Thanks for all the info Patrick! I was focusing more on the volume peaks
thinking that was the issue when it seems like the flatlining and resultant low
volume is the actual problem caused by retransmits. I will definitely be
looking through your NOAAport trends site to get a better understanding of it.
Thanks again.
Dustin Sheffler
NCEP Central Operations
On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 13:20:29 -0500, "Patrick L. Francis"
<wxprofessor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Sorry for the delay in response due to the holiday weekend. It looks
> >things have settled down a bit from the higher volume that you sent us
> >the screenshot of on Sunday. I'm fairly new to these NOAAPort volumes
> >so what is typical of a baseline that you've seen? My best guess is
> >that due to the active weather over the weekend, there was a higher
> >volume than normal with the volume dropping back to a more normal range
> >now.
> Dustin,
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> Welcome to the Dataflow team! The normal ebbs and flows of NOAAPort
> volume are not greatly influenced by "active weather," but can of course
> show an increase during extreme events. The changes introduced by
> re-transmits however can cause NOAAPort to "flatline." Here is a
> highlight of such an event from last Sunday that you mentioned:
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> http://modelweather.com/files/cases/2017/01/noaaprot.rexmits.redux.png
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> Notice that the numbers are negative, and I have drawn a red box around
> the area of retransmits that occurred from Saturday evening through
> Sunday, then the normal ebbs and flows of volume resumed. The problem
> with the "flatlining" is that it can cause delays in product receipt
> that most would not notice unless they are overly familiar or acutely
> monitor product receipt times; but of course, it is something that
> should not occur. The first link on my personal site displays live
> statistics on my NOAAPort Array: http://modelweather.com/ Feel free to
> look anytime you wish. In the title bar of the Volume Chart is a link to
> "History" that will display volume archives by day, week, month, and
> year. Feel free to peruse them to help heighten your understanding of
> NOAAPort trends, and feel free to ping me whenever you like. We weather
> peeps have to stick together!
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> cheers,
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