Re: New National Weather Service Radar possibly coming soon
Posted by
Chris in Tampa on 8/28/2020, 5:06 am
While the comment period may have closed, I found a little bit more information about that new display. Flash ends in December of this year, which is when browsers like Chrome will stop allowing it, so I guess the change might happen soon. There will be a 75 day period where both will be running and then the new version would replace the old version. I don't know if those 75 days would have to occur before December or not. Since people couldn't use the Flash loops in January, I would assume the change would happen fully this year.
NOUS41 KWBC 021720
PNSWSH
Public Information Statement 20-50
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring, MD
120 PM EDT Thu Jul 2 2020
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPort
Other NWS Partners and NWS Employees
From: Michelle Hawkins, Chief
Severe, Fire, Public, and Winter Weather Services
Branch
Subject: Seeking comments through August 2, 2020 on on proposed replacement
of RIDGE I radar webpage with RIDGE II radar webpage
NWS is proposed to replace the Radar Integrated Display with Geospatial Elements
(RIDGE) Radar Version I webpage with the Version lI webpage. NWS is soliciting
comments on the proposed RIDGE II radar webpage through August 2, 2020.
RIDGE I operational URL: https://radar.weather.gov
RIDGE II preview URL**: https://preview-radar.weather.gov/
**At this time the URL is currently only intended for users to provide feedback. Users
should not set up operational feeds from it.
The RIDGE Version II would replace RIDGE Version I of FLASH with HTML5 and
Javascript with a web-based and mobile-friendly display that uses Multi-Radar
MultiSensor (MRMS) datasets on an interactive map containing Open Geospatial
Consortium (OGC) compliant layers. Along with the included radar products, users
would also have the ability to display NWS long- and short-fused Watches, Warnings,
and Advisories.
The web map is optimized for small and large screen devices. Users can bookmark a
particular perspective of the map or select and save the perspective of a particular
radar. As a result, there would no longer be a need for the individual web pages that
display specific Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) products. These
webpages (ex. https://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=aaa; where 'aaa' is the 3-letter
identifier of the radar) will be discontinued along with RIDGE I.
For further details, please see the Product Description Document:
https://nws.weather.gov/products/PDD/PDD_ExpRidgeII_2020.pdf
The preview geoTIF images can be accessed at:
https://mrmst.ncep.noaa.gov/data/RIDGEII/
If approved for replacement, the NWS will issue a Service Change Notice (SCN)
detailing when the RIDGE II webpage will be supported operationally. The SCN would
also specify the transition period from RIDGE I to RIDGE II. At that point, the current
RIDGE I webpage (https://radar.weather.gov ) would run in-parallel with the new RIDGE
II webpage for 75 days to enable users to transition to RIDGE II. At the end of the 75
days RIDGE II will replace RIDGE I.
The NWS will evaluate all comments during this period and will determine any additional
and immediate need for changes, based on public feedback. Please provide feedback
through the NWS survey at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ProposedRidge2
For questions regarding the information in this notice, please contact:
Greg Schoor
NWS Severe Weather Services Program Leader
Norman, OK 73072
gregory.m.schoor@noaa.gov
or
IDP GIS Support Team
NOAA/NWS/IDP
Silver Spring, MD
idp.gis.support@noaa.gov
NWS Public Information Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/ |
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