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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1250 PM EST THU MAR 4 2010
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: DR. THOMAS GRAZIANO
HYDROLOGIC SERVICES DIVISION CHIEF
OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: CORRECTED: NEW URLS FOR HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION
WEB PAGES
CORRECTED TO BETTER EXPLAIN THE FORMAT OF NEW URLS FOR HYDROGRAPHS.
EFFECTIVE MARCH 16 2010 AT 1800 UTC...THE URLS USED FOR THE NWS
HYDROLOGIC SERVICES WEB PAGES...SOMETIMES CALLED THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC
PREDICTION SERVICES /AHPS/ WEB PAGES...WILL CHANGE AS FOLLOWS:
NATIONAL RIVER CONDITIONS POINT MAP: OLD URL: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS <http://www.weather.gov/AHPS> NEW URL: HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV <http://water.weather.gov/> NATIONAL PRECIPITATION ANALYSIS MAP: OLD URL: HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV <http://water.weather.gov/>NEW URL: HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/PRECIP <http://water.weather.gov/PRECIP>
NATIONAL RIVER CONDITION REAL SIMPLE SYNDICATION FEEDS:OLD URL: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/RSS <http://www.weather.gov/AHPS/RSS>
NEW URL: HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/RSS <http://water.weather.gov/AHPS/RSS>
HYDROGRAPH PAGES...XML PAGES...AND RIVER GAGE TABULAR PAGES WILL ALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING NEW DOMAIN NAME:
HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV <http://water.weather.gov/>AFTER THE NEW DOMAIN NAME...THE REST OF THE HYDROGRAPH PAGE ADDRESSES WILL NOT CHANGE...THAT IS...BOTH THE OLD AND NEW ADDRESSES USE:
/AHPS2/HYDROGRAPH.PHP?WFO=XXX&GAGE=YYYYY&VIEW=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 XML PAGES WILL CHANGE AS FOLLOWS: OLD: /AHPS2/XML/YYYYY_HGIRG.XML NEW: /AHPS2/HYDROGRAPH_TO_XML.PHP?GAGE=YYYYY&OUTPUT=XML TABULAR PAGES WILL CHANGE AS FOLLOWS: OLD: /AHPS2/TABULAR.PHP?WFO=XXX&GAGE=YYYYY NEW: /AHPS2/HYDROGRAPH_TO_XML.PHP?GAGE=YYYYY&OUTPUT=TABULARIN THE ABOVE EXAMPLES...XXX IS THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE IDENTIFIER AND YYYYY IS THE NWS LOCATION IDENTIFIER FOR A POINT ALONG A RIVER OR STREAM.
OTHER PAGES FOLLOW THE PATTERN IN THE EXAMPLES ABOVE WHERE THE SECTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING HTTP:// IS REPLACED WITH WATER.WEATHER.GOV.
FOR MORE EXAMPLES OF PRODUCTS AND PRODUCT NAMES...GO TO:www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/url_changes_for_web_page_updated.pdf <http://www.crh.noaa.gov/AHPS2/URL_CHANGES_FOR_WEB_PAGE_UPDATED.PDF>
THESE CHANGES ARE BEING MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES TO INCREASE THE RELIABILITY FOR THE NWS WEB-BASED HYDROLOGIC SERVICES.
THESE URL CHANGES WILL NOT AFFECT USERS WHO ACCESS NWS WEB-BASED HYDROLOGIC SERVICES THROUGH THE TABS ON THE NWS MAIN PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV. USERS WHO ACCESS EITHER THE NATIONAL RIVER FORECAST POINT MAP OR OTHER AHPS PAGES THROUGH BOOKMARKS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REDIRECTED TO THE NEW URLS AND CAN UPDATE THEIR BOOKMARKS AFTER THE REDIRECTION.
USERS WHO CURRENTLY BOOKMARK THE NATIONAL PRECIPITATION MAP AT WATER.WEATHER.GOV WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE AHPS MAIN PAGE. THE NATIONAL PRECIPITATION MAP WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FROM A TAB ON THE MAIN PAGE AND THE BOOKMARK CAN BE UPDATED AT THAT TIME.
USERS WHO AUTOMATICALLY INTERROGATE THE NWS HYDROLOGIC SERVICES WEB PAGES TO OBTAIN HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS AND DATA WILL HAVE TO CHANGE THE URL IN THEIR PROCEDURES SO THEY ACCESS THE CORRECT WEB LOCATION.
THIS CHANGE WILL BE POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE AND TIME IF MARCH 16 2010 IS DESIGNATED A CRITICAL WEATHER DAY. FURTHER INFORMATION ON A NEW DATE AND TIME WILL THEN BE PROVIDED.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE CONTACT: DONNA PAGE OFFICE OF HYDROLOGIC DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DONNA.PAGE@xxxxxxxx <mailto:DONNA.PAGE@xxxxxxxx> TIM HELBLE OFFICE OF CLIMATE, WATER, AND WEATHER SERVICES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIMOTHY.HELBLE@xxxxxxxx <mailto:TIMOTHY.HELBLE@xxxxxxxx> NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT: http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm $$ NNNN --
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