CaneTalk: Recon system now connects to the NHC recon archive again, as a backup

Recon system now connects to the NHC recon archive again, as a backup - O/T

Posted by Chris in Tampa on 10/9/2018, 9:42 am

Just to throw this in here, the recon system now checks the NHC recon archive again. I developed a workaround for the technical issue that prevented my site, and HurricaneCity's site (in the way it had been trying to get the data), from connecting to the NHC recon archive.

I added this note to my site's recon system:

"Our site runs on an older server and due to technical limitations can't directly connect using SSL to the National Hurricane Center's recon archive to download observations that our normal system misses. We download individual obs by checking product files on a NOAA FTP server. If obs are released more frequently than about every minute, which often happens when multiple planes from the same agency, in the same basin, are relaying obs, our site will miss some obs. To download these missed obs automatically, our site has a system that downloads all of the obs in the NHC's recon archive since the last time we checked for and downloaded data. We are currently downloading obs through HurricaneCity's recon system, which runs as a backup to ours. If their site has an issue, our site may not be able to download missed obs automatically from the NHC's recon archive."

This means I don't have to add missed obs. Within about half an hour usually the missed obs will be added into the system.

In January the NHC upgraded their site to a more secure version of SSL and at that point my site couldn't connect anymore.

In this thread:

6am AST Tues: T. D. Fifteen forms SW of Cape Verde in east Atlantic; Forecast to be short lived & be no threat to land - Chris in Tampa, 10/9/2018, 6:14 am

I wish they would stick to 1 time format for all advisories, discussions, etc - cypresstx, 10/9/2018, 8:51 am
- oops, I meant to post a separate thread, sry n/t - cypresstx, 10/9/2018, 8:53 am
  - Times can be confusing - Chris in Tampa, 10/9/2018, 9:34 am
    - Recon system now connects to the NHC recon archive again, as a backup - O/T - Chris in Tampa, 10/9/2018, 9:42 am
      - Re: Recon system now connects to the NHC recon archive again, as a backup - O/T - cypresstx, 10/9/2018, 11:37 am
        Re: Recon system now connects to the NHC recon archive again, as a backup - O/T - Chris in Tampa, 10/9/2018, 1:14 pm
        wow, impressive ! - cypresstx, 10/9/2018, 1:34 pm

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