v1.3b_r180817.pdf
The static Radar Image files should return to the EMWIN services by March 30, 2021. A separate NWS
Public Information Statement (PNS) will be released when the static Radar files have been reinstated
on the EMWIN services.
In the interim and effective on or about December 16, 2020, Users may obtain Ridge 2 static radar
image files for individual radar sites at the following Ridge 2 services URL:
https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/lite/
Questions on the information in this bulletin may be addressed to: nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
Questions on the Ridge 2 radar products may be address to:
- product comments and feedback: nwsradarfeedback@noaa.gov
- operational service issues, contact: nco.ops@noaa.gov
- product support issues, contact: idp-support@noaa.gov
National Service Change Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2020/11/19
NOUS41 KWBC 182010 PNSWSH
Public Information Statement 20-85
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
410 PM EST Wed Nov 18 2020
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPort
Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees
FROM: Brian Gross Acting Director
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
SUBJECT: Seeking Comments on Proposed Changes to User Access of NCEP Web Services through December 18, 2020
The NWS National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) is seeking public comments through December 18, 2020,
on the management of user access of the NCEP Web Services.
As demand for data continues to grow across NCEP websites, we are proposing to put new limits into place to
safeguardour web services. The frequency of how often these websites are accessed by the public has created
limitations and infrastructure constraints. To add new or upgraded streams of data, there has to be a reduction
in the number of connections into our system. The mitigation will reduce the strain on our infrastructure, ensuring
a more robust level of service for all users.
For example, a possible mitigation would lower the limit of the number of connections to 60 per minute for a given
user accessing any of the websites below. This would be a cumulative limit for any type of data request across any
website. A "head" request will count towards the limit the same as a "get" request.
Websites affected, both ftp and https, would include:
nomads.ncep.noaa.gov
ftp.ncep.noaa.gov
www.ftp.ncep.noaa.gov
ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov
mag.ncep.noaa.gov
tgftp.nws.noaa.gov
aviationweather.gov
weather.gov
alerts.weather.gov
w1.weather.gov
w2.weather.gov/climate
w2.weather.gov/dmawds
airquality.weather.gov
graphical.weather.gov
digital.weather.gov
ra4-gifs.weather.gov
hamradio.noaa.gov
weather.gov/spot
water.weather.gov
marine.weather.gov
forecast.weather.gov
mobile.weather.gov
ocean.weather.gov
radar.weather.gov
api.weather.gov
tsunami.gov
madis.ncep.noaa.gov
madis-data.ncep.noaa.gov
hads.ncep.noaa.gov
amdar.ncep.noaa.gov
mrms.ncep.noaa.gov/data
water.noaa.gov
inws.ncep.noaa.gov
iris.ncep.noaa.gov
nowcoast.ncep.noaa.gov
idpgis.ncep.noaa.gov
Gisc-washington.ncep.noaa.gov
cts.ncep.noaa.gov
charts.noaa.gov
tileservice.charts.noaa.gov
Radar2pub.ncep.noaa.gov
Radar3pub.ncep.noaa.gov
Ocean.ncep.noaa.gov
www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
vlab.ncep.noaa.gov
emc.ncep.noaa.gov
polar.ncep.noaa.gov
hysplit.ncep.noaa.gov
ctbto.ncep.noaa.gov
www.ncep.noaa.gov
www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov
www.lib.ncep.noaa.gov
mageval.ncep.noaa.gov
This list is not all inclusive. Any direct URLs such as "origin, " or any non-operational URLs such as "dev," "qa,"
or "preview" will also be impacted.
NCEP will be holding a virtual public forum to discuss this and other mitigation options on December 8, 2020,
at 2 pm EST. Please register for the meeting at: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6331491940012140301
Please send questions and comments regarding this mitigation plan to:
NCO Implementation and Data Services Branch
Carissa Klemmer, Chief
idp.feedback@noaa.gov
We will review any feedback we receive, and will notify users via a Service Change Notice (SCN) of any operational
changes.
National Weather Public Information Statements are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2020/11/10
NOUS41 KWBC 101935
PNSWSH
Public Information Statement 20-82
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
335 PM EST Tue Nov 10x 2020
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPort
Other NWS partners and NWS employees
FROM: Allison Allen, Chief
NWS Marine, Tropical, and Tsunami Services Branch
SUBJECT: National Tsunami Warning Center Routine Communications
Tests for the West Coast and Alaska Coast to take place
on November 13, 2020
The NWS National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) and coastal NWS Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) will perform routine
monthly tsunami communication tests to ensure end-to-end readiness of NWS dissemination software and hardware on
Friday, November 13, 2020, for Alaska and West Coast states.
The intended recipients of these communication tests include designated national focal points, state/territorial
warning points, coastal WFOs, U.S. Coast Guard, and critical military dissemination points.
Each test message will be clearly identified as such, and will be consistent with the product changes implemented
by Service Change Notice 18-94: Changes to Valid Time Event Codes (VTEC) and Event Tracking Numbers (ETN) for
Domestic Tsunami Test Products Effective April 1, 2019.
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdfs/scn18-94vtec_tsunami.pdf
VTEC codes for the test messages will start with the /T fixed identifier (versus /O for operational messages).
To provide additional assurance that a test message is not inadvertently distributed as an actual
Warning/Advisory/Watch product, Event Tracking Numbers (ETN) for the test messages will begin with 9 as the
leading digit of the four character code.
The text products affected by routine monthly tsunami communication testing are the national tsunami products
issued under the following AWIPS Product Identifiers (PIL) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Identifiers
(ID):
NTWC Product AWIPS PIL WMO ID
------------ --------- ------
Segmented Tsunami W/W/A TSUWCA WEPA41 for West Coast/BC/Alaska
Public Tsunami W/W/A TSUAK1 WEAK51 for West Coast/BC/Alaska
Routine tsunami communications testing will continue monthly.
WFOs participating in the national monthly tsunami communications test are listed below by NWS Region:
NWS Alaska Region
Anchorage, AK (AFC)
Juneau, AK (AJK)
NWS Western Region
Seattle/Tacoma, WA (SEW)
Portland, OR (PQR)
Medford, OR (MFR)
Eureka, CA (EKA)
San Francisco, CA (MTR)
Los Angeles, CA (LOX)
San Diego, CA (SGX)
For more information, please contact:
Mike Angove
NWS Tsunami Services Program Leader
Silver Spring, MD
301-427-9375
Michael.Angove@noaa.gov
National Public Information Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2020/11/06
NOUS41 KWBC 061730
PNSWSH
Public Information Statement 20-80
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
130 PM EST Fri Nov 6 2020
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPort
Other NWS partners and NWS employees
FROM: Allison Allen, Chief
NWS Marine, Tropical, and Tsunami Services Branch
SUBJECT: NWS to issue National Tsunami Warning Center Routine
Communications Tests for the East and Gulf Coast on November 10, 2020
The NWS National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) and coastal NWS
Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) will perform routine monthly tsunami communication tests to ensure
end-to-end readiness of NWS dissemination software and hardware on Tuesday November 10,
2020, for East and Gulf Coast states. In the event NWS declares a Critical Weather Day, this test
will be postponed.
The intended recipients of these communication tests include designated national focal points, state/territorial
warning points, coastal WFOs, U.S. Coast Guard, and critical military dissemination points.
Each test message will be clearly identified as such, and will be consistent with the product changes
implemented by SCN18-94: Changes to Valid Time Event Codes (VTEC) and Event Tracking
Numbers (ETN) for Domestic Tsunami Test Products, Effective April 1, 2019
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdfs/scn18-94vtec_tsunami.pdf
VTEC codes for the test messages will start with the /T fixed identifier versus /O for operational messages.
To provide additional assurance that a test message is not inadvertently distributed as an actual
Warning/Advisory/Watch product, Event Tracking Numbers (ETN) for the test messages will begin with 9
as the leading digit of the four-character code.
The text products affected by routine monthly tsunami communication testing are the national tsunami
products issued under the following AWIPS Product Identifiers (PIL) and World Meteorological Organization
(WMO) Identifiers (ID):
NTWC Product AWIPS PIL WMO ID
------------ --------- ------
Segmented Tsunami W/W/A TSUAT1 WEXX20
for U.S. Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast, and Canada
East Coast
Public Tsunami W/W/A TSUATE WEXX30
for U.S. Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast, and Canada
East Coast
Routine tsunami communications testing will continue monthly.
WFOs taking part in the national monthly tsunami communications test are listed below by NWS Region:
NWS Eastern Region
Boston, MA (BOX)
Caribou, ME (CAR)
Charleston, SC (CHS)
Gray/Portland, ME (GYX)
Mount Holly, NJ (PHI)
Newport/Morehead City, NC (MHX)
New York, NY (OKX)
Sterling, VA (LWX)
Wakefield, VA (AKQ)
Wilmington, NC (ILM)
NWS Southern Region
Brownsville, TX (BRO)
Corpus Christi, TX (CRP)
Houston, TX (HGX)
Jacksonville, FL (JAX)
Key West, FL (KEY)
Lake Charles, LA (LCH)
Melbourne, FL (MLB)
Miami, FL (MFL)
Mobile, AL (MOB)
New Orleans, LA (LIX)
Tallahassee, FL (TAE)
Tampa Bay Area, FL (TBW)
For more information, please contact:
Mike Angove
NWS Tsunami Services Program Leader
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-427-9375
Michael.Angove@noaa.gov
National Public Information Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2020/10/22
PNSWSH
Service Change Notice 20-96
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD 330 PM EDT Wed Octg 21 2020
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPort
Other NWS partners and NWS employees
FROM: Allison Allen, Chief
NWS Marine, Tropical, and Tsunami Services Branch
SUBJECT: Network Maintenance on October 22, 2020, to Affect Dissemination of Tsunami Products
On October 22, 2020, NWS/NCO will be performing network maintenance, described in SCN 20-94:
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/SCN20-94_FAA_Maintenance_10222020.pdf,
This maintenance will cause an outage of a select set of products for 1 hour from 0630z to 0730z. NWS will not
send a sub-set of products to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during the outage. Users should be
advised that alerts from the National Tsunami Warning Center and Pacific Tsunami Warning Center will not be
disseminated over Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network (AFTN). In the event of Critical Weather Day (CWD),
this maintenance will be postponed.
Tsunami products will be available on all other NWS dissemination systems including: National Warning System (NAWAS)
Alaska Warning System (AKWAS) Hawaii Warning System (HAWAS)
Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), where applicable NOAA Weather Radio (NWR)
Emergency Alert System (EAS) Email subscription
Fax subscription SMS subscription Tsunami.gov
For more information, please contact: Mike Angove
NWS Tsunami Services Program Leader Silver Spring, MD
301-427-9375
Michael.Angove@noaa.gov
National Service Change Notices are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2020/10/14
The purpose of this survey is to get a more accurate picture of the High Rate Information
Transmission/Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (HRIT/EMWIN) Users’
capability footprint and what sources are being utilized to
retrieve their environmental data.
Effective 2020/09/30
NOUS41 KWBC 301140 PNSWSH Public Information Statement 20-70 National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD 740 AM EDT Wed Sep 30 2020 To: Subscribers: -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network -NOAAPort Other NWS partners and NWS employees From: Allison Allen Chief, NWS Marine, Tropical, and Tsunami Services Branch Subject: Soliciting comments through October 30, 2020, on potential changes to Tsunami Advisory text product formats. To view this Public Information Statement in Spanish see this link: (Para acceder al Comunicado de Informacion Publica en espanol presione aqui:) https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf2/pns20-69tsunami_hazsimp_spanish.pdf NWS is collecting comments through October 30, 2020, on proposed changes to its Tsunami Advisory products. This proposal is part of the broader Hazard Simplification effort within NWS. NWS currently issues Tsunami Advisory products to alert stakeholders to lower-magnitude tsunami events that may pose a danger to coastal communities. In some situations, Tsunami Advisory products may be misunderstood in terms of their expected impacts to coastal populations, along with the associated protective actions that need to be taken. It is proposed that a new way of communicating the exact nature of the danger may reduce some of the confusion surrounding these lower-magnitude products. Therefore, the NWS is soliciting comments on potential new product options as follows: Option A: Tsunami Warning for Strong Currents [with Tsunami in Header] Option B: Harbor and Beach Warning [without Tsunami in Header] Option C: Harbor and Beach Tsunami Warning [with Tsunami in Header] Please see the NWS Product Description Document (PDD) for more details: https://nws.weather.gov/products/PDD/PDD_Tsunami_Advisory_Products_for_HazSimp_2020-9-25-20.pdf Please provide feedback concerning these options using the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tsunamiadvisory En español: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SpanishTsunami Based on feedback received, NWS may implement this new product language and text format. For more information, please contact: Mike Angove NWS Tsunami Services Program Leader Silver Spring, MD 301-427-9375 Michael.Angove@noaa.gov National Public Information Statements are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/ NNNN
Effective 2020/09/30
NOUS41 KWBC 301120 PNSWSH Declaración de Información Pública 20-69 Oficina Central del Servicio Nacional de Meteorología (SNM) en Silver Spring, MD 720 AM EDT Wed Sep 30 2020 Para: Suscriptores: -Servicio de Cable Meteorológico de la NOAA -Redes de Información del Tiempo de Manejo de Emergencias -Puerto NOAA Otros socios del SNM y empleados del SNM De: Allison Allen Jefa, Marina SNM, Tropical, y Subdivisión de Servicios de Tsunami Asunto: Se solicitan comentarios hasta el 30 de Octubre de 2020 para posibles cambios en el texto de los formatos de los productos de Advertencia de Tsunami. El Servicio Nacional de Meteorología está recopilando comentarios hasta el 30 de Octubre de 2020 sobre los cambios propuestos en sus productos de Advertencia de Tsunami. Esta propuesta forma parte del esfuerzo más amplio de Simplificación de Riesgos dentro del SNM. Actualmente, el SNM emite productos de Advertencia de tsunami para alertar a las partes interesadas sobre eventos de tsunami de menor categoría que pueden representar un peligro para las comunidades costeras. En algunas situaciones, los productos de Advertencia pueden ser malinterpretados en cuanto a lo que el nivel de Advertencia significa para las poblaciones costeras, y las acciones que deben seguir. Se propone que una nueva forma de identificar el peligro, pueda reducir parte de la confusión que rodea a estos productos de categoría inferior. Por lo tanto, el SNM está solicitando comentarios sobre posibles opciones de nuevos productos de la siguiente manera: Opción A: Advertencia de Tsunami para Corrientes Fuertes [con encabezado de Tsunami] Opción B: Advertencia de Puerto y Playa [sin encabezado de Tsunami] Opción C: Advertencia de Puerto y Playa [con encabezado de Tsunami] Consulte el Documento de Descripción del Producto (PDD por sus siglas en inglés) del SNM, para obtener más detalles: https://nws.weather.gov/products/PDD/PDD_Tsunami_Advisory_Products_for_HazSimp_2020-9-25-20.pdf Puede emitir sus comentarios sobre estas opciones utilizando el siguiente enlace: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SpanishTsunami Basado en los comentarios que se reciban, el SNM podrá implementar este nuevo lenguaje de productos y el formato de texto. Para más información, puede contactarse con: Mike Angove Líder del Programa de Servicios de Tsunami SNM Silver Spring, MD 301-427-9375 Michael.Angove@noaa.gov Las Declaraciones Nacionales de Información Pública se encuentran en línea en: https://www.weather.gov/notification/ NNNN
Effective 2020/09/29
Topic: GOES-14/15/16/17 Fall 2020 Solar RFI predicted times are now available
Date/Time Issued: September 29, 2020 1522 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-14/15/16/17 Imager Data plus Ancillary Services (GVAR, SAR, LRIT, EMWIN, DCS, GRB, etc.)
Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 3, 2020 1642 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: October 17, 2020 2129 UTC
Length of Outage: See table in details.
Details/Specifics of Change: The potential for solar radio frequency interference (RFI) with a satellite downlink circuit will occur whenever the Sun passes into the beam of the ground station receiving antenna.
We received the following information from our Mission Operations Division concerning the potential for outages of the GOES data stream including GVAR (GOES Variable) Imager and Sounder, EMWIN (Emergency Managers Weather Information Network), SAR (Search and Rescue), Low Rate Information Transmission (LRIT), High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT), GOES Data Collection System (DCS), Sensor Data (SD), Telemetry and Command (T&C), Weather Facsimile (WEFAX), Data Collection Platform Report (DCPR), Multi-use data link (MDL), Raw Data Link (RDL), etc.
The Dongara Command and Data Acquisition Stations (CDAs) and Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) receiving antennas may experience periods of Solar RFI as predicted below. Solar RFI can cause loss of telemetry lock and command capability, as well as degradation or loss in the GVAR data.
Solar RFI predicted times for the Fall 2020:
SOLAR RFI PREDICTED TIMES FOR FALL 2020
| SPACECRAFT | DATE | TIME | STATION | OPERATIONAL IMPACT |
| GOES-14 | 5 OCT – 12 OCT | 1855 - 1906Z | WALLOPS | T&C |
| 5 OCT – 12 OCT | 1854 - 1905Z | SUITLAND | ||
| 5 OCT – 12 OCT | 1852 - 1904Z | FAIRMONT |
| SPACECRAFT | DATE | TIME | STATION | OPERATIONAL IMPACT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOES-15 | 3 OCT – 10 OCT | 2042 - 2053Z | WALLOPS | T&C |
| 3 OCT – 10 OCT | 2041 - 2052Z | SUITLAND | ||
| 3 OCT – 10 OCT | 2040 - 2051Z | FAIRMONT | ||
| 10 OCT – 17 OCT | 2013 - 2024Z | FAIRBANK |
| SPACECRAFT | DATE | TIME | STATION | OPERATIONAL IMPACT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOES-16 | 4 OCT – 11 OCT | 1645 - 1656Z | WALLOPS | RDL, GRB, T&C, HRIT, DCPC, |
| 4 OCT – 11 OCT | 1644 - 1655Z | SUITLAND | SAR | |
| 4 OCT – 11 OCT | 1642 - 1653Z | FAIRMONT |
| SPACECRAFT | DATE | TIME | STATION | OPERATIONAL IMPACT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOES-17 | 3 OCT – 10 OCT | 2118 - 2129Z | WALLOPS | RDL, GRB, T&C, HRIT, DCPC, |
| 3 OCT – 10 OCT | 2117 - 2128Z | SUITLAND | SAR | |
| 3 OCT – 10 OCT | 2116 - 2127Z | FAIRMONT |
Contact Information for Further Information:
For information on the status of this work, please contact ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 and SPSD.Userservices@noaa.gov
Effective 2020/09/25
NOUS41 KWBC 251720
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Public Information Statement 20-68
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
120 AM EDT Fri Sep 25 2020
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPort
Other NWS partners and NWS employees
FROM: Mike Angove, Chief (acting)
NWS Marine, Tropical, and Tsunami Services Branch
SUBJECT: Network Maintenance on September 28, 2020, to Affect Dissemination
of Tsunami Products
On or about September 28, 2020, NWS/NCO will be performing network maintenance
that will cause an outage for approximately three (3) hours from 0600z to 0900z. Some
NWS products and data will be unavailable via NOAAPort/Satellite Broadcast Network
(SBN) and NCEP Web Services during the outage. In the event of Critical Weather Day
(CWD), this maintenance will be postponed.
During the outage window, the National Tsunami Warning Center and Pacific Tsunami
Warning Center messages will be capable of alerting partners and users through:
National Warning System (NAWAS)
Alaska Warning System (AKWAS)
Hawaii Warning System (HAWAS)
Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), where applicable
NOAA Weather Radio (NWR)
Emergency Alert System (EAS)
Email subscription
Fax subscription
SMS subscription
Tsunami.gov
US National Weather Service Social media channels
Users should be advised that the National Tsunami Warning Center and Pacific
Tsunami Warning Center will not be able to communicate over internal National
Weather Service and other Federal networks, including:
Advanced Weather Information Processing System (AWIPS)
NOAA Weather Wire
NOAAPort/SBN
Aeronautical Information System Replacement (AISR)
Emergency management and alert systems and networks that rely on automation
through these services may have a delay or not receive normal messages or triggers.
During this outage window, the NWS encourages partners and users to be ready to
receive information through alternative means if a tsunami event takes place.
More details of the realignment can be found in the previously-issued SCN:
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf2/scn20-86noaaport_outageaab.pdf
For more information, please contact:
Mike Angove
NWS Tsunami Services Program Leader
Silver Spring, MD
301-427-9375
Michael.Angove@noaa.gov
National Public Information Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2020/09/24
NOUS41 KWBC 211220 AAB
PNSWSH
Service Change Notice 20-86 Updated
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
820 AM EDT Mon Sep 21 2020
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPort
Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees
From: Ben Kyger, Director
NCEP Central Operations
Subject: Updated: Outage of some NWS Products on SBN/NOAAPort
and NWS Web Services for Planned Maintenance
Effective date: September 28, 2020
Updated to change the maintenance window from September 21 to September 28 due to the declaration of a
Critical Weather Day from the tropical system in the Gulf of America.
On or about September 28, 2020, NWS/NCO will be performing network maintenance that will cause an outage
for three (3) hours from 0600z to 0900z. Some NWS products and data will be unavailable via NOAAPort/SBN
and NCEP Web Services during the outage. In the event of Critical Weather Day (CWD), this maintenance will be
postponed.
During the maintenance window, the following impacts are expected:
1) The following data sets disseminated on NOAAPort/SBN/National Weather-Wire Service (NWWS) will not be
available during the maintenance window, but will be queued to send once complete:
- Tsunami Watches/Warnings
- CAP1.2 formatted Watches, Warnings, and Advisories (WWA) messages
- Surface observation data from the FAA’s Weather Message Switching Center Replacement (WMSCR)
- Local Storm Reports (LSRs)
- Site-Specific (SPOT) Forecasts
- GOES-16, GOES-17, NOAA-20, S-NPP, and polar products (will not backfill in full)
- NCEP Integrated Dissemination Program (IDP) Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS) data
- NCEP IDP Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor System (MRMS) data
- NCEP IDP Hydrometeorological Automated Data System (HADS) data
- NCEP model data
- NOAA20 sounder satellite products
- Vaisala Lightning data
- Buoy and Ship data
- METAR data (i.e. Canadian, FAA, military)
- International model data (i.e. ECMWF data)
- Some NCEP Centers (i.e. CPC/WPC/OPC) products
To the best of our ability this list encompasses the data sets impacted but may not be fully inclusive.
2) The following data will not be available on NWS Web Services during the maintenance window, but will be
queued to send once complete:
https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov
ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov
It will also not be available for delivery to the WMO Global Telecommunication System (GTS), or NWS
Telecommunication Gateway (TG) partners to include DoD and FAA.
- Watches, Warnings, and Advisories (not including CAP1.2 format)
/data/watches_warnings
/SL.us008001/DF.c5/DC.textf/
- Radar Level 3
/SL.us008001/DF.of/DC.radar/
- NDFD products
- Upper Air products
- Observations (METARs, SPECIs, Marine, etc)
- Forecast discussion products
- WFO zone forecast products
- Terminal Area Forecast (TAF) data
- Some SPC, NHC, and AWC products
3) Watches, Warnings, and Advisories will not be available through the EDIS (Email Data Input System) application.
4) The 13Z through 15Z Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) and associated precipitation analysis products will
likely experience some degradation due to expected missing input data during the outage.
For questions regarding this migration and the detailed impacts above, please contact:
Carissa Klemmer, Chief
NCO Implementation and Data Services Branch, Dataflow Team
ncep.pmb.dataflow@noaa.gov
NWS Service Change Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2020/09/24
NOUS41 KWBC 242455 PNSWSH
Public Information Statement 20-67
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring, MD
1055 AM EDT Thu Sep 24 2020
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPort
Other NWS partners and NWS employees
From: Allison Allen
Chief, NWS Marine, Tropical, and Tsunami Services Branch
Subject: Soliciting comments through October 30, 2020 for potential changes to Tsunami Advisory text product
formats.
The NWS is collecting comments through October 30, 2020, on proposed changes to its Tsunami Advisory products.
This proposal is part of the broader Hazard Simplification effort within NWS.
NWS currently issues Tsunami Advisory products to alert stakeholders to lower magnitude tsunami events that
may pose a danger to coastal communities. In some situations, Tsunami Advisory products may be misunderstood
in terms of their expected impacts to coastal populations, along with the associated protective actions that
need to be taken. It is proposed that a new way of communicating the exact nature of the danger may reduce
some of the confusion surrounding these lower-magnitude products. Therefore, the NWS is soliciting comments on
potential new product options as follows:
Option A: Tsunami Warning for Strong Currents [with Tsunami in Header]
Option B: Harbor and Beach Warning [without Tsunami in Header]
Option C: Harbor and Beach Tsunami Warning [with Tsunami in Header]
Please see the NWS Product Description Document (PDD) for more details:
https://nws.weather.gov/products/PDD/PDD_TsunamiAdvisoryProducts_HazSimp_2020.pdf
Feedback concerning these options can be provided using the following link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tsunamiadvisory
Based on feedback received, NWS may implement this new product language and text format.
For more information, please contact:
Mike Angove NWS Tsunami Services Program Leader Silver Spring, MD 301-427-9375 Michael.Angove@noaa.gov
National Public Information Statements are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2020/07/02
NOUS41 KWBC 021720
PNSWSH
Public Information Statement 20-50
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring, MD
120 PM EDT Thu Jul 2 2020
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPort
Other NWS Partners and NWS Employees
From: Michelle Hawkins, Chief
Severe, Fire, Public, and Winter Weather Services
Branch
Subject: Seeking comments through August 2, 2020on on proposed replacement
of RIDGE I radar webpage with RIDGE II radar webpage
NWS is proposed to replace the Radar Integrated Display with Geospatial Elements
(RIDGE) Radar Version I webpage with the Version lI webpage. NWS is soliciting
comments on the proposed RIDGE II radar webpage through August 2, 2020.
RIDGE I operational URL: https://radar.weather.gov
RIDGE II preview URL**: https://preview-radar.weather.gov/
**At this time the URL is currently only intended for users to provide feedback. Users
should not set up operational feeds from it.
The RIDGE Version II would replace RIDGE Version I of FLASH with HTML5 and
Javascript with a web-based and mobile-friendly display that uses Multi-Radar
MultiSensor (MRMS) datasets on an interactive map containing Open Geospatial
Consortium (OGC) compliant layers. Along with the included radar products, users
would also have the ability to display NWS long- and short-fused Watches, Warnings,
and Advisories.
The web map is optimized for small and large screen devices. Users can bookmark a
particular perspective of the map or select and save the perspective of a particular
radar. As a result, there would no longer be a need for the individual web pages that
display specific Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) products. These
webpages (ex. https://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=aaa; where ‘aaa’ is the 3-letter
identifier of the radar) will be discontinued along with RIDGE I.
For further details, please see the Product Description Document:
https://nws.weather.gov/products/PDD/PDD_ExpRidgeII_2020.pdf
The preview geoTIF images can be accessed at:
https://mrmst.ncep.noaa.gov/data/RIDGEII/
If approved for replacement, the NWS will issue a Service Change Notice (SCN)
detailing when the RIDGE II webpage will be supported operationally. The SCN would
also specify the transition period from RIDGE I to RIDGE II. At that point, the current
RIDGE I webpage (https://radar.weather.gov) would run in-parallel with the new RIDGE
II webpage for 75 days to enable users to transition to RIDGE II. At the end of the 75
days RIDGE II will replace RIDGE I.
The NWS will evaluate all comments during this period and will determine any additional
and immediate need for changes, based on public feedback. Please provide feedback
through the NWS survey at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ProposedRidge2
For questions regarding the information in this notice, please contact:
Greg Schoor
NWS Severe Weather Services Program Leader
Norman, OK 73072
gregory.m.schoor@noaa.gov
or
IDP GIS Support Team
NOAA/NWS/IDP
Silver Spring, MD
idp.gis.support@noaa.gov
NWS Public Information Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2020/06/30
NOUS41 KWBC 291645 AAC PNSWSH
Public Information Statement 20-14 Updated National Weather Service Headquarters
Silver Spring MD 1145 AM EDT Mon Jun 29 2020
To:
Subscribers: -NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPort
Other NWS Partners and NWS Employees
From: Allison Allen, Chief
Marine, Tropical and Tsunami Weather Services Branch
Subject: Updated: Soliciting Comments on Proposal to Change
Small Craft Advisory to Small Craft Warning through
August 31, 2020
Updated to extend deadline to August 31, 2020.
The NWS is considering a major change to the Watch, Warning and Advisory (WWA) system
(for information on this and other proposed changes, see: https://www.weather.gov/hazardsimplification/.
The proposed new system would remove the terms "Advisory," "Special Weather Statement," and "NOWcast" as
headlines, and streamline all subWatch and sub-Warning information into a single, plain-language Statement,
with a few exceptions. One exception to this change includes the marine Small Craft Advisory (SCA), one
of the advisories included in the Marine Weather Message (MWW) product and the Coastal Waters Forecast (CWF)
product.
Due to the critical nature and use of the information of the Small Craft Advisory and that associated conditions
require vessels of a certain size to take protective action, NWS proposes to rename this advisory to Small Craft
Warning instead of converting it to a plain-language statement. The NWS regional criteria for issuing Small Craft
Warnings would remain the same as it is for Small Craft Advisories.
Here is a link to the current regional SCA criteria: https://www.weather.gov/marine/faq#13
At this time, the NWS is soliciting specific feedback on the proposal to change a Small Craft Advisory to a Small
Craft Warning, including the headlines.
A description of the proposal to change Small Craft Advisory to Small Craft Warning, product examples,
and requirements explanation can be found at the following link:
https://nws.weather.gov/products/PDD/PDD_ProposaltoChangeSmallCraftAdvisorytoWarning_2020.pdf
To provide feedback to this proposal, take the survey at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VZGX6BF
Darren Wright
NWS Marine Program Leader Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-427-9283 darren.wright@noaa.gov
National Public Information Notices are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2020/06/11
NOUS41 KWBC 061500
PNSWSH
Public Information Statement 20-43
National Weather Service Headquarters, Silver Spring, MD
1100 AM EDT Thu Jun 11 2020
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPort
Other NWS Partners and NWS Employees
From: Eli Jacks, Chief,
Forecast Services Division
Subject: Soliciting comments through August 21, 2020, on proposed major changes to the NWS Watch,
Warning, and Advisory (WWA) system.
As the core outcome of the Hazard Simplification (Haz Simp) project, the NWS is collecting comments
through August 21, 2020, on the proposed discontinuation of "Advisory, "
"Special Weather Statement, " and "Short Term Forecast" headlines. In their place,
NWS proposes the use of generic, plain language statements to convey information for lower-level
hazardous events that are not expected to reach the “Watch” or "Warning" levels.
All current "Watch" and "Warning" products, used to highlight hazards that pose a
threat to life and property, would remain unchanged.
The purpose of this proposal is to address extensive social science research, which indicated three
main concerns:
1) Large number of existing WWA products can create confusion for NWS partners and the public
2) Formats of WWA and other key messaging products are inconsistent
3) WWA headlines can be misunderstood, leading to unintended protective action or lack thereof.
More details on this proposal, along with a library of examples showing how current messages would
transition to plain language statements, can be found in the Product Description Document (PDD):
https://nws.weather.gov/products/PDD/PDD_Proposed_FinalHazSimpProposal_2020.pdf
Comments and feedback on these proposed changes may be directed to the NWS via an online survey form at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/publichazsimp
Please send questions on this proposed change vy by August 21, 2020, to hazsimp@noaa.gov
National Service Change Notices are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2020/06/01
NOUS41 KWBC 011235
PNSWSH
Public Information Statement 20-37
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
835 AM EDT Mon Jun 1 2020
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Services
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPort
Other NWS Partners and NWS employees
From: Allison Allen, Chief
NWS Marine, Tropical, and Tsunami Services Branch
Subject: NWS is Soliciting Feedback from Specified Partner Sectors
on their Use of NWS Tropical Products and Services
through June 30, 2021.
The NWS Tropical Services Program is accepting comments from specified partner
sectors through June 30, 2021, on their use of NWS tropical products and services.
Tropical products are used by a variety of users including broadcast media, emergency
management/public safety officials, and software/web/app developers. The NWS is now
seeking feedback specifically from these users on how tropical products and services
are accessed and used during high-impact events.
There are three specific target sectors for this survey:
(1) Users who communicate the information from NWS tropical products directly to the
public,
(2) Emergency management officials that use information from NWS tropical products to
make and message public safety decisions, and
(3) Those who repackage the information from the NWS tropical products primarily
through parsing (i.e., the use of software or other tools to automatically process
products to extract all or parts of the product).
The survey is available at the following link and will remain open until June 30, 2021:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NWSTropicalProducts
The NWS Hurricane Harvey Service Assessment Finding 2 stated “...local tropical
products were not widely used by the media and other core partners during Hurricane
Harvey.” The assessment goes on to recommend that “Local offices, Regional
Headquarters, and the NWS Tropical Program should determine whether partners’ lack
of use of local tropical products was peculiar to Hurricane Harvey or represents a
broader condition affecting other coastal areas.” The Hurricane Harvey NWS Service
Assessment can be found here:
https://www.weather.gov/media/publications/assessments/harvey6-18.pdf
The results of this survey will be used to gain a general understanding of how specific
partner sectors use and access NWS tropical products, and to make an informed
decision on specific changes that may be needed to ensure the products are effective
and meeting partners’ needs. Proposed changes to NWS products/services will be open
for broader public comment before implementation.
The NWS Tropical Services Program provides programmatic leadership for the nation‘s
tropical weather program, which includes operations at the National Hurricane Center
(NHC), the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC), and NWS Weather Forecast
Offices (WFOs). Please send comments and questions regarding this survey to the
Tropical Services Program at:
Tropical.Program@noaa.gov
Public Information Statements are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2020/05/20
NOUS41 KWBC 201530
PNSWSH
Public Information Statement 20-35
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
1130 AM EDT Wed May 20 2020
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPort
Other NWS Partners and NWS Employees
From: Eli Jacks Chief, Forecast Services Division
Subject: Announcing partner webinars in June and July 2020, on
proposed major changes to the NWS Watch, Warning and
Advisory (WWA) system
Over the past 6 years, the NWS Hazard Simplification (Haz Simp)
Project has use a series of social science engagements with
forecasters, core partners, and other stakeholders to explore
possible improvements to the NWS Watch, Warning and Advisory
(WWA) system. This research found users believe there are too
many WWA products, message formats are inconsistent, and WWA
headlines can be confusing. In particular, the "Advisory"
headline was found to be widely misunderstood and even conflated
with "Watch".
Based on these results, the Haz Simp Team has developed a
proposal to streamline and simplify the WWA system. A 1-page
handout summarizing the proposed changes is available for
download here:
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/ref/Hazard_Simplification_Proposal.pdf
All NWS partners and stakeholders (including but not limited to
emergency managers, media and other private sector partners,
first responders, DOT personnel, water managers, and other
federal, state, and local government and tribal officials) are
invited to attend a Partner Webinar to learn about the proposed
changes and offer feedback.
There are 5 interactive webinars to choose from, each of which
will cover the same material:
2 PM EDT Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7470303407718075147
12 PM EDT Thursday, June 4th, 2020
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5763166470061493517
1 PM EDT Wednesday, June 17th, 2020
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8322712991291493901
11 AM EDT Thursday, July 9th, 2020
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4963693973319545869
12 PM EDT Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2408615867344992013;
The proposed changes have not been finalized. Our decision will
be heavily based on user feedback, which makes wide
participation in these webinars so important.
While these webinars are for NWS partners, NWS will also solicit
comments/feedback from the general public regarding this
proposal. More information on this process will be released via
a separate Public Information Statement in the coming weeks.
For more information on the Haz Simp Project, please visit
www.weather.gov/hazardsimplification/.
Questions, concerns, and other feedback are encouraged, and
should be sent to:
hazsimp@noaa.gov
National Public Information Statements are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2020/04/23
NOXX10 KWBC 231145
Data Management Message 04-20.01
To: RA-IV EMWIN, GNC-A and GIFS Customers
From: GISC/RTH Washington Data Management
Subject: Bulletins on EMWIN, GNC-A and GIFS Impacted by
PSN20-19 - Public Comments Due by April 30, 2020
1. The US NWS released PSN20-19 on April 1, 2020, identifying
groups of Global Forecast System (GFS) products for removal and
soliciting public comments on this proposed action through April
30, 2020. A copy of the PNS is available here:
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pns20-17gfs_product_removal.pdf
2. The specific set of products identified in PNS20-19 which are
currently on the NWS EMWIN, GNC-A and GIFS dissemination services,
are identified below for your review in consideration of submitting
a response to PSN20-19:
WMO HEADER SERVICE WMO HEADER SERVICE
FBAS21-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBPA28-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBAS22-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBPA29-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBAS23-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBPA30-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBAS24-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBPA31-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBCA11-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA32-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBCA12-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA33-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBCA13-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA34-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBCA14-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA35-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBCA21-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA36-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBCA22-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA37-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBCA23-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA38-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBCA24-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA39-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBCA25-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA40-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBCA26-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA41-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBCA27-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA42-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBCA28-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA43-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBEU21-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBPA44-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBEU22-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBPA45-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBEU23-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBPA46-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBEU24-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBPA47-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNA11-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA48-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNA12-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA49-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNA13-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBPA50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
WMO HEADER SERVICE WMO HEADER SERVICE
FBNA14-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBPA51-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNA21-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA52-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNA22-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBPA53-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNA23-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBPA54-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNA24-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBPA55-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNA25-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBPA56-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNA26-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBPA57-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNA27-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBPA58-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNA28-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS FBSA21-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT11-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBSA22-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT12-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBSA23-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT13-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBSA24-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT14-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBUS11-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT15-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN FBUS12-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT16-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN YHPA50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT17-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN YHPB50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT18-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN YHPC50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT21-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN YHPD50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT22-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN YHPE50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT23-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN YHPF50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT24-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN YHPG50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT25-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN YHPH50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT26-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN YHPI50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT27-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN YHPJ50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT28-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN YHPK50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT29-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN YHPL50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT30-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN YHPM50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT31-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN YHPN50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBNT32-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS/EMWIN YHPO50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA11-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS YHPP50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA12-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS YHPQ50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA13-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS YHPR50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA14-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS YHPS50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA15-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS YHPT50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA16-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS YHPU50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA17-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS YHPV50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA18-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS YHPW50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA19-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS YHPX50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA20-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS YHPY50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA21-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS ZHPM50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA22-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS ZHPN50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA23-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS ZHPT50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA24-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS ZHPU50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA25-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS ZHPV50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA26-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS ZHPW50-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
FBPA27-KWBC GNC-A/GIFS
3. Refer to PNS20-19 for additional information including where
to send comments and responses to the proposed actions.
4. Questions or comments on the content of this Bulletin may be
addressed to: nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
For NOAAPORT and NON-AWIPS Customers - if you have any
questions regarding distribution or would like to add these
products to your datastream please contact Data Management
at https://w2.weather.gov/datamgmt/notices
Data Management
NCO Production Management Branch College Park MD
GISC/RTH Washington Sends
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Effective 2019/12/18
NOXX10 KWBC 182052
Data Management Message 12-19.01
To: Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) Customers
From: GISC/RTH Washington Data Management
Subject: Enterprise EMWIN Services Image and Image Archive
File Availability Issues.
1. Enterprise EMWIN (eEMWIN) is experiencing image file and image
archive file availability issues.
a. Image Files. Multiple image files have been identified as
missing from Virtual Channel 21 on the GOES-East and GOES-West
HRIT/EMWIN satellite broadcast and FTP Server image archive files.
Efforts are underway to isolate and correct this issue. A full
listing of the image files and their respective public URLs
appears in the
"EMWIN_Image_and_Text_Data_Capture_Catalog_v1.3b_r180817"
on the NWS EMWIN web page under the Documents tab. Users are
encouraged to use the image URL links to download the missing
files until this EMWIN service issue is resolved:
NWS EMWIN Web Page:
https://www.weather.gov/emwin/
b. Image Archive File. The three-hour image archive file
named "imghrs03.zip" on the EMWIN anonymous FTP file server
is updated at the top of the hour. The update process has
been noted to post in multiple successive increments, as the
products are written to the archive file. If observed over
time the file may grow in size after the top of the hour.
The final complete file should post not later than 10 minutes
past the top of the hour. To reduce the possibility of downloading
an incomplete file, users are encouraged to download the file no
earlier than 10 minutes past the top of the hour.
NWS EMWIN FTP File Server:
https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/OPS/
2. Actions are underway to isolate and resolve these issues.
A notification will be released as these issues are resolved.
3. Questions or comments on this Bulletin may be addressed
to: nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
For NOAAPORT and NON-AWIPS Customers - if you have any
questions regarding distribution or would like to add these
products to your datastream please contact Data Management
at ncep.pmb.dm@noaa.gov.
This information is also posted on the NWS Data Management
change notices web page. The url is listed below.
https://w2.weather.gov/datamgmt/notices
Data Management
NCO Production Management Branch College Park MD
GISC/RTH Washington Sends
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Effective 2019/11/25
2019/12/02 17Z
DM11-19.01 Legacy EMWIN Service Termination effective December 2, 2019
NOXX10 KWBC 251410
Data Management Message 11-19.01
To: Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN)
Customers
From: GISC/RTH Washington Data Management
Subject: Legacy EMWIN Service Termination effective
December 2, 2019
Legacy EMWIN customers are reminded that the NWS Legacy EMWIN
services will terminate effective 1700-UTC, December 2, 2019.
The individual services include:
-EMWIN Satellite Broadcast Service (1692.7 MHz, GOES-14/15)
-EMWIN File Transfer Protocol (FTP) archive file server
-EMWIN ByteBlaster and HostMaster public Internet dissemination
services at NWS Headquarters
Please refer to Service Change Notice (SCN) 19-88 for additional
information:
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/scn19-
88emwin_serv_end.pdf
Questions or comments on this Bulletin may be addressed to:
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
For NOAAPORT and NON-AWIPS Customers - if you have any
questions regarding distribution or would like to add these
products to your datastream please contact Data Management
at ncep.pmb.dm@noaa.gov.
This information is also posted on the NWS Data Management
change notices web page. the url is listed below.
https://w2.weather.gov/datamgmt/notices
Data Management
NCO Production Management Branch College Park MD
GISC/RTH Washington Sends
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Effective 2019/10/24
NOUS41 KWBC 241515
PNSWSH
Service Change Notice 19-88
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring, MD
1115 AM EDT Thu Oct 24 2019
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS partners and NWS employees
From: Michelle Mainelli
Director, Office of Dissemination
Subject: Legacy EMWIN Service Termination effective
December 2, 2019
The NWS Legacy EMWIN services will terminate effective 1700Z
December 2, 2019. The individual services include:
-EMWIN Satellite Broadcast Service (1692.7 MHz, GOES-14/15)
-EMWIN File Transfer Protocol (FTP) archive file server
-EMWIN ByteBlaster and HostMaster public Internet dissemination
services at NWS Headquarters
On August 29, 2019, the NWS follow-on enterprise EMWIN
(eEMWIN)services were placed into operations following the
release of a public notification issued on August 29, 2019, via
Service Change Notice:
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/scn19-53emwin_goesaab.pdf
The new eEMWIN services consist of:
-eEMWIN satellite broadcast service on the NESDIS GOES-East and
GOES-West HRIT/EMWIN Broadcast (1694.1 MHz, GOES-16/17)
-eEMWIN anonymous FTP archive file server
NWS will provide more than 90 days of parallel operations of the
legacy EMWIN services and the updated eEMWIN services before
terminating the legacy EMWIN services on December 2, 2019. This
overlap should provide users the opportunity to acquire,
install, operate and transition to the new HRIT/EMWIN receiving
system and software, with minimal impact to current operations.
The following NWS Internet-based resources are available for
acquiring the products provided by Legacy EMWIN ByteBlaster.
a. NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) Operational Interface (OI):
public Internet file push service. The reference web page for
account registration is:
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwws/
b. eEMWIN File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Bulletin Archive: public
Internet file pull service
https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/OPS/
c. Global Telecommunication Service (GTS) Internet File Service
(GIFS): public Internet file pull service:
https://ra4-gifs.weather.gov/data/RMTN/
d. EMWIN binary products may be downloaded directly from the
public web pages accessed by EMWIN, which are documented in the
"EMWIN Image and Text Data Capture Catalog," listed here:
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents
Questions or comments on the alternative services may be
addressed to NWS EMWIN Support:
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
Additional information on the new eEMWIN services can be found on
Documents tab on the NWS EMWIN web page:
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents
Questions or comments on the information contained in this bulletin may be addressed to:
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
National Service Change Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
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Effective 2019/10/16
NOXX10 KWBC 101831 NOXX10/KWBC/101831 Data Management Message 10-19.01 To: GEONETCast Americas (GNC-A) Customers From: GISC/RTH Washington Data Management Subject: GNC-A Service Interruption Commencing 1200 UTC, October 16, 2019 A planned upgrade of the NESDIS GNC-A uplink station equipment is scheduled to commence at 1200 UTC, October 16, 2019, and will last approximately 30 minutes. A GNC-A service interruption of 10 minutes is expected during this maintenance period. Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 16, 2019 1200-UTC (8:00am ET) Date/Time of Expected End: October 16, 2019 1230-UTC (8:30am ET) Length of Disruption: 10 minutes Information contained in this bulletin is posted on https://www.weather.gov/iscs/ Questions or comments on this Bulletin may be addressed to: iscs.dm@noaa.gov For NOAAPORT and NON-AWIPS Customers - if you have any questions regarding distribution or would like to add these products to your datastream please contact Data Management at ncep.pmb.dm@noaa.gov. This information is also posted on the NWS Data Management change notices web page. the url is listed below. https://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml Data Management NCO Production Management Branch College Park, MD GISC/RTH Washington Sends
Effective 10/1/2019
Effective 2019/10/1 NOXX10 KWBC 301000 Data Management Message 09-19.01 To: Emergency Managers Weather Information Network /EMWIN/ Customers From: GISC/RTH Washington Data Management Subject: Legacy EMWIN Service Disruption Commencing 1300 UTC October 1 2019 A planned repair and upgrade of NWS Network Services is scheduled to commence at 1300 UTC, October 1 2019.. and will last approximately 8 hours. A service disruption of 30 to 60 minutes is expected during this maintenance period which may block services or prevent some products from appearing on Legacy EMWIN. The following Legacy EMWIN services may be impacted: a. GOES-14/15 EMWIN Satellite Broadcast b. ByteBlaster c. File Transfer Protocol /FTP/ File service. Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 1 2019 1300-UTC /9:00am ET/ Date/Time of Expected End: October 1 2019 2100-UTC /5:00pm ET/ Length of Disruption: 1 Hour Users relying on Legacy EMWIN services should utilize alternate NWS dissemination services such as the new NWS enterprise EMWIN /eEMWIN/ services or the NOAA Weather Wire Service /NWWS/.. to assure continuous receipt of timely weather and water warnings and alerts.. throughout this period. If a Critical Weather Day is identified to take place during this maintenance event.. the event may be rescheduled. Information contained in this bulletin is posted on https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/index.html#notices https://www.nws.noaa.gov/iscs/index.html Questions or comments on this Bulletin may be addressed to: nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov For NOAAPORT and NON-AWIPS Customers - if you have any questions regarding distribution or would like to add these products to your datastream please contact Data Management at ncep.pmb.dm@noaa.gov. This information is also posted on the NWS Data Management change notices web page. the url is listed below. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml Data Management NCO Production Management Branch College Park GISC/RTH Washington Sends NNNN
Effective 08/28/2019
NOUS41 KWBC 271740 AAB PNSWSH Service Change Notice 19-53 Updated National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring, MD 140 PM EDT Tue Aug 27 2019 To: Subscribers: -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network -NOAAPORT Other NWS partners and NWS employees From: Ben Kyger Director, NCEP Central Operations Subject: Updated: Enterprise EMWIN Service Transition to Operations for GOES-East and GOES-West Satellite Broadcasts Effective: August 29, 2019 Updated to reflect the effective date of the eEMWIN services becoming operational from TBD to August 29, 2019. Users will be notified via a different SCN for information relating to the discontinuation date of the legacy EMWIN services through GOES- 14 and GOES-15. Effective on or about August 29, 2019, the NWS enterprise Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (eEMWIN) service is scheduled to transition to an operational NCEP Central Operations Integrated Dissemination Program (IDP) platform. The IDP eEMWIN dissemination service operates through a public facing NWS web dervice and over the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R (GOES-R) Series satellites. The present operational GOES-R Series satellites are: GOES-East (GOES-16) at 75.2 degrees West longitude GOES-West (GOES-17) at 137.2 degrees West longitude HRIT-EMWIN SERVICE PHASE-IN The NWS eEMWIN HRIT-EMWIN broadcast and data hosted on the public facing NWS web service will be supported operationally. Users transitioning to the High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT) EMWIN broadcast service will require an HRIT-EMWIN receiving station. HRIT-EMWIN system requirements and user information are available from NESDIS. Some information on HRIT- EMWIN receiving station equipment available for purchase is provided on the NWS EMWIN Web Services: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#hrit-emwin The NWS does not endorse or recommend any products or services appearing on this website. The assigned EMWIN Virtual Channel Identifiers (VCID) on the broadcast are: VCID-20: Priority 1 and 2 text products (see note 1 and 2) VCID-21: Image products (see note 1 and 3) VCID-22: Priority 3 and 4 text products (see note 1 and 2) Notes: 1. The products on the GOES-16/17 HRIT-EMWIN broadcast should not be used for operational purposes before the effective date. 2. Text product information is available in the "EMWIN Text Product Catalog" on the following web site: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents 3. Image product information is available in the "EMWIN Image and Text Data Capture Catalog" https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents The NWS web services hosting HRIT-EMWIN satellite broadcast products for download are available here: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/ ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/ - By the effective date, the products will begin populating the "OPS" directory. - During the 30-day evaluation period, the products will be available in the "QA" directory. The products on the eEMWIN Web Service should not be used for operational purposes before the eEMWIN services effective date. Further information on the eEMWIN web service is available in the "eEMWIN FTP Service Description Document" at: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents User wishing to provide comments on the product and services during the 30-day evaluation period, please contact: Carissa Klemmer NCEP Central Operations idp-support@noaa.gov carissa.l.klemmer@noaa.gov and Robert Gillespie nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov Questions on the information contained in this bulletin may be addressed to: nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov National Service Change Notices are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/ NNNN
Effective 2019/07/24
NOUS41 KWBC 111710 AAA
PNSWSH
Service Change Notice 19-53 Updated
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring, MD
110 PM EDT Thu Jul 11 2019
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS partners and NWS employees
From: Ben Kyger
Director, NCEP Central Operations
Subject: Updated: Enterprise EMWIN Service Transition to
Operations for GOES-East and GOES-West Satellite
Broadcasts Effective on a date to be determined (TBD)
Updated to reflect the effective date of the eEMWIN services
becoming operational from July 24, 2019 to TBD; an updated SCN
will be issue when a new date is set.
Effective on a date to be determined, the NWS enterprise
Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (eEMWIN) service
is scheduled to transition to an operational NCEP Central
Operations Integrated Dissemination Program (IDP) platform. The
eEMWIN dissemination service operates through a public facing
NWS web service and over the National Environmental Satellite,
Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite R (GOES-R) Series satellites. The
present operational GOES-R Series satellites are:
GOES-East (GOES-16) at 75.2 degrees West longitude
GOES-West (GOES-17) at 137.2 degrees West longitude
HRIT-EMWIN SERVICE PHASE-IN
On July 30, 2019, the NWS eEMWIN service enters a 30-day system
stability evaluation period. On a date to be determined, after
a successful evaluation period, the NWS eEMWIN HRIT-EMWIN
broadcast and public facing NWS web service will be operational.
Users transitioning to the High Rate Information Transmission
(HRIT) EMWIN broadcast service will require an HRIT-EMWIN
receiving station. HRIT-EMWIN system requirements and user
information are available from NESDIS. Some information on
HRITEMWIN receiving station equipment available for purchase is
provided on the NWS EMWIN Web Services:
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#hrit-emwin
The NWS does not endorse or recommend any products or services
appearing on this website.
The assigned EMWIN Virtual Channel Identifiers (VCIDs) on the
broadcast are:
VCID-20 - Priority 1 and 2 text products (see note 1 and 2)
VCID-21 - Image products (see note 1 and 3)
VCID-22 - Priority 3 and 4 text products (see note 1 and 2)
Notes:
1. The products on the GOES-16/17 HRIT-EMWIN broadcast should
not be used for operational purposes prior to the effective date.
2. Text product information is available in the EMWIN Text
Product Catalog on the following web site:
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents
3. Image product information is available in the EMWIN Image and
Text Data Capture Catalog on the following web site:
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents
The NWS Web Services hosting HRIT-EMWIN satellite broadcast
products for download are available here:
https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/
ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/
- By the effective date, the products will begin populating
the OPS directory.
- During the 30-day evaluation period, the products will be
available in the QA directory.
The products on the eEMWIN Web Service should not be used for
operational purposes prior to the eEMWIN Services effective
date. Further information on the eEMWIN Web Service is
available in the eEMWIN FTP Service Description Document on the
following web site:
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents
User wishing to provide comments on the product and services
during the 30-day evaluation period, please contact:
Carissa Klemmer
NCEP Central Operations
idp-support@noaa.gov
carissa.l.klemmer@noaa.gov
and
Robert Gillespie
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
Questions on the information contained in this bulletin may be
addressed to:
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
National Service Change Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
NNNN
Effective 2019/07/23
NOXX10 KWBC 231355
Data Management Message 07-19.02
To: Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN)
Customers
From: GISC/RTH Washington Data Management
Subject: GOES-16 and GOES-17 Possible Maintenance Outages Commencing
1400 UTC, July 23, 2019
Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-17 Possible Outages or Anomalies on July
23rd Due to GOES R Ground Troubleshooting
Date/Time Issued: Jul 22, 2019 20:34:00 UTC
Product or Data Impacted: All GOES 16 and 17 Data may be susceptible
to outages or anomalies on July 23rd during the hours shown below
due to ongoing intrusive troubleshooting activities being perform
by the GOES R teams.
If actual outages or anomalies are realized, official Notifications
will be sent proving the details.
Date/Time of Initial Impact: Jul 23, 2019 14:00:00 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: Jul 23, 2019 22:00:00 UTC
Length of the Outage/Event: 8 Hrs 0 Mins
Details/Specifics of Change: No details can be provided at this time
other than the times of the possible intrusive activities.
Contact information for further information: ross.cox@noaa.gov
Questions or comments on this Bulletin may be addressed to:
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
This information is also posted on the NWS Data Management
change notices web page. The URL is listed below.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml
Data Management
NCO Production Management Branch College Park
GISC/RTH Washington Sends
NNNN
Effective 2019/07/24
NOXX10 KWBC 251610
DM06-19.03 Enterprise EMWIN Service Transition to Operations for
GOES-East and GOES-West Satellite Broadcasts Effective: July 24, 2019
NOUS41/KWBC/251600
PNSWSH
Service Change Notice 19-53
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring, MD
1200 PM EDT Tue Jun 25 2019
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS partners and NWS employees
From: Ben Kyger
Director, NCEP Central Operations
Subject: Enterprise EMWIN Service Transition to Operations
for GOES-East and GOES-West Satellite Broadcasts
Effective: July 24, 2019
Effective on or about July 24, 2019, the National Weather Service
(NWS) enterprise Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
(eEMWIN) service is scheduled to transition to an operational
NCEP Central Operations Integrated Dissemination Program (IDP)
platform. The eEMWIN dissemination service operates through a
public facing NWS Web Service and over the National Environmental
Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite R (GOES-R) Series satellites.
The present operational GOES-R Series satellites are:
GOES-East (GOES-16) at 75.2 degrees West longitude
GOES-West (GOES-17) at 137.2 degrees West longitude
HRIT-EMWIN SERVICE PHASE-IN
On June 20, 2019, the NWS eEMWIN Service entered a 30-day system
stability evaluation period. On or about the effective date above,
after a successful evaluation period, the NWS eEMWIN HRIT-EMWIN
broadcast and public facing NWS Web Service will be declared
operational.
Users transitioning to the High Rate Information Transmission
(HRIT) EMWIN broadcast service will require an HRIT-EMWIN receiving
station. HRIT-EMWIN system requirements and user information are
available from NESDIS. Some information on HRIT-EMWIN receiving
station equipment available for purchase is provided on the NWS
EMWIN Web Services:
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#hrit-emwin
The NWS does not endorse or recommend any products or services
appearing on this website.
The assigned EMWIN Virtual Channel Identifiers (VCIDs) on the
broadcast are:
VCID-20 – Priority 1 and 2 text products (see note 1 and 2)
VCID-21 – Image products (see note 1 and 3)
VCID-22 – Priority 3 and 4 text products (see note 1 and 2)
Notes:
1 – The products on the GOES-16/17 HRIT-EMWIN broadcast should not
be used for operational purposes prior to the eEMWIN Service being
declared operational by the NWS.
2 – Text product information is available in the "EMWIN Text Product
Catalog" on the following web site:
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents
3 – Image product information is available in the "EMWIN Image and
Text Data Capture Catalog" on the following web site:
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents
The NWS Web Services hosting HRIT-EMWIN satellite broadcast products
for download are available here:
https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/
ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/
- On the effective date, the products will begin populating the
"OPS" directory.
- During the 30-day evaluation period, the products will be
available in the "QA" directory.
The products on the eEMWIN Web Service should not be used for
operational purposes prior to the eEMWIN service being declared
operational by the NWS. Further information on the eEMWIN Web
Service is available in the "eEMWIN FTP Service Description
Document" on the following web site:
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents
User wishing to provide comments on the product and services during
the 30-day evaluation period, please contact:
Carissa Klemmer
NCEP Central Operations
idp-support@noaa.gov
carissa.l.klemmer@noaa.gov
and
Robert Gillespie
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
Questions on the information contained in this bulletin may be
addressed to:
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
National Service Change Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/
NNNN
Effective 2019/07/11
Updated: Enterprise EMWIN Service Transition to Operations for GOES-East and GOES-West Satellite Broadcasts Effective on a date to be determined (TBD)
NOUS41 KWBC 111710 AAA PNSWSH Service Change Notice 19-53 Updated National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring, MD 110 PM EDT Thu Jul 11 2019
| To: | Subscribers: |
| -NOAA Weather Wire Service | |
| -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network | |
| -NOAAPORT | |
| Other NWS partners and NWS employees | |
| From: | Ben Kyger |
| Director, NCEP Central Operations | |
| Subject: | Updated: Enterprise EMWIN Service Transition to |
| Operations for GOES-East and GOES-West Satellite | |
| Broadcasts Effective on a date to be determined (TBD) |
Updated to reflect the effective date of the eEMWIN services becoming operational from July 24, 2019 to TBD; an updated SCN will be issue when a new date is set. Effective on a date to be determined, the NWS enterprise Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (eEMWIN) service is scheduled to transition to an operational NCEP Central Operations Integrated Dissemination Program (IDP) platform. The eEMWIN dissemination service operates through a public facing NWS web service and over the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R (GOES-R) Series satellites. The present operational GOES-R Series satellites are GOES-East (GOES-16) at 75.2 degrees West longitude GOES-West (GOES-17) at 137.2 degrees West longitude HRIT-EMWIN SERVICE PHASE-IN On July 30, 2019, the NWS eEMWIN service enters a 30-day system stability evaluation period. On a date to be determined, after a successful evaluation period, the NWS eEMWIN HRIT-EMWIN broadcast and public facing NWS web service will be operational. Users transitioning to the High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT) EMWIN broadcast service will require an HRIT-EMWIN receiving station. HRIT-EMWIN system requirements and user information are available from NESDIS. Some information on HRIT- EMWIN receiving station equipment available for purchase is provided on the NWS EMWIN Web Services: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#hrit-emwin The NWS does not endorse or recommend any products or services appearing on this website. The assigned EMWIN Virtual Channel Identifiers (VCIDs) on the broadcast are: VCID-20 Priority 1 and 2 text products (see note 1 and 2) VCID-21 Image products (see note 1 and 3) VCID-22 Priority 3 and 4 text products (see note 1 and 2) Notes: 1. The products on the GOES-16/17 HRIT-EMWIN broadcast should not be used for operational purposes prior to the effective date. 2. Text product information is available in the EMWIN Text Product Catalog on the following web site: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents 3. Image product information is available in the EMWIN Image and Text Data Capture Catalog on the following web site: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents The NWS Web Services hosting HRIT-EMWIN satellite broadcast products for download are available here: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/ ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/ - By the effective date, the products will begin populating the OPS directory. - During the 30-day evaluation period, the products will be available in the QA directory. The products on the eEMWIN Web Service should not be used for operational purposes prior to the eEMWIN Services effective date. Further information on the eEMWIN Web Service is available in the eEMWIN FTP Service Description Document on the following web site: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents User wishing to provide comments on the product and services during the 30-day evaluation period, please contact: Carissa Klemmer NCEP Central Operations idp-support@noaa.gov carissa.l.klemmer@noaa.gov and Robert Gillespie nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov Questions on the information contained in this bulletin may be addressed to: nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov National Service Change Notices are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/ NNNN
Effective 2019/06/25
Enterprise EMWIN Service Transition to Operations for GOES-East and GOES-West Satellite Broadcasts Effective: 2019/07/24 00Z UTC
NOXX10 KWBC 251610 DM06-19.03 Enterprise EMWIN Service Transition to Operations for GOES-East and GOES-West Satellite Broadcasts Effective: July 24, 2019 NOUS41/KWBC/251600 PNSWSH Service Change Notice 19-53 National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring, MD 1200 PM EDT Tue Jun 25 2019
| To: | Subscribers: |
| -NOAA Weather Wire Service | |
| -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network | |
| -NOAAPORT | |
| Other NWS partners and NWS employees |
| From: | Ben Kyger |
| Director, NCEP Central Operations | |
| Subject: | Enterprise EMWIN Service Transition to Operations |
| for GOES-East and GOES-West Satellite Broadcasts | |
| Effective: July 24, 2019 |
Effective on or about July 24, 2019, the National Weather Service (NWS) enterprise Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (eEMWIN) service is scheduled to transition to an operational NCEP Central Operations Integrated Dissemination Program (IDP) platform. The eEMWIN dissemination service operates through a public facing NWS Web Service and over the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R (GOES-R) Series satellites. The present operational GOES-R Series satellites are: GOES-East (GOES-16) at 75.2 degrees West longitude GOES-West (GOES-17) at 137.2 degrees West longitude HRIT-EMWIN SERVICE PHASE-IN On June 20, 2019, the NWS eEMWIN Service entered a 30-day system stability evaluation period. On or about the effective date above, after a successful evaluation period, the NWS eEMWIN HRIT-EMWIN broadcast and public facing NWS Web Service will be declared operational. Users transitioning to the High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT) EMWIN broadcast service will require an HRIT-EMWIN receiving station. HRIT-EMWIN system requirements and user information are available from NESDIS. Some information on HRIT-EMWIN receiving station equipment available for purchase is provided on the NWS EMWIN Web Services: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#hrit-emwin The NWS does not endorse or recommend any products or services appearing on this website. The assigned EMWIN Virtual Channel Identifiers (VCIDs) on the broadcast are: VCID-20 Priority 1 and 2 text products (see note 1 and 2) VCID-21 Image products (see note 1 and 3) VCID-22 Priority 3 and 4 text products (see note 1 and 2) Notes: 1 The products on the GOES-16/17 HRIT-EMWIN broadcast should not be used for operational purposes prior to the eEMWIN Service being declared operational by the NWS. 2 Text product information is available in the EMWIN Text Product Catalog on the following web site: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents 3 Image product information is available in the EMWIN Image and Text Data Capture Catalog on the following web site: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents The NWS Web Services hosting HRIT-EMWIN satellite broadcast products for download are available here: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/ ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/ - On the effective date, the products will begin populating the OPS directory. - During the 30-day evaluation period, the products will be available in the QA directory. The products on the eEMWIN Web Service should not be used for operational purposes prior to the eEMWIN service being declared operational by the NWS. Further information on the eEMWIN Web Service is available in the eEMWIN FTP Service Description Document on the following web site: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents User wishing to provide comments on the product and services during the 30-day evaluation period, please contact: Carissa Klemmer NCEP Central Operations idp-support@noaa.gov carissa.l.klemmer@noaa.gov and Robert Gillespie nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov Questions on the information contained in this bulletin may be addressed to: nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov National Service Change Notices are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/ NNNN
Effective 2019/06/05
NOXX10 KWBC 061730
Data Management Message 06-19.01
To: Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN)
Customers
From: GISC/RTH Washington Data Management
Subject: EMWIN ByteBlaster and FTP File Server Disruption Commencing
2200 UTC, June 6, 2019
A planned upgrade of EMWIN Network Services is scheduled to commence
at 2200 UTC, June 6, 2019, and will last approximately 4 hours.
The EMWIN ByteBlaster and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) File services
may experience an interruption of service during this period. The
EMWIN satellite broadcast should not be impacted.
Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 6, 2019 / 2200 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: June 7, 2019 / 0200 UTC
Length of Outage: 4 Hours
Users relying on the EMWIN ByteBlaster and FTP services should utilize
alternate NWS dissemination services [e.g., NOAA Weather Wire Service
(NWWS)] for continuous receipt of timely weather and water warnings
and alerts throughout this period.
If a ‘Critical Weather Day’ is identified to take place during this
maintenance event, the event will be rescheduled.
Information contained in this bulletin is posted on
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/index.html#notices
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/iscs/index.html
Questions or comments on this Bulletin may be addressed to:
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
For NOAAPORT and NON-AWIPS Customers - if you have any
questions regarding distribution or would like to add these
products to your datastream please contact Data Management
at ncep.pmb.dm@noaa.gov.
This information is also posted on the NWS Data Management
change notices web page. The URL is listed below.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml
Data Management
NCO Production Management Branch
GISC/RTH Washington Sends
NNNN
Effective 2019/05/30
NOXX10 KWBC 292022 Data Management Message 05-19.03 To: Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) Customers From: GISC/RTH Washington Data Management Subject: EMWIN ByteBlaster and FTP File Server Disruption Commencing 2200 UTC, May 30, 2019 A planned upgrade of EMWIN Network Services is scheduled to commence at 2200 UTC, May 30, 2019, and will last approximately 2 hours. The EMWIN ByteBlaster and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) File services may experience an interruption of service during this period. The EMWIN satellite broadcast should not be impacted. Date/Time of Initial Impact:May 30, 2019 / 2200 UTC Date/Time of Expected End:May 31, 2019 / 0000 UTC Length of Outage: 2 Hours Users relying of the EMWIN ByteBlaster and FTP services should utilize alternate NWS dissemination servic [e.g., NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS)] for continuous receipt of timely weather and water warnings and alerts throughout this period. If a Critical Weather Day is identified to take place during this maintenance event, the event will be rescheduled for June 4, 2019. Information contained in this bulletin is posted on https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/index.html#notices https://www.nws.noaa.gov/iscs/index.html Questions or comments on this Bulletin may be addressed to: nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov Data Management NCO Production Management Branch GISC/RTH Washington Sends
Effective 2019/05/03
A scheduled network outage will occur beginning 6:00pm on Friday, May 3, 2019 through Sunday, May 5, 2019.
Effective 2019/04/25
Changes to NWS Dissemination Webpage URLs effective October 31, 2019
NOUS41 KWBC 251205
PNSWSH
Service Change Notice 19-33 National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
905 AM EDT Thu Apr 25 2019
| To: | Subscribers: |
| -NOAA Weather Wire Service | |
| -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network | |
| -NOAAPORT | |
| Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees |
From: Michelle Mainelli, Director
Office of Dissemination
Subject: Changes to NWS Dissemination Webpage URLs effective
October 31, 2019
On or about Thursday, October 31, 2019, at 800 AM Central
Daylight Time (CDT), 1300 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the
NWS will change public facing dissemination system webpage URL
base address locations; migrating from
https://www.nws.noaa.gov
to
https://www.weather.gov
After this change, all the affected dissemination system webpage
links currently re-directed to the new locations will cease to
function. Thereafter, users will see a 404 error when attempting
to access the old URL base address for each respective
dissemination system.
The affected dissemination system URLs include:
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwws
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/iscs
and all subordinate webpage URLs.
All NWS partners and users will need to make necessary changes
to saved URLs.
Updated alerts and warnings remain online at:
https://www.weather.gov
https://alerts.weather.gov
For more information, please contact:
Gregory Zwicker
Program Manager
NWS Office of Dissemination
Dissemination Systems Branch
Effective 2018/10/23
DM10-18.02 GOES-15 (GOES-West) Satellite Drift to 128-degrees West Commencing 2015 UTC, October 23, 2018
Effective: 2018/10/23 2015Z UTC
NOXX10 KWBC 201410
Data Management Message 10-18.02
To: Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN)
Customers
From: GISC/RTH Washington Data Management
Subject: GOES-15 (GOES-West) Satellite Drift to 128-degrees West
Commencing 2015 UTC, October 23, 2018
The GOES-West satellite transition from GOES-15 to GOES-17 is
scheduled to commence at 2015 UTC, October 23, 2018, with the drift
of GOES-15 from 135 to 128-degrees west. The transition is scheduled
to be completed on December 10, 2018, with GOES-17 declared as the
operational GOES-West satellite.
The GOES-15 EMWIN transponder will remain operational throughout the
0.88-degree/day drift to 128-degrees west. Receiving stations with
fixed antenna installations are likely to experience degradation or
loss of signal lock should the satellite move outside the receiving
antenna’s effective beam width. Users should consider incrementally
re-orienting their antennas to maintain an effective signal-to-noise
ratio and signal lock during the GOES-15 drift.
The schedule of events for GOES-15 and GOES-17 is provided below.
Additional details are available from the NESDIS web site:
https://www.goes-r.gov/users/transitionToOperations17.html
| DATES | EVENTS | NOTES |
| ----------- | ----------------------------- | ------------------- |
| OCT23-NOV01 | - GOES-15 drift from 135 to | - All instruments |
| 128W | and services | |
| remain operational | ||
| OCT24-NOV13 | - GOES-17 drift from 89.5 to | - HRIT/EMWIN |
| 137.1W | disabled | |
| NOV15 | - GOES-17 activated | |
| DEC10 | - GOES-17 declared the | |
| Operational GOES-West | ||
| satellite |
The simultaneous operations of the EMWIN broadcast on
GOES-14(105W) and GOES-15(128W); and the HRIT/EMIWN broadcast on
GOES-16(75.2W) and GOES-17(137.1W) is scheduled to remain in
effect through May 2019.
The close proximity of broadcast frequencies and geosynchronous
orbits of the GOES-15 and GOES-17 satellites may cause EMWIN-15
users to experience interference from GOES-17. Users are
encouraged to make further adjustments in their antenna
orientation to reduce interference issues.
EMWIN virtual channels 20, 21 and 22 on the GOES-16 and 17
HRIT/EMWIN broadcasts will not be operational until 2019.
Users are reminded to use products on the GOES-14 and 15 EMWIN
satellite broadcasts for operations, and to refrain from using
products appearing on channels 20, 21 and 22 in the GOES-16
and 17 HRIT/EMWIN broadcast until declared operational by the NWS.
Questions or comments may be directed to:
NWS EMWIN Support atnws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
For NOAAPORT and NON-AWIPS Customers - if you have any
questions regarding distribution or would like to add these
products to your datastream please contact Data Management
atncep.pmb.dm@noaa.gov.
This information is also posted on the NWS Data Management
change notices web page. The url is listed below.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml
Data Management
NCO Production Management Branch College Park
GISC/RTH Washington Sends
NNNN
Effective 2018/10/01
NOXX10 KWBC 011855
Data Management Message 10-18.01
To: Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) Customers
From: GISC/RTH Washington Data Management
Subject: GOES-13/14/15/16 Fall 2018 Solar RFI
NESDIS has provided the following information concerning the
potential for outages of the GOES data stream, including EMWIN.
The potential for solar radio frequency interference (RFI) with a
satellite downlink circuit will occur whenever the Sun passes into
the beam of the ground station receiving antenna. The Wallops and
Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Stations (CDAs) and
Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) receiving antennas
may experience periods of Solar RFI as predicted below. Solar RFI
can cause loss of telemetry lock and command capability.
Solar RFI Predicted Times and Impacts for Fall 2018:
SPACECRAFT //
DATE TIME(UTC) STATION OP-IMPACT
-------------------------------------------------------------
GOES-13 //
04 OCT-11 OCT 1532-1544 WALLOPS SD,GVAR,T&C,EMWIN,LRIT,
05 OCT-12 OCT 1638-1649 SUITLAND WEFAX,DCS,DCPR,SAR,MDL
GOES-14 //
05 OCT-12 OCT 1854-1906 WALLOPS T&C,EMWIN,MDL
05 OCT-12 OCT 1853-1905 SUITLAND
GOES-15 //
04 OCT-11 OCT 2111-2122 WALLOPS SD,GVAR,T&C,EMWIN,LRIT, 04 OCT-11 OCT 2111-2122 SUITLAND WEFAX,DCS,DCPR,SAR,MDL 11 OCT-18 OCT 2042-2054 FAIRBANKS GOES-16 // 04 OCT-11 OCT 1644-1656 WALLOPS RDL,GRB,T&C,HRIT/EMWIN,
05 OCT-12 OCT 1643-1655 SUITLAND DCPC,SAR
05 OCT-12 OCT 1641-1653 FAIRMONT
Source: Direct Broadcast Manager, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD
Questions or comments may be directed to:
mailto:nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
Data Management
NCO Production Management Branch Silver Spring
GISC/RTH Washington Sends
NNNN
Effective 2018/03/26
Topic: NOAA Wallops Command & Data Acquisition Station (WCDAS) Facility Power Outage
Date/Time Issued: March 26, 2018 2115 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: All WCDAS data and other operational services
Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 3, 2018 1200 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: April 5, 2018 2359 UTC
Length of Outage: 48 to 60 Hours
Details/Specifics of Change:
The NOAA Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station (WCDAS) is planning an entire site power outage on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. The outage is required to perform maintenance and repairs on the station's electrical power system. The power outage can be expected to last as long as three days although the goal is to complete the work within two days.
It is likely there will be an outage of the 1692.7 MHz Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) broadcast for the duration that WCDAS is down for both GOES-14 and 15. If there is an outage, users are asked to utilize GOES-15's LRIT broadcast, the NWS FTP or ByteBlaster services for EMWIN continuity of operations. Additionally, there will not be any NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 HRPT data from WCDAS.
It is not anticipated that dissemination of other data to users will be impacted during this power outage. However, if unforeseen data outages occur, users will be notified as information becomes available.
If a 'Critical Weather Day' is declared, the event will be rescheduled for April 10, 2018.
Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations atESPCOperations@noaa.govat 301-817-3880
Effective 2017/12/18
DM12-17.01 Restricted Use of Products Received in EMWIN Virtual Channels on the GOES-16 HRIT/EMWIN Effective: 2017/12/18
A text version of the file below was sent today on
AWIPS/NOAAPORT/NWWS/EMWIN.
An htm version is posted at
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/dm-cgi-bin/chgshow.pl?fn=DM12-17.02.txt
Effective 2017/12/13
DM12-17.01 EMWIN Service Degradation Commencing 1400 UTC, Saturday,,December 16, 2017 Effective: 2017/12/16 14Z UTC
A text version of the file below was sent today on
AWIPS/NOAAPORT/NWWS/EMWIN.
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Effective 2017/11/22
SCN17-120: GOES-14 Emergency Managers Weather Information Network Broadcast Available on or before December 11, 2017 A text version of the file below was sent today on
AWIPS/NOAAPORT/NWWS/EMWIN.
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www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notification/scn17-120goes14.htm
Effective 2017/08/01
PNS17-28: Soliciting comments on the proposed transition of the NWS EMWIN FTP service through September 15, 2017
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Effective 2017/07/28
SCN17-91: EMWIN GOES-East satellite broadcast signal and file format changes effective November 2017
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Effective 2018/03/29
On April 7, 2018 from 11:00am UTC until April 8, 01:00AM there will be an interruption of the EMWIN FTP service. The number EMWIN ByteBlaster servers will also be reduced, but users will still be able to access other servers on the network. This interruption is due to network infrastructure maintenance and in the event of Critical Weather Days may be rescheduled.
Effective 2018/03/26
DM041801 GOES-14/15 EMWIN Satellite Broadcast Disruption Commencing 1200 UTC, April 3, 2018
Effective: 2018/04/03 1200Z UTC
NOXX10 KWBC 021030
Data Management Message 04-18.01
To: Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN)
Customers
From: GISC/RTH Washington Data Management
Subject: GOES-14/15 EMWIN Satellite Broadcast Disruption Commencing
1200 UTC, April 3, 2018
The NOAA Wallops Command & Data Acquisition Station (WCDAS), which
provides the EMWIN data uplink service to the GOES-14 and 15
satellites, will undergo a planned 48 to 60 hour facility power
outage commencing 1200 UTC, April 3, 2018.
Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 3, 2018 1200 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: April 5, 2018 2359 UTC
Length of Outage: 48 to 60 Hours
The outage is required to perform maintenance and repairs on the
station's electrical power system. The power outage can be
expected to last as long as three days, although the goal is to
complete the work within two days.
It is likely there will be an outage of the 1692.7 MHz Emergency
Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) broadcast for the
duration that WCDAS is down for both GOES-14 and 15. If there is
an outage, users are asked to utilize GOES-15’s LRIT broadcast,
the NWS FTP or ByteBlaster services for EMWIN continuity of
operations.
If a ‘Critical Weather Day’ is identified to take place during this
maintenance event, the event will be rescheduled for April 10, 2018.
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/cwd/
Information contained in this bulletin is posted on
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/index.html#notices
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/iscs/index.html
Further information is available from:
ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880
NWS EMWIN Support at nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
Data Management
NCO Production Management Branch College Park
GISC/RTH Washington Sends
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EMWIN SERVICES TRANSITION - 2016/2017
- NOXX10 KWBC 031352
Data Mgt Message 10-16.01
On 11 October 2016 beginning at 10:00 EST (14:00 UTC), the
RTH-Washington Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN)
is being upgraded for improved efficiency.
- NOXX10 KWBC 050045
DATA MGT MESSAGE 05-16.01
The NOAA Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station (WCDAS) has scheduled a power outage forWednesday, May 11, 2016, to performcritical maintenance on the power system.
- NOXX10 KWBC 071950 COR
DATA MGT MESSAGE 04-16.01
EMWIN SERVICES TRANSITION - 2016/2017 WEBINAR.
TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS. FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS.
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS. WAFS USERS.
GTS USERS. NWS FAX CHART USERS
FROM GISC/RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJ: "EMWIN SERVICES TRANSITION - 2016/2017" WEBINAR
ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES:
GOES-R, THE NEXT GENERATION OF NESDIS GOES SATELLITES, IS SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH IN OCTOBER 2016 AND SHOULD BECOME OPERATIONAL IN BY OCTOBER 2017. EMWIN DATA, NESDIS IMAGERY AND GOES DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM /DCS/ DATA WILL BE TRANSMITTED TOGETHER OVER THE GOES-R HRIT/EMWIN TRANSPONDER AT 400KBPS. THE INCREASED BANDWIDTH IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE THE THROUGHPUT OF THE EMWIN DATA STREAM. THE NEW SERVICE WILL REQUIRE NEW RECEIVER HARDWARE AS THERE WILL BE A RECEIVER FREQUENCY SHIFT TO 1694.1 MHZ, FROM 1692.7 MHZ /EMWIN/ AND 1691.0 /LRIT/ AND A CHANGE IN MODULATION FOR EMWIN USERS. A NEW ANTENNA OR ANTENNA COMPONENTS MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED.
THE EMWIN DATA WILL BE BROADCAST AS COMPLETE FILES OVER THE HRIT/EMWIN CHANNEL, WHICH IS A DEPARTURE FROM THE PRESENT EMWIN PACKET STREAMING FORMAT. THE EMWIN FILE NAMES WILL ALSO CHANGE FROM THE EXISTING 12 CHARACTER FORMAT, TO A MORE LENGTHY WMO COMPLIANT FORMAT. THE EMWIN EIGHT CHARACTER FILES NAMES CURRENTLY IN USE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEW FILE NAMES, TO ASSIST CURRENT USERS WITH PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION.
THE DECISION TO PLACE THE GOES-R SATELLITE AT THE EAST /75-DEGREES W/ OR WEST /137-DEGREES W/ LOCATION HAS NOT YET BEEN MADE. A DATE FOR THE DECISION HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED.
THE NWS WILL BE HOSTING AND ONLINE WEBINAR AT 1400 EDT / 1800 UTC, ON APRIL 14, 2016, TO IDENTIFY AND REVIEW THE UPCOMING CHANGES TO EMWIN SERVICES. GENERAL REGISTRATION FOR THE WEBINAR IS AVAILABLE ON THE FOLLOWING LINKS:
English:
https://docs.google.com/a/noaa.gov/forms/d/1JMnpmhsDHjo15OWAmhex1yAzVJ_wBiaBn1EVsv4UAvs/viewform
Spanish:
https://docs.google.com/a/noaa.gov/forms/d/1AirzvxRpXMuc4cOYUIG864D1WI-_OKsDTpHhNdJgqt8/viewform
CONTACT ROBERT GILLESPIENWS.EMWIN.SUPPORT@NOAA.GOVFOR FURTHER INFORMATION. INFORMATION PRESENTED DURING THE WEBINAR WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR REFERENCE AND REVIEW.
FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING DISTRIBUTION OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT DATA MANAGEMENT ATNncep.pmb.dm@noaa.gov.
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML
DATA MANAGEMENT NCO PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT BRANCH SILVER SPRING GISC/RTH WASHINGTON SENDS NNNN
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