AWIPS II development and integration testing continued during March, according to Chief of Systems Integration Michelle Mainelli. NCEP Central Operations (NCO), with the assistance of Raytheon Technical Services (RTS), focused on integrating decoders and EDEX updates to the latest AWIPS II baseline code. "Our updates to the baseline are expected to be released to the National Weather Service by mid-April," says Mainelli. "We are anticipating the incorporation of the National Center Perspective to be baselined in May. Once that piece is merged, follow-on releases of the NAWIPS functionality in AWIPS II will be delivered by the AWIPS Program."
"Over the past few weeks, NCO has been focused on working with NWS Office of Science and Technology and RTS in establishing an automated data flow for non-SBN data into our NCEP Test Bed," Mainelli continues. "We are planning on completing a test of data synchronization with a limited set of data, and plan the complete addition of all data types available at the World Weather Building on the NCEP AWIPS II Test Bed by April 8."
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The 2011 NOAA Testbed Workshop, originally set for 24-26 May 2011, is being rescheduled to take place after October 1, 2011.
Due to conflicts with many of the testbed activities, as well as budget considerations this year, the NUEC has decided to postpone the NOAA Testbed Workshop until early in the next fiscal year.
Draft proposals are now due to the NWS by 11 April, and final proposals to COMET on 16 May. COMET is currently still accepting proposals for GOES-R Partners Proposals.
To prepare for new products that will be available starting in 2015 when the first GOES-R satellite is launched, the GOES-R Satellite Proving Ground has joined with the National Weather Service (NWS) forecast and warning community to conduct pre-operational demonstrations of selected capabilities.
