A very mild, almost spring-time weather, will consume the Eastern third to half of the U.S. this week with well above normal temperatures and perhaps a record high or two on Thursday and Friday in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile on Tuesday, a system with a stream of moisture will arrive into the Pacific Northwest and a storm will develop and take shape near the southern Plains. Read More >
The ISCS has two parts. The two systems are for meteorological data delivery. They use the same satellites and communication protocols. The first service is the World Area Forecast System (WAFS) in support of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) program for aviation data distribution. The second service is a Global Telecommunication System (GTS) satellite data exchange system for WMO Region IV (North America) data exchange.
The ISCS Program Manager provides additional details and a modernization project that will use new telecommunication technology.