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AWIPS 23.4.1-0.3 is a beta release, with both EDEX and CAVE installation options.
This release includes a major upgrade for the operating system, running on Rocky 8 Linux – which is a free Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution.
This release is still in beta since the National Weather Service is still working on their 23.4.1 release to operations and does not have full functionality. Users will have the option of installing their own EDEX with this version, or continue to connect to Unidata's public EDEX (edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu).
NOTE: We will still have our version 20 public EDEX up and available at edex-cloud.unidata.ucar.edu, but the version of CAVE you are running has to match the version of EDEX it's connected to (ex. version 23.* of CAVE will not connect to version 20.* of EDEX and vice versa).
Major Updates:
- Operating System upgrade from RHEL7 (CentOS7) to RHEL8 (Rocky8)
- Python upgrade from Python 3.6 to 3.11
- Minor Java upgrade to a newer version of openJDK 11
AWIPS Updates:
- Fix NCEP database permission issues (to allow Watch county generation)
- Fix NUCAPS sounding display (now shows data)
- Update Warngen GUI
- Still includes Flash Flood
- Incorporate better labeling
- Incorporate TOWR-S V25 updates
- Update Satellite menu -Update LDM entries for VIIRS datasets
- Update Dust and Smoke displays
- Update configs to ingest new GOES-19 data when data starts flowing
- Remove outdated/duplicated products
- New Channel 13 (Clean Window IR) in Deg F display
- New Split Window Moisture (10.3-12.3 μm) display
- New configs for experimental datasets*
- EDEX Connection window updated with beta server URL
*These datasets are not yet available, but when they are they will be available in AWIPS
How to Install EDEX 23.4.1-0.3
Visit our EDEX Beta Installation Page and follow the instructions for installing EDEX on a Linux machine.
How to Install CAVE 23.4.1-0.3
Visit our CAVE Beta Installation Page and see options for the Linux, Windows, and Virtual Machine installation methods.
EDEX Connection
Select the server in the Connectivity Preferences dialog, or enter edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu.
Functionality/Reporting
To report any bugs/issues/broken functionality, please fill out this short form.
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