Map Layers Update

The Map Layer installer on the website has been updated with the latest NWS changes through June 2020. 

Weather Message 4.5 Released

Weather Message 4.5 came out of beta on 4/10/2020.  It is now available on the regular downloads page.  The full installer will now help new users register for a Weather Wire user name and password.  The Quick Start Guide was updated with this release.

Users that purchase 4.5 will now get a registration code that automatically registers Weather Wire.

I know it took forever to release 4.5.  I kept waiting on the NWS to decide the fate of EMWIN.  Thank you to all that tested the beta's over the past year(s).

Note:  I plan on keeping the EMWIN ingest engine and options in the software for 6 months to a year.  If nothing develops, that application and options will be removed.

Legacy EMWIN Service Termination effective December 2, 2019

The NWS Legacy EMWIN services will terminate effective 1700Z December 2, 2019.  The individual
services include:

-EMWIN Satellite Broadcast Service (1692.7 MHz, GOES-14/15)
-EMWIN File Transfer Protocol (FTP) archive file server
-EMWIN ByteBlaster and HostMaster public Internet dissemination services at NWS Headquarters

On August 29, 2019, the NWS follow-on enterprise EMWIN (eEMWIN) services were placed into operations

following the release of a public notification issued on August 29, 2019, via Service Change Notice:



https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/scn19-53emwin_goesaab.pdf



The new eEMWIN services consist of:



-eEMWIN satellite broadcast service on the NESDIS GOES-East and GOES-West HRIT/EMWIN Broadcast
(1694.1 MHz, GOES-16/17)



-eEMWIN anonymous FTP archive file server

NWS will provide more than 90 days of parallel operations of the legacy EMWIN services and the
updated eEMWIN services before terminating the legacy EMWIN services on December 2, 2019. This
overlap should provide users the opportunity to acquire, install, operate and transition to the new
HRIT/EMWIN receiving system and software, with minimal impact to current operations.

The following NWS Internet-based resources are available for acquiring the products provided by
Legacy EMWIN ByteBlaster.

a. NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) Operational Interface (OI): public Internet file push service.
The reference web page for this is: www.nws.noaa.gov/nwws/

b. eEMWIN File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Bulletin Archive: public Internet file pull service



https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/OPS/

c. Global Telecommunication Service (GTS) Internet File Service (GIFS): public Internet file pull service:



https://ra4-gifs.weather.gov/data/RMTN/

d. EMWIN binary products may be downloaded directly from the public web pages accessed by EMWIN,
which are documented in the "EMWIN Image and Text Data Capture Catalog," listed here:


https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents

Questions or comments on the alternative services may be addressed to NWS EMWIN Support:
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov

Additional information on the new eEMWIN services can be found on Documents tab on the NWS EMWIN
web page: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents

Questions or comments on the information contained in this bulletin may be addressed to:
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov
National Service Change Notices are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/

Weather Wire Transition

NWS will be transitioning NWWS-OI services from primary to backup on September 9, 2019.  Based on corrections to NWS systems during the last transition, no action should be required; i.e., all accounts should automatically transition over with only a slight delay.  If your system should fail, the backup IP address is 140.90.113.240.  Check the NWWS webpage for additional information.

A return transition from backup to primary is planned for September 11, 2019.

HRIT/EMWIN Service Change Update

Service Change Notice 19-53 Updated
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring, MD
115 PM EDT Thu Jul 11 2019

To:            Subscribers:
                  -NOAA Weather Wire Service
                  -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
                  -NOAAPORT
                  Other NWS partners and NWS employees

From:      Ben Kyger
                  Director, NCEP Central Operations

Subject:  Updated: Enterprise EMWIN Service Transition to
                  Operations for GOES-East and GOES-West Satellite
                  Broadcasts Effective on a date to be determined (TBD)

Updated to reflect the effective date of the eEMWIN services becoming operational from July 24, 2019 to TBD; an updated SCN will be issue when a new date is set.

Effective on a date to be determined, the NWS enterprise Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (eEMWIN) service is scheduled to transition to an operational NCEP Central Operations Integrated Dissemination Program (IDP) platform.  The eEMWIN dissemination service operates through a public facing NWS web service and over the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R (GOES-R) Series satellites. The present operational GOES-R Series satellites are:

GOES-East (GOES-16) at 75.2 degrees West longitude GOES-West (GOES-17) at 137.2 degrees West longitude

HRIT-EMWIN SERVICE PHASE-IN

On July 30, 2019, the NWS eEMWIN service enters a 30-day system stability evaluation period.  On a date to be determined, after a successful evaluation period, the NWS eEMWIN HRIT-EMWIN broadcast and public facing NWS web service will be operational.

Users transitioning to the High Rate Information Transmission
(HRIT) EMWIN broadcast service will require an HRIT-EMWIN receiving station.  HRIT-EMWIN system requirements and user information are available from NESDIS. Some information on HRIT- EMWIN receiving station equipment available for purchase is provided on the NWS EMWIN Web Services:

 https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#hrit-emwin

The NWS does not endorse or recommend any products or services appearing on this website.

The assigned EMWIN Virtual Channel Identifiers (VCIDs) on the broadcast are:

VCID-20 - Priority 1 and 2 text products (see note 1 and 2)
VCID-21 - Image products (see note 1 and 3)
VCID-22 - Priority 3 and 4 text products (see note 1 and 2)

Notes:
1. The products on the GOES-16/17 HRIT-EMWIN broadcast should not be used for operational purposes prior to the effective date.
2. Text product information is available in the EMWIN Text Product Catalog on the following web site:

 https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents

3. Image product information is available in the EMWIN Image and Text Data Capture Catalog on the following web site:

 https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents

The NWS Web Services hosting HRIT-EMWIN satellite broadcast products for download are available here:

https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/

ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/
 - By the effective date, the products will begin populating the OPS directory.
 - During the 30-day evaluation period, the products will be available in the QA directory.

The products on the eEMWIN Web Service should not be used for operational purposes prior to the eEMWIN Services effective date.  Further information on the eEMWIN Web Service is available in the eEMWIN FTP Service Description Document on the following web site:

 https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents

User wishing to provide comments on the product and services during the 30-day evaluation period, please contact:

 Carissa Klemmer
 NCEP Central Operations
 idp-support@noaa.gov
 carissa.l.klemmer@noaa.gov
 and
 Robert Gillespie
 nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov

Questions on the information contained in this bulletin may be addressed to:

 nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov

National Service Change Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/

EMWIN on HRIT/EMWIN Broadcast Undergoing 30-day Test

The NWS EMWIN service over the GOES-16 and 17 HRIT/EMWIN broadcast has entered a 30-day test period (20 JUN - 19 JUL 2019).  Content on EMWIN subchannels 20, 21, and 22; and on the associated EMWIN FTP archive file service should remain stable over the next 30 days, unless a significant issue is encountered.

Users are reminded that products received on the EMWIN sub-channels and from the EMWIN FTP archive files should not be used for operations until the EMWIN service over HRIT/EMWIN is declared operational by the NWS. 

Please address any content or service issues you encounter to:  nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov

Thank you.
r/Bob G.

Weather Wire SSL Update

NWS will be updating the SSL Certificate for the NWWS-OI service today at 1700 UTC (1pm EDT). The NWWS-OI service will need to be restarted in order to affect this change.

Please note that this will cause a short outage of service for up to 20 minutes.

EMWIN ByteBlaster and FTP File Server Disruption Commencing 2200 UTC, June 6, 2019

To: Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) Customers

From: GISC/RTH Washington Data Management
To: Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) Customers

From: GISC/RTH Washington Data Management
Subject: EMWIN ByteBlaster and FTP File Server Disruption Commencing 2200 UTC, June 6, 2019

A planned upgrade of EMWIN Network Services is scheduled to commence at 2200 UTC, June 6, 2019, and will last approximately 4 hours.

The EMWIN ByteBlaster and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) File services may experience an interruption of service during this period.  The EMWIN satellite broadcast should not be impacted.

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  June 6, 2019 / 2200 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End:  June 7, 2019 / 0200 UTC

Length of Outage: 4 Hours

Users relying on the EMWIN ByteBlaster and FTP services should utilize alternate NWS dissemination services [e.g., NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS)] for continuous receipt of timely weather and water warnings and alerts throughout this period.

If a ‘Critical Weather Day’ is identified to take place during this maintenance event, the event will be rescheduled.

Information contained in this bulletin is posted on
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/index.html#notices 
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/iscs/index.html

Questions or comments on this Bulletin may be addressed to: nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov

GOES-17 is now GOES-West

As of 1800 UTC on February 12, 2019, GOES-17 is the official GOES-West satellite stationed at 137.2 degrees west and the 1691.0 MHz GOES-15 LRIT broadcast has now been disabled. GOES-15 Infrared and Water Vapor imagery is still available on it's normal schedule on GOES-17's HRIT broadcast.

GOES-17 and GOES-15 will operate in tandem from their respective locations of 137.2 degrees west and 128 degrees west through early July 2019. After July 2019, GOES-15 data distribution will conclude while GOES-17 data distribution will continue in the GOES-West assignment.

Information on GOES-17 ABI performance including Loop Heat Pipe information and predictive saturation dates/times can be found at https://www.goes-r.gov/users/GOES-17-ABI-Performance.html 

Information on product mapping from GOES-15 to GOES-17 can be found on the bottom right at https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/transition.html

GOES-17 imagery can be viewed at: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/index.php

GOES-17 scanning schedules will be posted to the following site after the Critical Weather Day declaration has ended: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.html

NOAA press release: https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/latest-weather-satellite-will-improve-forecasts-for-western-us-alaska-hawaii

GOES-17 Operational Declaration

GOES-17 will become the operational GOES West satellite during the week of February 11th. At the same time the GOES-15 LRIT broadcast will be disabled, but all other GOES-15 services will still be available for a 6-month period in tandem operations with GOES-17. Details below. 

Topic: GOES-17 Operational Declaration and Transition Plan Status

Date/Time Issued: January 31, 2019 2010 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: All GOES-17 ABI, GLM, SUVI, SEISS, MAG, and EXIS products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 24, 2018 1345 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: February 11, 2019 TBD UTC
Length of Event/Outage: See details below.
Details/Specifics of Change:

NOAA anticipates that GOES-17 will go into operations as the GOES-West satellite during the week of February 11th, 2019. A notification of the exact date and time of transition will be sent closer to February 11th. The GOES-15 LRIT broadcast will be disabled at the same time.

GOES-17 and GOES-15 will operate in tandem from their respective locations of 137.2 degrees west and 128 degrees west through early July 2019.

GOES-17 Transition to Operations Schedule

GOES-17 will go into operations as the GOES-West satellite during the week of January 7th, 2019.  A notification of the exact date will be sent closer to this time. The GOES-15 LRIT broadcast will be disabled at the same time.

GOES-17 and GOES-15 will operate in tandem from their respective locations of 137.2 degrees west and 128 degrees west for six months.

GOES -13/14/15/16 Fall 2018 Solar RFI

To: Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) Customers

From: GISC/RTH Washington Data Management

Subject: GOES-13/14/15/16 Fall 2018 Solar RFI

NESDIS has provided the following information concerning the potential for outages of the GOES data stream, including EMWIN.

The potential for solar radio frequency interference (RFI) with a satellite downlink circuit will occur whenever the Sun passes into the beam of the ground station receiving antenna. The Wallops and Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Stations (CDAs) and Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) receiving antennas may experience periods of Solar RFI as predicted below. Solar RFI can cause loss of telemetry lock and command capability.

Solar RFI Predicted Times and Impacts for Fall 2018:

SPACECRAFT //
DATE TIME(UTC) STATION OP-IMPACT
-------------------------------------------------------------
GOES-13 //
04 OCT-11 OCT 1532-1544 WALLOPS SD,GVAR,T&C,EMWIN,LRIT,
05 OCT-12 OCT 1638-1649 SUITLAND WEFAX,DCS,DCPR,SAR,MDL
GOES-14 //
05 OCT-12 OCT 1854-1906 WALLOPS T&C,EMWIN,MDL
05 OCT-12 OCT 1853-1905 SUITLAND
GOES-15 //
04 OCT-11 OCT 2111-2122 WALLOPS SD,GVAR,T&C,EMWIN,LRIT,
04 OCT-11 OCT 2111-2122 SUITLAND WEFAX,DCS,DCPR,SAR,MDL
11 OCT-18 OCT 2042-2054 FAIRBANKS
GOES-16 //
04 OCT-11 OCT 1644-1656 WALLOPS RDL,GRB,T&C,HRIT/EMWIN,
05 OCT-12 OCT 1643-1655 SUITLAND DCPC,SAR
05 OCT-12 OCT 1641-1653 FAIRMONT

Source: Direct Broadcast Manager, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD

Questions or comments may be directed to:
nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov

GOES-17 and GOES-15 Transition Plan

Below is information on the GOES West Transition plan. This should be updated on the GOES-R website as well. There will be two drifts occurring to separate GOES-15 and GOES-17. During GOES-15's drift period, the LRIT transponder will still broadcast during it's drift, as NESDIS expects no outages to occur. 

For GOES-17 HRIT/EMWIN, the transponder will be activated on November 15th (exact time during day TBD) and there will be a GOES West stream available. Product content will be the following:

VCID 0 - Administrative Text

VCID 1 - Mesoscale Imagery, band 2 only for both sectors available every 15 minutes

VCID 2 - GOES-17 Band 2 Full Disk 2km resolution available every 30 minutes

VCID 7 - GOES-17 Band 7 Full Disk 2km resolution available every 30 minutes

VCID 8 - GOES-17 Band 8 Full Disk 2km resolution available every 30 minutes

VCID 9 - GOES-17 Band 9 Full Disk 2km resolution available every 30 minutes  

VCID 13 - GOES-17 Band 13 Full Disk 2km resolution available every 30 minutes    

VCID 14 - GOES-17 Band 14 Full Disk 2km resolution available every 30 minutes     

VCID 15 - GOES-17 Band 15 Full Disk 2km resolution available every 30 minutes       

VCID 16 - GOES-16 Band 13 Full Disk 4km resolution available every 30 minutes

VCID 20 - EMWIN Priority 1 & 2 data (non-operational but available if pushed by NWS)

VCID 22 - EMWIN Priority 3 & 4 data (non-operational but available if pushed by NWS)

VCID 23 - NWS Tropical Forecast Discussions

VCID 24 - NHC Maritime Products for GOES-17 footprint only

VCID 31 - DCS Data

VCID 60 - Himawari-8 4km resolution IR, Water Vapor and Visual channels available once an hour

At this time, there will be no inclusion of GOES-17 level 2+ products. The LRIT broadcast will remain operational until GOES-17 is deemed GOES West. 

Setup for GoesTools

Here is a good write up on using GoesTools.

https://gist.github.com/lxe/c1756ca659c3b78414149a3ea723eae2#file-goes16-rtlsdr-md

GOES 14 now broadcasting EMWIN

The EMWIN Broadcast from GOES-14 at 105 degrees West, has been activated and is currently available as an alternate to the GOES-East (GOES-13) EMWIN satellite broadcast signal.  The GOES 14 EMWIN broadcast will remain operational for six months and is scheduled to terminate on or about June 13, 2018. 
See SCN 17-120:  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notification/scn17-120goes14.htm

This service is provided to extend the opportunity for GOES-13 users to continue using their existing EMWIN equipment and software beyond the GOES-13/16 transition in mid-December 2017; while acquiring and installing the new GOES-16 HRIT/EMWIN antennas, receivers and software. 

EMWIN data customers that transition to the GOES-14 EMWIN broadcast service are reminded that the downlink is a linear polarized signal.  Once the antenna has been properly oriented for azimuth and elevation, the receive feed may need to be adjusted for optimum reception.  This is usually accomplished by loosening the feed set-screw(s) and rotating the feed to achieve the highest signal strength on the EMWIN receiver.

Please contact the following, to address any comments or questions:    nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov

HRIT/EMWIN Status

Here is an update from Seth Clevenstine, Direct Broadcast Manager.

Currently the GOES-16 HRIT/EMWIN broadcast is down due to a ground system anomaly that we're testing a fix for in hopes to have it up and running by next week. I'll post an update by the end of the week regarding the broadcast and it's status. I apologize for the delay in communication.

I would also like to take the time to point out the GOES East transition schedule.

Key Dates for GOES East Transition:

1. November 30th, the HRIT/EMWIN broadcast will be offline while GOES-16 will transition eastward at 1.41 degrees a day
2. December 11th, GOES-16 will stop it's drift at 75.2 degrees West.
3. December 14th, ~1530Z GOES 13 will turn off the LRIT transponder
4. December 14th, ~1545Z GOES 16 will turn on the HRIT transponder
5. December 14th, ~1545Z, the HRIT ground system will start broadcasting to HRIT/EMWIN as the operational GOES East satellite.

For further information on next month's GOES East transition plans, please see the following website:
http://www.goes-r.gov/users/transitiontToOperations.html

GOES-16 Drift and Transition to Operations

GOES-16 is planned to begin drifting to the GOES-East operational location of 75.2 degrees west longitude on November 30, 2017. Drift is scheduled to complete on December 11, 2017 and nominal operations will resume by December 20, 2017. During the drift period, five instruments (ABI, GLM, SUVI, SEISS, and EXIS) will be placed in safe or diagnostic modes and will not be capturing or distributing data. MAG is the only instrument that will continue to operate with nominal data distribution during the transition. GOES Rebroadcast (GRB), Data Collection System (DCS), High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT)/ Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN), and the Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking (SARSAT) system will be disabled during drift. This is due to X-band radio frequency downlink interference.

On December 7, 2017, GOES-13 GOES VARiable (GVAR) service will begin relay through GOES-14 and will be available through both satellites until December 14, 2017, at which time GOES-13 GVAR will only be transmitted through GOES-14. GOES-13 GVAR users will need to repoint their antennas to 105 degrees west to maintain receipt of GOES-13 data. Once GOES-16 reaches 75.2 degrees west on December 11, 2017, there will be three to nine days of calibration activity. All instruments will resume nominal operations by December 20, 2017, and GOES-16 will officially become GOES-East. There will be a period of overlap with GOES-13, which will remain at 75 degrees west, after GOES-16 becomes GOES-East. GOES-13 will remain on and provide data until January 2, 2018, at which time it will begin drifting to its storage location at 60 degrees west. During this period of overlap, GOES-13 GVAR will be relayed through GOES-14. Additional information will be communicated as needed.

All drift and transition operations will be led by the NESDIS Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) with GOES-R Program operational support. Final scheduling of drift operations may change based on operational needs and will be a NOAA-level decision.

See for more information - http://www.goes-r.gov/users/transitiontToOperations.html 

Change in Satellite Broadcast Network

Effective on or about January 16, 2018, the SES-1 satellite will no longer provide data to the NWS Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN). Data will become available from the Galaxy 28 satellite (G-28) by early December, before discontinuing the broadcast from SES-1. In addition, the location of the Master Ground Station (MGS) will move to Holmdel, NJ; the Backup Master Ground Station (BMGS) will remain in Fairmont, WV. These changes are a result of the transition to Signal Mountain as the new NWS SBN communications support subcontractor under Raytheon, the Prime Contractor for the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS).

The downlink antennas at all receiving site ground stations (SGS) will need to repoint to G-28 to accommodate this transition. Users should not need new equipment to continue receiving NOAAPORT data once the antenna has been adjusted.

Important specifications are below:

Galaxy 28 Satellite Location (new): 89 degrees West FEC Type: DVB-S2

Polarity: Vertical/Right

Band: High, C-Band

The changeover from SES-1 to G-28 will occur in several phases to ensure a smooth transition that maximizes the amount of time with satellite backup coverage. The date of the initial broadcast from G-28 is still being finalized. Additional information and specific dates will be provided in the coming weeks in the form of subsequent Service Change Notices.

If NOAAPORT users experience problems with service during the satellite transition period, please contact James Calkins and Kevin Conaty at NWS Headquarters.

Kevin Conaty

    NOAA/NWS Office of Central Processing

    Silver Spring, MD 20910

    Email: Kevin.Conaty@noaa.gov

James Calkins

    NOAA/NWS Office of Central Processing

    Silver Spring, MD 20910

    Email: James.Calkins@noaa.gov

NWS AWIPS sites experiencing service problems should contact the Network Control Facility.

AWIPS Network Control Facility (NCF) Help Desk

    NOAA/NWS Office of Central Processing

    Silver Spring, MD 20910

    Email: nws.ncf.supervisors@noaa.gov

NWS National Service Change Notices are online at:

 http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

NWS Soliciting Comments on Discontinuing EMWIN Internet Feed

NWS is accepting comments until October 24, 2017, on the proposed termination of the EMWIN ByteBlaster and HostMaster services on or about April 30, 2018.

ByteBlaster is a client-server software application which has been implemented in privately developed and commercial software offerings. The NWS operates four ByteBlaster servers as a public service, actively pushing all products appearing on the EMWIN satellite broadcast to users operating a ByteBlaster client or other compatible software over the Internet. Users may connect to the NWS ByteBlaster servers without the approval of, or intervention by, the NWS. HostMaster is a ByteBlaster server load-balancing software application used to manage the clients connected to ByteBlaster servers and automatically transfer connected clients from one known server to another in the event of a server failure.

Weather, water and climate products disseminated by the NWS ByteBlaster service include national and international watches, warnings, advisories, observations, forecasts and remote sensing information in text and picture (binary) formats. As an Internet-based service, ByteBlaster client-server connections can be operated from any location, worldwide, with Internet access.

The NWS is in the process of consolidating its dissemination services into a common architecture. Transitioning ByteBlaster into this new architecture will require significant NWS resources and time. Alternate public Internet-based methods are available for acquiring the products disseminated by ByteBlaster. These alternatives provide users with the opportunity to replace ByteBlaster in their local operations. A sample of these services and their comparative equivalence to ByteBlaster follows:

1. EMWIN File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Archive
- Interface: file pull initiated by user
- Text Products: all text files on EMWIN satellite broadcast, in ZIP file format
- Binary Product: all binary files sent on EMWIN satellite broadcast in ZIP file format
- Reference: click on the link "eEMWIN FTP Service Description draft v0.2 (Draft)," available here:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents

2. NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) Operational Interface (OI).
- Interface: automated XMPP file push to registered users (no
fee)
- Text Products:  NWS US weather watches, warnings and advisories; does not include International products and non- weather emergency messages.
- Binary Products: none.
- Reference: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwws/

3. Global Telecommunication Service (GTS) Internet File Service
(GIFS)
- Interface:  user initiated web browser Graphical User Interface (GUI) and a command line interface over public Internet
- Text Products: limited to International products for North America, Central America and Caribbean; virtually no US WFO generated products
- Binary Products: none.
- Reference:  click on the "GIFS Open Access RMTN Users Guide"
link here: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/iscs/documents.html
Web browser link:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/iscs/documents.htmlhttps://ra4-gifs.weather.gov/data/RMTN/

4. All EMWIN binary products may also be obtained by users directly from the web pages accessed by EMWIN, which are documented in the "EMWIN Image and Data Capture Catalog," here:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/EMWIN_Image_and_Text_Data_Capture_Catalog_v1.0_r170301-1500a.pdf

The final disposition of the EMWIN ByteBlaster and HostMaster services will be determined after the NWS has reviewed all comments.  NWS will issue a Service Change Notice in the event termination is approved.

Partners and users are encouraged to email comments regarding this proposal to:

nws.emwin.support@noaa.gov

National Public Information Notices are online at:

 http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

Transition of the NWS EMWIN FTP service

The NWS is accepting comments until September 15, 2017, on the proposed transition of the legacy Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) File Transfer Protocol (FTP) service to the NWS Integrated Dissemination Program (IDP) enterprise environment.

The EMWIN FTP file service is transitioning to a new consolidated enterprise infrastructure referred to as IDP.  The new EMWIN IDP FTP service is scheduled to be operational on November 1, 2017. Users of the EMIWN legacy FTP service are encouraged to transition to the new service prior to January 31, 2018, the scheduled date for deactivating the legacy FTP server.

The new EMWIN IDP FTP service provides the following improvements:

-Eliminates the need for users to register for and use assigned user name and passwords to access the EMWIN archive files.  The new EMWIN IDP FTP service is hosted on an anonymous FTP server, providing open public access 24x7, over the public Internet.

-Increases the FTP service operational availability by employing a backup IDP anonymous FTP service that becomes operational in the event of a catastrophic failure of the primary IDP anonymous FTP service.

Two separate and unique sets of EMWIN archive files will be presented on the EMWIN IDP FTP service: one for the older generation GOES-15 satellite (GOES-West) and one for the newer generation GOES-16 satellite (GOES-East). The unique characteristics of their individual satellite broadcast services require separate archives as a result of:

-Different file naming conventions used for the WMO product files appearing on the GOES-West and GOES-East broadcasts. Products on GOES-West retain the legacy EMWIN eight character file name, while the GOES-East will implement the 63 to 66 character WMO compliant file name convention. Additional information on the GOES-East file naming convention is available for review here:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/EMWIN_GOES-R_filename_convention.pdf

-The maximum data rate on the GOES-West and GOES-East satellite broadcast services will be 19.2 kbps and 256 kbps, respectively.  The higher data rate may periodically deliver a greater number of products in a given time interval, potentially increasing the archive file product count for comparable periods of time.

The NWS EMWIN IDP FTP archive file names and descriptions are:

*** TEXT PRODUCTS ***

txtmin02.zip ....... two minute file
txtmin06.zip ....... six minute file
txtmin20.zip ....... twenty minute file
txthrs01.zip ....... one hour file
txthrs03.zip ....... three hour file

*** BINARY FILES (IMAGES) ***

imgmin15.zip ....... fifteen minute file

imghrs01.zip ....... one hour file

imghrs03.zip ....... three hour file

Additional information on the new IDP anonymous FTP service and files is found in the Enterprise EMWIN FTP Service Description document available here:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/eEMWIN%20FTP%20Service%20Description%20draft%20v0.2%20-%20r161118-0935.pdf

A Service Change Notice (SCN) will be sent before transitioning operations to the new EMWIN IDP FTP service.

Questions or comments about this service should be emailed to:

iscs.dm@noaa.gov

National Public Information Statements are online at:

http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm