| Product Name |
Brief Description |
Submitter |
Date |
| NWS Watches, Warnings and Advisories Using RSS and CAP XML Based Formats |
Provide NWS Watches, Warnings and Advisories in
three Internet based formats. Each format
provides a channel for users to quickly access
specific products. Products are organized by
state and US territories, as well as a single
file for the entire nation. Traditional html
pages are provided for direct access by customers
and citizens. Two data exchange formats using
Extensible Markup Language (XML) are provided for
customers and partners who wish to either display
selected parts of the products or provide a
display of the entire product.... |
Robert Bunge |
2004-06-07 |
| Experimental Gridded Significant Wave Heights from the National Centers |
The traditional format for the significant wave
height products from the National Centers are
graphical depictions of the observed and forecast
wind-driven waves for the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans adjacent to the coasts of the Continental
United States (US) and extending south over the
Caribbean Sea and the west coast of Central
America. These graphical products have been
prepared for many years in the raster format by
the Ocean Prediction Center (OPC) and the
Tropical Prediction Center’s (TPC) Tropical
Analysis and Forecast Branch (TAFB) and
transmitted via radiofax and the internet. The
production and dissemination of the traditional
raster format for the graphical significant wave
height products from the OPC and TAFB will
continue.
The experimental gridded products will be
prepared for the initial wave heights, the 24
hour and 48 hour forecast wave heights in a
gridded format. The experimental gridded
products will be disseminated by the National
Weather Service (NWS) Telecommunications Gateway
to the Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs), National
Centers, and other users.
|
Wayne Weeks |
2006-09-21 |
| Experimental Carolinas Coast/Southeastern Marine Web Portal |
The National Weather Service's (NWS)Experimental
Carolinas Coast/Southeastern Marine Web Portal
provides marine observations, forecasts and short
and long-fuse warnings for the coastal waters of
North Carolina, South Carolina and northern
Georgia and the Atlantic and Gulf coast areas of
the Southern Region. The recent development of
regional and sub regional coastal ocean observing
systems under the national Integrated Ocean
Observing System (IOOS) initiativecreates new
opportunities for increased meteorological and
oceanographicdata availability. |
Michael Caropolo, MIC |
2007-03-19 |
| Weather, Water, and Climate Information Podcasts |
Podcasts are produced through the use of Really
Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds and
industry-standard mp3 files created by the NOAA
Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR) broadcast
management system that can be distributed over
the Internet using syndication feeds, for
playback on mobile devices and personal
computers, thus making NWS data and products
available in Internet-accessible, vendor-neutral
form. The Podcasts are not a replacement for NWR
and do not offer the warning capability of NWR
Specific Area Message Encoding or Warning Alarm
Tone, but rather allow the user to download
products for playback at a later time on their
computer or portable mp3 player. |
Art Kraus |
2007-06-05 |
| EXPERIMENTAL: National Ceiling and Visibility (NCV) Analysis Project |
The NCV product is a frequently updated
representation of current ceiling and visibility
conditions derived from METAR (ASOS) stations and
GOES satellite information.
The product's ceiling and visibility fields are
derived through nearest-neighbor interpolation of
METAR data. This interpolation process, in effect,
'stretches' limited-area METAR observations across
the broader domain between stations while an
accompanying process accounts for terrain effects
on ceiling height. The resulting field helps to
visualize the 'likely' conditions at range from
METARS. |
Michael Pat Murphy |
2007-08-21 |
| EXPERIMENTAL: NWS Warning Alert Messaging Services via Mobile Device Technologies |
The NWS is responsible for providing weather
warnings and alerts in a timely and effective
manner to support the protection of life and
property. The NWS must provide this information
to an increasingly mobile public who are using
rapidly evolving technologies for accessing
Internet content via mobile wireless devices. In
response to this the NWS is developing weather
warning services that take advantage of mobile
device technologies such as Personal Digital
Assistants (PDA) and cell phones, in order to
better serve the public. The experimental
application has been named Interactive NWS
(iNWS).
The NWS Western Region is developing an
application that will provide real-time, warning
services tailored to the unique characteristics
of cellular phones and mobile devices. This
application will allow access to NWS watches,
warnings, advisories, weather statements,
forecasts and observations, as well as the
ability to view looping RADAR imagery for the
United States. Customers can also choose to
automatically receive weather warning alerts as
they occur for locations of interest via text
messaging. This application will provide multiple
levels of service to give customers options for
accessing this information in a format that best
fits the capability of their mobile devices.
The full-featured service envisioned by this
application will be a mobile Internet-based
graphical tool for viewing watches, warnings and
relevant weather data, and for receiving
real-time weather alerts for customer selectable
locations on Internet-enabled cell phones.
Background maps and layers of weather data are
displayed as the customer moves the cursor around
the map to locations of interest. When the
customer is interested in receiving weather
alerts for a given location, they select that
location and the type(s) of alert, such as
tornado warnings, or winter storm warnings, and
this information is saved to a database at WRH.
Several locations can be saved for each
customer’s profile. When a warning comes into
effect for any of the customer selected
locations, a text message warning is
automatically sent to the customer via their cell
phone number.
|
Andy Edman |
2007-11-02 |
| NDFD Experimental Web Feature Service |
National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD) Web
Feature Service (WFS) is a service for providing
the public, government agencies, and commercial
enterprises another way to access the National
Weather Service?s (NWS) digital forecast
database. The service allows the user to
retrieve NDFD elements using Open Geospatial
Consortium (OGC) standards. These industry
standard interface specifications are open source
and have been widely adopted by the geospatial
community. |
John Schattel |
2007-12-06 |
| Experimental: Miami Tracon Approach and Departure Gates Forecast |
The Experimental Miami Tracon Approach and
Departure Gates Forecast (formerly called
Experimental Miami Approach and Departure Gates
Forecast)will complement the Collaborative
Convection Forecast (CCFP) product by providing
greater detail of convective occurrence and
coverage when radar reflectivities are equal to
or greater than 40dbZ and tops equal to or
greater than FL200. This graphic forecast product
is a modification of the Tracon and Gate Forecast
product used at the ZTL CWSU. |
Paul Witsaman |
2008-01-29 |
| Experimental Southern Region Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimates Web-Based Service |
The National Weather Service (NWS) collects
rainfall data to support its forecast and warning
operations. Individual River Forecast Centers
(RFCs) and Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs)
typically provide rainfall collectives in text
and graphical formats for their areas of
responsibility. This service provides unified
hourly precipitation estimates for the
Continental US on the Internet. The service
includes graphics that display these
precipitation data, as well as the ability to
download the information in shapefile format for
seven days post-event. This suite of graphics
includes precipitation estimates for the last 1,
3, 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hourly accumulations, as
well as ?since 12z? accumulations. Hourly archives
will be maintained. |
Judson Ladd |
2008-01-31 |
| Experimental Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) |
Product Description. The National Weather Service
(NWS) weather forecast offices (WFO) produce and
send digital forecasts to various users. These
forecasts of hydrometeorological variables, such
as temperature and precipitation, contribute to
the generation of the NWS National Digital
Forecast Database (NDFD). The Real-Time
Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) is a gridded analysis
of the hydrometeorological variables that matches
the NDFD spatial resolution. Products from this
analysis are generated hourly, disseminated to
NWS field offices and National Centers, and
available for external users. The RTMA is the
first component of the NWS’ Analysis of Record
(AOR) project.
RTMA product generation occurs for the CONUS
region and includes the following products:
surface temperature, surface dew point, wind
speed and direction, and cloud and precipitation
amount products, and u and v wind components. The
product set generated for RTMA Alaska contains the
same parameters as CONUS regions except for the
cloud amount and precipitation products. An
analysis uncertainty product is generated for all
RTMA products except the cloud and precipitation
products, and u and v wind components.
|
Jamie Vavra |
2008-03-17 |
| Experimental Tropical Cyclone Hazards Graphics |
The Tropical Cyclone Hazards Graphics is an
experimental, internet-based, product suite
consisting of four hazard graphics: wind,
tornado, coastal flood, and inland flood. These
WFO-generated graphics provide qualitative
forecasts for the primary tropical cyclone
hazards based on the track, intensity, and
uncertainties in the official forecasts from the
National Hurricane Center (NHC), Storm Prediction
Center, and Hydrometeorological Prediction Center.
In a new era marked by digital and probabilistic
forecasts, the hazards graphics provide users
with local products tailored by the wide-ranging
knowledge and experience of the local WFO for
their area of responsibility.
18 WFOs participated in 2008 and 22 will
participate in 2009. New AWIPS data, enhanced
Smart Tools, and an improved web page highlight
the enhancements for 2009 |
Timothy Schott |
2008-04-16 |
| Experimental NWR on the Web WFO Mt.Holly |
The purpose for providing NWR broadcast text in
the mp3 format for web users is that it can be
especially useful for locations where normal NWR
broadcasts can not be received due to distance
from the transmitter or, terrain effects that
would either block or decrease the quality of the
reception. Also allowing users to choose to
listen to a broadcast via a menu allows them to
get their information more quicly than having to
listen through a typical broadcast cycle that may
last tens of minutes especially during sever
weather mode. The current version (Phase 1) does
not include short fused warning products (TOR,
SVR,FFW, SMW) which are planned to also be
included in phase 2. |
Dan Hagarty |
2008-05-09 |
| Experimental Graphical Area Forecast |
The Geographical Area FOrecast (GFA) product is a
graphhical representation of the current
operational production of aviation area
forecasts, which provide an overview of weather
conditions which could impact aviation
operations. The experimental graphical Airman?s
Meteorological Advisory (G-AIRMET) is a
BUFR-formatted time-series depiction of aviation
hazards occurring with occasional or greater
frequency throughout the conterminous U.S. and
adjacent coastal waters (NWS, 2005a). The
aviation hazards depicted in the experimental
G-AIRMET (FAA, 2006) are:
(1) Areas of surface visibility below three (3)
statute miles, including the weather causing the
visibility restriction.
(2) Areas of cloud ceilings with bases less than
1000 feet above ground level (AGL).
(3) Areas of widespread mountain obscuration
where Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC)
cannot be maintained, including the weather
causing the obscuration.
|
Dorothy Haldeman |
2008-10-21 |
| Experimental Palm Beach Tracon Approach and Departure Gates Forecast |
This product is now covered by an umberalla PDD
EXPERIMENTAL TRACON APPROACH and DEPARTURE GATE
FORECAST PRODUCT (Southern Region). The
experimental Palm Beach Tracon Approach and
Departure Gates Forecast will complement the
Collaborative Convection Forecast (CCFP) product
by providing greater detail of convective
occurrence and coverage when reflectivities are
equal to or greater than 40 dbZ and tops equal to
or greater than FL200. This graphic forecast
product is a modification of the Tracon and Gate
Forecast product used at the ZTL CWSU. |
Paul Witsaman |
2008-11-04 |
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