Scott Jacobs, acting chief of the NCEP Systems Integration Branch, NCEP Central Operations (NCO), made a remote presentation on the status of AWIPS II development during Unidata's joint Users and Policy committee meeting in October. Jacobs' presentation highlighted the following details of the migration status:
- Full national deployment of AWIPS II to Weather Service offices and NCEP has been delayed by development issues.
- In the recent past, the Unidata Program Center has begun to receive snapshots of the AWIPS II development code base; this access will continue.
- A 64-bit version of CAVE (Common AWIPS Visualization Environment) has been developed, and will be included in the full national deployment.
- A 64-bit version of EDEX (the Environmental Data EXchange system, which supplies data to CAVE) is under development, but current plans call for its release after full national deployment of AWIPS II.
- Forecaster Integration Testing (FIT), which has been suspended while development issues were dealt with, will be resumed in November 2011.
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Additional details are available in Jacobs' presentation slides.
After Jacobs' presentation to the joint committee, Unidata Program Center developer Michael James demonstrated the current state of the AWIPS II package for committee members. James, along with UPC staffer Jeff Weber, will be participating in AWIPS II training and field testing in the coming months. Although Unidata cannot release AWIPS II to community members until national deployment has taken place, work can begin on a custom Unidata AWIPS II installation package and on training materials tailored to the Unidata community.
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| NCEP System Operational Test and Evaluation (OTE) | Through March 2012 |
| National Field OTE and Initial Operating Capability Deployment (including NCEP) | October 2011 – March 2013 |
| Release of AWIPS II package to Unidata community members | Spring 2013 |
| Unidata will provide active support and maintenance of GEMPAK for 18 months after the release of AWIPS II to the Unidata community. After the 18-month active support period ends, Unidata will continue to make the GEMPAK source code, help and training materials, and the GEMBUD mailing list available. | |
For additional information about the GEMPAK to AWIPS II migration, please see the AWIPS II software page.
