Low pressure pushing eastward will generate strong winds over parts of the Rockies and Plains through Saturday with some light precipitation. Meanwhile, a much cooler air mass will overtake the eastern half of the country with frost and freeze concerns. Elevated fire weather conditions are expected for the Great Basin and parts of California, along with poor air quality in some locales. Read More >
The US National Weather Service "International Services and Communication Systems" (ISCS) activity is a collective group of message dissemination systems used to provide weather, water and climate information to segments of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) International community as described in WMO document No. 386 - Manual on the Global Telecommunication System. The ISCS systems provide service to WMO Regional Association IV (RA-IV) and are managed by the US National Weather Service (NWS) Dissemination Systems Branch (W/OPS17); they include:
ISCS systems are an integral part of the RA-IV Regional Meteorological Telecommunications Network (RMTN), which focuses on the timely collection and delivery of both time-critical and routine watches, warnings, observations and forecasts.
Additional telecommunication systems are identified as part of the RA-IV RMTN which supplement the capabilities of the ISCS systems for the exchange of messages. These other systems include:
| 10/22/2020 |
Network Maintenance on October 22, 2020, to Affect Dissemination of Tsunami Products |
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| 10/19/2020 | ISCS-0210 Add Product Identifiers for RVFs at MARFC |
| 10/14/2020 | 2020 HRIT/EMWIN User Survey 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. |
| 9/30/2020 | PNS 20-70 Soliciting comments through October 30, 2020, on potential changes to Tsunami Advisory text product formats. |
| 9/30/2020 | PNS 20-69 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. |
| 9/29/2020 | Fall 2020 Solar RFI predicted times Solar RFI is expected to impact GOES-14/15/16/17 Imager Data plus Ancillary Services (GVAR, SAR, LRIT, EMWIN, DCS, GRB, etc.). |
| 9/25/2020 | PNS 20-68 Network Maintenance on September 28, 2020, to Affect Dissemination of Tsunami Products |
| 9/24/2020 | SCN 20-86 Outage of some NWS Products on SBN/NOAAPort and NWS Web Services for Planned Maintenance Effective date: September 28, 2020 |
| 9/24/2020 | PNS 20-67 Soliciting comments through October 30, 2020 for potential changes to Tsunami Advisory text product formats. |
| 9/15/2020 |
GNC-A User Group Webinar #7 Contact: Natalia Donoho Natalia.Donoho@noaa.gov |
| 09/08/2020 | PNS 20-65 National Tsunami Warning Center Routine Communications Tests for the West Coast and Alaska Coast to take place on September 10, 2020 |
| 09/04/2020 |
NWS to issue National Tsunami Warning Center Routine Communications Tests for the East and Gulf Coast on September 8, 2020 |
| 08/26/2020 |
Add WFO Corpus Christi TX (CRP) Regional Weather Roundup (RWR) to EMWIN |
| 08/07/2020 | ISCS-0208A WFO Honolulu to add Marine Forecast Matrix product |
| 08/05/2020 | PNS20-60 NWS to issue National Tsunami Warning Center Routine Communications Tests for the East and Gulf Coast on August 7, 2020 |
