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Heavy Rainfall and Storms in the Carolinas; Active Pattern in the West; Strong Winter Storm in Alaska

Showers and storms will continue across the Mid-Atlantic today. Some storms may produce heavy to excessive rainfall especially within the Carolinas which could lead to flash, urban and small stream flooding. Valley rain and mountain snow will continue to spread across the West today and Friday. A strong winter storm will bring blizzard conditions to the Arctic coastline in Alaska through Friday. Read More >

 

INTERNET ONLY

  1. Personal Computer (available 20 GB storage and 3 GB RAM).
     
  2. Internet/WiFi connection.
     
  3. NWS issued NWWS Open Interface access credentials: User_ID and Password.
     
  4. NWWS IP addresses (both primary and backup) integrated into computer security and firewall authorizations.
     
  5. XMPP reader (Pidgin, Java, Google, Internet Explorer, etc..) or XMPP capable software program(self-developed or commercial).

 

BOTH INTERNET AND SATLLITE PRODUCT STREAMS (RECOMMENDED)

  1. Above INTERNET ONLY list plus satellite equipment as indicated under NWWS Satellite (PID201) Configuration under DOCUMENTS or under the  CONFIGURATION tab off the NWWS homepage.
     
  2. 1.8m – 2m+ C-band Satellite Dish.
     
  3. Low Noise Band (LNB) down converter.
     
  4. Satellite Receiver.
     
  5. Ethernet /Coaxial/or CatV network cable
     
  6. Software that can integrate both PID201 and NWWS-OI product feeds.

 

NOTE: Users cannot use the same User_ID and password on multiple machines or have multiple software on the same system accessing NWWS-OI without user system issues occurring. Exiting the software and restarting the system generally resolves “multiple” access issues.