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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-42
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
110 AM EST MON NOV 21 2005
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
/EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...
OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS
AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ROBERT BUNGE
INTERNET DISSEMINATION OFFICER
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
SUBJECT: OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF RIDGE RADAR DISPLAYS AND
DISCONTINUANCE OF CURRENT NWS RADAR IMAGERY...
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 31, 2006
ON TUESDAY... JANUARY 31 2006 AT 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/... ALL NWS RADAR WEB LINKS WILL BE REDIRECTED TO RIDGE
RADAR WEBPAGES...INCLUDING NATIONAL COMPOSITE IMAGES. IF
JANUARY 31 2006 IS DECLARED A NATIONAL CRITICAL WEATHER DAY...
IMPLEMENTATION WILL OCCUR ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY NOT DECLARED
A CRITICAL WEATHER DAY.
THE RIDGE RADAR WEBPAGES WILL PROVIDE REAL-TIME POLYGON WARNINGS
ISSUED BY WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES ON TOP OF REAL-TIME
GEOREFERENCED RADAR IMAGES. THESE WEBPAGES WILL ALSO ALLOW
USERS TO TOGGLE GEOGRAPHIC OVERLAYS AND TOGGLE BETWEEN RADAR
DATA TYPES. THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON RIDGE
RADAR WEBPAGES:
N0R - BASE REFLECTIVITY - 124 NMI RANGE (0.50 DEGREE)
NCR - COMPOSITE REFLECTIVITY - 16 LEVELS, 124 NMI RANGE
N0V - BASE RADIAL VELOCITY - 124 NMI RANGE (0.50 DEGREE)
N0S - STORM RELATIVE MEAN RADIAL VELOCITY (0.50 DEGREE)
N1P - SURFACE RAINFALL ACCUMULATION - ONE HOUR RUNNING TOTAL
NTP - SURFACE RAINFALL ACCUMULATION - STORM TOTAL
N0Z - BASE REFLECTIVITY - 248 NMI RANGE (0.50 DEGREE)
FTP SERVICES FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES WILL NO LONGER BE
AVAILABLE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS EXCEPT FOR SL...DF AND DC IN
BOTH URLS/:
FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SL.US008001/DF.GIF/DC.RADAR
HTTP://WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/PUB/SL.US008001/DF.GIF/DC.RADAR
THE REPLACEMENT TO THE FTP SERVICES WILL BE VIA HTTP PROTOCOL.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE LOCATION AND HTTP PROTOCOL COMMANDS CAN BE
FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/RIDGE
THIS NOTICE FOLLOWS THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL TEST AND
EVALUATION /OTE/ FOR THE RIDGE RADAR DISPLAYS FROM MAY 9 2005 TO
SEPTEMBER 6 2005 IN WHICH OVER 25000 COMMENTS AND SURVEYS WERE
RECEIVED AND ANALYZED.
ON TUESDAY JANUARY 31 2006 AT 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/ THE RADAR PAGES AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://RADAR.WEATHER.GOV
WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REDIRECTED TO THE NEW RIDGE RADAR WEBPAGE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/RIDGE
WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE BACKGROUND INFORMATION...INCLUDING THE
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION...UPDATES ON THE CHANGES TO THE NEW RADAR
SYSTEM AND EXAMPLES OF HOW TO RETRIEVE THE NEW RADAR DATA
INFORMATION. PLEASE VISIT THIS SITE PERIODICALLY FOR UPDATES.
FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE RADAR...VISIT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JETSTREAM/REMOTE/DOPPLER.HTM
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
PAUL KIRKWOOD
SOUTHERN REGION DISSEMINATION SERVICES MANAGER
FORT WORTH TEXAS
PHONE: 817-978-1100 EXT 145
E-MAIL: PAUL.KIRKWOOD@xxxxxxxx
OR
BOB BUNGE
INTERNET DISSEMINATION OFFICER
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE: 301-713-1381 EXT 140
E-MAIL: ROBERT.BUNGE@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
$$
NNNN
I was unable to access these links; will they continue to be available until
January
31? Perhaps the case is a problem with these? I tried to access using all
lower
case letters.
Which URL above? The Doppler site? If so, I would change the paragraph above
the URL
to add the statement about updates.
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