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PNSWSH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-18...AMENDED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 1113 AM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHERWIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS... NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THOMAS GRAZIANO
ACTING CHIEF...HYDROLOGIC SERVICES DIVISION
SUBJECT: AMENDED: ENHANCEMENTS TO ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC
PREDICTION SERVICE WEB PAGES: EFFECTIVE DATE OF
JULY 18 2007 POSTPONED: NEW DATE JULY 25 2007
AMENDED TO INDICATE THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR ENHANCING SERVICES
PROVIDED BY NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON ITS ADVANCED
HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE WEB PAGES IS POSTPONED FROM JULY
18 2007 UNTIL JULY 25 2007. ALSO AMENDED TO INCLUDE A WEBSITE
FOR A SUMMARY OF NEW FEATURES.
BOTH CURRENT AND ENHANCED FEATURES ARE/WILL BE AVAILABLE AT:HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/
A SUMMARY OF NEW FEATURES IS AVAILABLE AT:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/AHPS_PHASE_V_END_USER_GUIDE.PDF
NEW CAPABILITIES WILL INCLUDE BOTH NATIONAL AND LOCAL MAPS
SHOWING FORECAST RIVER LEVELS AND DISTRIBUTION OF OBSERVED
PRECIPITATION. THE RIVER LEVEL FORECASTS WILL COMPLEMENT
EXISTING MAPS OF OBSERVED RIVER LEVELS.
PRECIPITATION INFORMATION WILL DISPLAY SPATIAL VARIATION AT A RESOLUTION OF 4 KM. PRECIPITATION INFORMATION WILL BE SIMILAR TO AN EXISTING EXPERIMENTAL SERVICE AT:
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/RFCSHARE/PRECIP_ANALYSIS_NEW.PHPIN ADDITION MUCH OF THE INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON THESE WEB PAGES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD THROUGH THE MECHANISMS DESCRIBED IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS.
1. XMLOBSERVATIONS AND FORECAST VALUES AT OVER 3700 LOCATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD IN AN EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE /XML/ FORMAT. NOTE: THIS CAPABILITY ALREADY EXISTS. IT IS NOT A NEW FEATURE. THE SCHEMA USED IS DOCUMENTED AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/OHD/HYDROXC/SCHEMAS/HYDROGEN/HYDROGENDATA.XSD 2. RSSOBSERVED AND FORECAST RIVER LEVELS WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH A REAL SIMPLE SYNDICATION /RSS/ SUBSCRIPTION. AN OPTION OF THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ONLY WHEN RIVER LEVELS APPROACH OR EXCEED FLOOD STAGE. THIS SERVICE IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS IN NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. INFORMATION ON THE EXPERIMENTAL SERVICE IS AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/RSS/ 3. GISINFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN TWO GEOSPATIAL FORMATS: /3.1/ SHAPEFILES AND /3.2/ KEYHOLE MARKUP LANGUAGE / KML/KMZ /.
3.1 SHAPEFILESA SHAPEFILE CONTAINING RIVER OBSERVATIONS AND A SECOND SHAPEFILE CONTAINING RIVER FORECASTS WILL BE UPDATED HOURLY. THESE SHAPEFILES WILL INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT OBSERVATION/FORECAST LOCATIONS INCLUDING LATITUDE...LONGITUDE...LOCATION NAME AND RIVER.
GRIDDED PRECIPITATION BASED ON A CURRENT EXPERIMENTAL SITE WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE IN SHAPEFILE FORMAT. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE:
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/RFCSHARE/PRECIP_DOWNLOAD.PHP 3.2 KEYHOLE MARKUP LANGUAGE FILESKML FILES DEPICTING BOTH RIVER OBSERVATIONS AND RIVER FORECASTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES /CONUS/ AND ALASKA.
4. NETCDFGRIDDED PRECIPITATION WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AS NETCDF FILES. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE:
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/RFCSHARE/PRECIP_DOWNLOAD.PHPTHIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
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