Advisories

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Advisory Archive

 

[+]NWS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY/NWSTG/ OUTAGE MAY 13, 2013

NOXX10 KWBC 081122DATA MGT MESSAGE 05-13.01

TO:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT

OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

ROBERT BUNGE
CHIEF SOFTWARE BRANCH
TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATIONS CENTER
OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS

OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS

SUBJECT: NWS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY/NWSTG/ OUTAGE

EFFECTIVE DATE: MAY 13, 2013

IN ORDER TO SUPPORT UPDATE OF CRITICAL HARDWARE THE NWSTG WILL
EXPERIENCE A 60 MINUTE TO 75 MINUTE OUTAGE OF SERVICES STARTING
ABOUT 1320Z ON MAY 13, 2013. THIS OUTAGE WILL BE DELAYED TO
MAY 14,2013, IF CRITICAL WEATHER IS FORECAST, IMPACTED SERVICES
WILL INCLUDE FAMILY OF SERVICES, SOCKET SERVICES, OTHER SERVICE

TO PARTNERS AS WELL AS PUBLIC INTERNET AND FILE TRANSFER
PROTOCOL SERVERS WITH THE UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATORS OF:

HTTP://WEATHER.NOAA.GOV

FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV

DURING THE OUTAGE THESE SERVICES WILL BECOME UNAVAILABLE OR HAVE
DELAYED DELIVERY OF NWS PRODUCTS. FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS
OUTAGE PLEASE CONTACT:
ROBERT BUNGE

CHIEF SOFTWARE BRANCH

TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATIONS CENTER

PHONE:301-713-0864 X 114

EMAIL: ROBERT.BUNGE@NOAA.GOV
IN THE EVENT THAT YOU HAVE OPERATIONAL CONCERNS DURING THE OUTAGE,
PLEASE CONTACT KWBC TECHNICAL CONTROL AT PHONE: 301-713-0902 OR
EMAIL: TOC.NWSTG@NOAA.GOV

THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA
MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL
IS LISTED BELOW.

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML

DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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[+] GIFS service will transition from Kansas City MO to Silver Spring MD on 29 April 2013, at 10:00 AM CDT

April 25, 2013

GIFS service will transition from Kansas City MO to Silver Spring MD on
29 April 2013, at 10:00 AM CDT. This transition is necessary to resolve
a potential host system issue in KC.

The transition should be transparent to GIFS users, but could result in
a 10-30 minute service disruption.

[+] Experimental to operational exchange of converted TAC data types to BUFR /correction to DM04-13.01 (April 2, 2013)

NOXX10 KWBC 181130
DATA MGT MESSAGE 04-13.02

TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS.. FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS...
GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS

FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT EXPERIMENTAL TO OPERATIONAL EXCHANGE OF CONVERTED TAC DATA
TYPES TO BUFR /CORRECTION TO DM04-13.01/.

EFFECTIVE 17 APRIL 2013

AS PART OF THE UNITED STATES BUFR MIGRATION WE WILL BEGIN THE
OPERATIONAL EXCHANGE OF THE FOLLOWING TAC DATA TYPES/SYNOP/TEMP/
PILOT/SHIP AND TEMP DROP BEGINNING APRIL 17 2013. WE WILL CONTINUE
TO RUN THE TAC VERSION THROUGHOUT THE EXPERIMENTAL WHICH WILL LAST
OCTOBER 2013 FOR SYNOP/APRIL 2013 FOR TEMP..PILOT/APRIL 2014 SHIP
AND APRIL 2014 FOR TEMP DROP WHICH WILL BECOME OPERTIONAL ON THE
LISTED DATES INDICATED.

THE TAC PRODUCTS WILL RUN IN PARALLEL WITH THE OPERATIONAL BUFR
PRODUCTS INDEFINITELY OR DEEMED NO LONGER OPERATIONAL.

THE WMO HEADINGS LISTED BELOW REPRESENT THE BUFR VERSION OF THE
DATA TYPES LISTED ABOVE.

PRODUCT LIST

IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO RECEIVE THESE PRODUCTS AT THIS TIME PLEASE
LET US KNOW.

FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS REGARDING ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE
PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT.

DATA MANAGEMENT

THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML

DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS

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[+] ISCS GTS File Service Transition to Secondary Servers on Tuesday 23 October 2012 Returning to Primary Servers on Thursday 25 October 2012

The ISCS GTS File Service (GIFS) will be transitioned to secondary data servers, due to maintenance of the primary data servers, on Tuesday 23 October 2012 beginning at 7:00 AM (EDT). GIFS will be transitioned from the secondary data servers back to the primary data servers on Thursday 25 October 2012 at 7:00 AM (EDT). The transition should be transparent to end users; however we invite your participation in notifying the ISCS Program Office (at patrick.gillis@noaa.gov) of any service anomalies or discrepancies identified during the transition of the GIFS service.

[+]  Replacing OPSNET Circuits with an Internet-Based Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Network (VPN) Service Effective March 31, 2012

The International Satellite Communications System (ISCS) program office is initiating a new service for transmitting meteorological data to the Regional Telecommunications Hub (RTH)-Washington in support of the Regional Association (RA)-IV member states and international community of end users.

The new service will use SSL VPN technology to allow RA-IV national and regional centers to securely transmit files to the RTH using File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Transition to the new service will begin in January 2012 and is planned to be completed by March 31, 2012. All existing OPSNET service used for ISCS FTP will be terminated after the successful transition of the RA-IV member states to the SSL VPN service. Member states may continue to use the RTH-Washington Email Data Input System (EDIS) as a backup service during the transition.

RTH-Washington will provide to RA-IV member states, at no cost, client software required for the transmission interface to the RTH SSL VPN server. Member states will have responsibility for all costs associated with maintaining a local VPN-capable Internet service to permit the SSL VPN connection.

The transition to the SSL VPN connection will be a cost effective and efficient communication service, with an acceptable level of service, reliability, and security. Member states requiring higher levels of service than afforded by the SSL VPN service, should notify the ISCS program manager identified below. One possible alternative to the SSL VPN service would, at a minimum, require the member states to individually contract and pay for an international private line connection to the United States.

Coordinating information and status updates on the SSL VPN service implementation and transition will be provided on the ISCS Webpage: