GEMPAK 7.4.3 has been released. This is a minor update with the following changes:

• Full support for GOES ABI fixed grid projection McIDAS AREA format (UNIWISC)
• New AWIPS lutfils for GOES 16 IR and WV channels (View samples)
• Corrected a bug in 7.4.2 snow squall warnings which caused dcwarn to generate false FFW warnings
• Updated zlib, HDF5, netCDF

Spots are still available for Unidata's 2018 Software Training Workshop. The workshop features courses on Unidata's display and analysis packages MetPy, IDV, and AWIPS, as well as courses on data access and management tools including the Local Data Manager (LDM) and the THREDDS Data Server (TDS), and netCDF.

Note: To receive the lowest lodging price at the hotel located closest to the Unidata Program Center, you must make a reservation by Monday, September 17th.

Registration is open for Unidata's 2018 Software Training Workshop. The workshop features courses on Unidata's display and analysis packages MetPy, IDV, and AWIPS, as well as courses on data access and management tools including the Local Data Manager (LDM) and the THREDDS Data Server (TDS), and netCDF.

The workshop will be held October 15 – 30, 2018. Individual courses last from one to three days.

Verisk is seeking a senior software engineer to join its Weather Solutions division in Lexington, MA. This small growing team is responsible for developing and maintaining products and services that aid clients in the insurance, restoration, and related industries in effectively responding to natural catastrophe events. The successful candidate will have a strong background in scientific programming. The candidate will interact closely with scientists, product managers, and other product developers and will work with data feeds of forecast model grids and various observations, and implementing scientific and business process algorithms.

For additional information or to apply, visit: Verisk Analytics Job Opportunities.

Unidata AWIPS 17.1.1-6 is a minor release with the following changes:

• WarnGen bug fixes: for practice sessions, the WarnGen app no longer uses JMS to send/verify messages between client and server, instead sending the generated message directly to a TextWS window for editing, keeping everything client-side.
• postgis update to 2.4.4 to fix segfault signal 11 when WarnGen requests EDEX PostgreSQL to create coverage area geometries.
• geos update to 3.6.2.
• gdal update to 2.2.4.
• proj update to 5.1.0.
• postgresql and psql update to 9.5.13 to account for new versions of postgis, gdal, and proj, and to remove the geos dependency.
• shapely update to 1.6.4 after geos dep update to 3.6.2.
• NCP Resource Manager cleanup of unused resources (Linux only).
• Removed NSHARP D2D dependency on PGEN shapes.