[Skywarn] Fwd: EMWIN - SCN20-117: Static Radar Image Files Temporarily Suspended on EMWIN Services, Effective December 16, 2020

[Lloyd Colston]

FYI.



---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: John Simensky - NOAA Federal <john.simensky at noaa.gov>
Date: Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 13:10
Subject: EMWIN - SCN20-117: Static Radar Image Files Temporarily Suspended
on EMWIN Services, Effective December 16, 2020
To:


EMWIN users and Stakeholders,

Please below SCN 20-117 concerning static radar image files being
temporarily suspended on EMWIN services. Also attached in word format for
easier sharing.

*Questions on the information in this bulletin may be addressed to*:
*nws.emwin.support at noaa.gov
<nws.emwin.support at noaa.gov>*

*Questions on the Ridge 2 radar products may be address to*:

- product comments and feedback: *nwsradarfeedback at noaa.gov
<nwsradarfeedback at noaa.gov>*

- operational service issues: *nco.ops at noaa.gov <nco.ops at noaa.gov> *

- product support issues: *idp-support at noaa.gov <idp-support at noaa.gov> *

National Service Change Notices are online at:

*https://www.weather.gov/notification/
<https://www.weather.gov/notification/> *
Thanks

JS

NOUS41 KWBC 151720

PNSWSH

Service Change Notice 20-117

National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD

120 PM EST Tue Dec 15 2020

To: Subscribers:

-NOAA Weather Wire Service

-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network

-Satellite Broadcast Network/NOAAPort

Other NWS partners and NWS employees

From: Michelle Mainelli

Director, Office of Dissemination

Subject: Static Radar Image Files Temporarily Suspended on

EMWIN Services, Effective December 16, 2020

On or about December 16, 2020, NWS is temporaily suspending 10 static Radar
Image files sent over the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
(GOES)-East and West High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT) / Emergency
Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) satellite broadcast on virtual
channel 21. These products are published on the enterprise EMWIN File
Transfer Protocol (FTP) archive file server. The products will be suspended
pending completion of the NWS migration to the new Ridge 2 radar product
generation services.

The suspended Radar products are listed/documented under Title-03 through
12, in the EMWIN Image and Text Data Capture Catalog:

https://www.weather.gov/media/emwin/EMWIN_Image_and_Text_Data_Capture_Catalog_v1.3b_r180817.pdf

The static Radar Image files should return to the EMWIN services by
February 26, 2021. NWS will send an updated Service Change Notice when the
suspended static Radar files have been reinstated on the EMWIN services.

In the interim and effective on or about December 16, 2020, Users may
obtain Ridge 2 static radar image files for individual radar sites at the
following Ridge 2 services URL: https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/lite/

Questions on the information in this bulletin may be addressed to:
nws.emwin.support at noaa.gov

Questions on the Ridge 2 radar products may be address to:

- product comments and feedback: nwsradarfeedback at noaa.gov

- operational service issues: nco.ops at noaa.gov

- product support issues: idp-support at noaa.gov

National Service Change Notices are online at:

https://www.weather.gov/notification/

NNNN


-- 
John Simensky
Meteorologist National Weather Service
Dissemination & Outreach
Silver Spring Maryland
(301) 427-9318
-- 
Lloyd Colston
KC5FM
Hamshack Hotline 50052