A low pressure center tracking across the Great Lakes and its associated cold front extending across the Southern Plains will focus occasional showers and thunderstorms through tonight. A few of these thunderstorms may become severe alongside heavy rainfall that may cause flash flooding; Portions of the Southern Plains would be the greatest threat for these hazards through tonight. Read More >
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The U.S. agreed during the XIIth World Meteorological Congress (June 1995) it would make its best effort to inform subsequent recipients of foreign data, exchanged over the World Weather Watch system, about conditions placed on "additional" meteorological and related data and products, according to WMO Resolution 40. Since the adoption of WMO Resolution 40, the U.S. private sector and research and education communities have had full access to all real-time data and products via the NOAA Family of Services dissemination system, and all delayed data and products via Anonymous FTP (file transfer protocol) over the Internet. To date, we are not aware of any violations by the U.S. meteorological community.
The U.S. recently reviewed its policy on Internet distribution of foreign data and products. It was determined, according to the letter and spirit of WMO Resolution 40, "additional" data and products would be distributed over the Internet. As agreed, notification of the conditions on the "additional" data and products will be provided during distribution.
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"Additional" Observational Data and Forecast Products
[ NOTE: U.S. data & most foreign data are available through the Servers for Data & Product Retrieval ]
[These "Additional Data & Products" are a limited subset from some countries in Europe, Asia, and South America (including their territories)]
