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Re: NLDN data



Tom,

The "SFUS41 KWBC" products on NOAAPORT carry the lightning data for
AWIPS. These products are in our HRS  (binary NWSTG) data feed.
They are not in the same format that the NLDN products from Albany are,
but that shouldn't be a problem for your AWIPS!

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support



On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 08:23, Tom Whittaker wrote:
> Hi Steve...
> 
> Hope you are enjoying the summer weather out there!
> 
> We're in the process of negotiating with Vaisala to get their NLDN
> data into our AWIPS system here (used to develop training modules).
> They expressed a desire to feed the data directly to us instead of
> using the Unidata/SUNYA LDM "NLDN feed" -- my question is this:  is
> the "original" NWS lightning data already on the HRS feed?
> 
> Our AWIPS is set up to use the HRS feed (with the extra WMO headers
> put in) and it would easiest for us just to continue along that route.
> 
> Thanks for any info...
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> tom