A winter storm is moving across the eastern U.S. this weekend. Heavy snow will fall over northern New York into northern New England through early Monday. Heavy rainfall will continue areas of flash flooding from the mid-Mississippi Valley into the central Appalachians into Sunday. Severe thunderstorms may bring damaging winds and tornadoes to parts of the Southeast U.S. this weekend. 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.