[Skywarn] Attention WRN Ambassadors: weather.gov URL changes that may impact you

[Lloyd Colston]

Changes to the WEATHER.gov API announced below.

Lloyd


On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 1:00 PM, NOAA's National Weather Service <
wrn.feedback at noaa.gov> wrote:

> As part of our continued effort to modernize weather.gov, the National
> Weather Service (NWS) is upgrading our point forecast, zone forecast, and
> product pages. Once these changes
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001DZs4gexv7EN4qQaYOVOmkzD4KX5337xTTtV6LB6wxqGhTtvUDa9c5Wo63idZ0jGw2QuHi1K2v0k7CJSPJWbdF6rQ4xgCNWDaAJfLvrIozpmiciqB6vyaUXZRU0ICORLW73RPAq-j2Cl9Ir6vS-6n5T6AXuyF322zzYC4ch2geJvcImiucfCicAs6Fmk-rkCEle9hlpwAkrs=&c=dUOtSlOhUEt18dZUjXs9AzNWDuPkeNtkltkvQw3T6GyHXPvLfTFTgw==&ch=aP_AIc7WlGNdr32pHAA6mcXKhLcemv85k8BT6j6ORAXDCMhB0Od5Hw==>
> go live on *March 7*, all existing bookmarks to forecast.weather.gov will
> change. Links to a forecast page will display an error message that
> includes a URL to the new location. You will need to update your bookmarks
> to continue to access our forecasts quickly after the upgrade. After March
> 7, the new URL can also be found by searching for your location from
> forecast.weather.gov or www.weather.gov. These changes will not impact
> office pages located at www.weather.gov
> If you run an automated process to get NWS data from forecast.weather.gov,
> you will need to switch to the new developer API by March 7.
> Specifications for the new API can be found here
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001DZs4gexv7EN4qQaYOVOmkzD4KX5337xTTtV6LB6wxqGhTtvUDa9c5Wo63idZ0jGw2QuHi1K2v0k7CJSPJWbdF6rQ4xgCNWDaAJfLvrIozpmiciqB6vyaUXZRU0ICORLW73RPAq-j2Cl9Ir6vS-6n5T6AXuyF322zzYC4ch2geJvcImiucfCicAs6Fmk-rkCEle9hlpwAkrs=&c=dUOtSlOhUEt18dZUjXs9AzNWDuPkeNtkltkvQw3T6GyHXPvLfTFTgw==&ch=aP_AIc7WlGNdr32pHAA6mcXKhLcemv85k8BT6j6ORAXDCMhB0Od5Hw==>.
>
> The primary focus of the upgrade is to make the forecast pages more
> reliable during weather events, but there are some new benefits of new
> forecast pages that include:
>
>    - Addition of 7-day hourly forecast information to the point forecast
>    page
>    - A new mobile-friendly landing and graphical/tabular forecast page
>    - Low-bandwidth optimization for all pages, on a partial roll-out at
>    launch
>    - Option to automatically detect your location on a mobile device
>    - A new widget mode that allows you to customize the information on
>    the point forecast
>
> We overhauled the architecture of our application platform to provide a
> more stable and consistent service to meet the demand of severe weather
> events. The platform also introduces a modernized API that will make it
> easier for web developers to create high-quality applications and services
> to share NWS data. The updated web site now provides a complete
> mobile-friendly experience with optimizations for low bandwidth and
> customized weather widgets. We also have new data centers located in
> College Park, MD, and Boulder, CO, to provide 100% backup capability for
> the operational data used within the forecast process.
> We look forward to providing you with useful and timely information using
> our improved connectivity and new design.
> For more details, please read our Service Change Notice
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001DZs4gexv7EN4qQaYOVOmkzD4KX5337xTTtV6LB6wxqGhTtvUDa9c5Wo63idZ0jGwPE_Sc1ywnYnRoHHyqqlELl5dwaUd1J5hR755o61ACf4jLG13v20129-MiQZH0EBSmukLQJNp4cDNfCFT6hdQzDRN5hkg8Gu-qJKosbjVAlTSgbXvuT6XlCU1UpImIToPWejTc23APFtLW_C-z9GCEL_ihlKcSOcRaif5DAf43rQ=&c=dUOtSlOhUEt18dZUjXs9AzNWDuPkeNtkltkvQw3T6GyHXPvLfTFTgw==&ch=aP_AIc7WlGNdr32pHAA6mcXKhLcemv85k8BT6j6ORAXDCMhB0Od5Hw==>
> .  Questions can be sent to kolly.mars at noaa.gov
>




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Lloyd Colston   director
Altus Emergency Management
Altus, OK      http://www.altusok.gov
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Fax:  580.482.4738

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