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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:35:32 -0700 From: Unidata Local Data Manager <unidata.ucar.edu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ldmnotices@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx535 NOUS41 KWBC 031535
PNSWSH PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 1040 AM EST WED MAR 3 2010 TO: SUBSCRIBERS: -FAMILY OF SERVICES-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES FROM: DR. THOMAS GRAZIANO HYDROLOGIC SERVICES DIVISION CHIEF OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES SUBJECT: NEW URLS FOR HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION WEB PAGESEFFECTIVE MARCH 16 2010 AT 1800 UTC...THE URLS USED FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES /NWS/ HYDROLOGIC SERVICES WEB PAGES...SOMETIMES CALLED THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICES /AHPS/ WEB PAGES...WILL CHANGE AS FOLLOWS...
NATIONAL RIVER CONDITIONS POINT MAP: OLD URL: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPSNEW URL: HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV
NATIONAL PRECIPITATION ANALYSIS MAP: OLD URL: HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOVNEW URL: HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/PRECIP
NATIONAL RIVER CONDITION REAL SIMPLE SYNDICATION FEEDS: OLD URL: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/RSS NEW URL: HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/RSS HYDROGRAPH PAGES OLD URL: HTTP://XXXXXXXXXXXX/AHPS2/HYDROGRAPH.PHPXXXX NEW URL: HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/HYDROGRAPH.PHPXXXXXML PAGES
OLD URL: HTTP://XXXXXXXXXXXX/AHPS2/XML/XXXXX.XMLNEW URL: HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/HYDROGRAPH_TO_XML.PHPXXXX OTHER PAGES FOLLOW THE PATTERN IN THE EXAMPLES ABOVE WHERE THE SECTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING HTTP:// IS REPLACED WITH WATER.WEATHER.GOV.
THESE CHANGES ARE BEING MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES TO INCREASE THE RELIABILITY FOR THE NWS WEB-BASED HYDROLOGIC SERVICES.
THESE URL CHANGES WILL NOT AFFECT USERS WHO ACCESS NWS WEB-BASED HYDROLOGIC SERVICES THROUGH THE TABS ON THE NWS MAIN PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV. USERS WHO ACCESS EITHER THE NATIONAL RIVER FORECAST POINT MAP OR OTHER AHPS PAGES THROUGH BOOKMARKS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REDIRECTED TO THE NEW URLS AND CAN UPDATE THEIR BOOKMARKS AFTER THE REDIRECTION.
USERS WHO CURRENTLY BOOKMARK THE NATIONAL PRECIPITATION MAP AT WATER.WEATHER.GOV WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE AHPS MAIN PAGE. THE NATIONAL PRECIPITATION MAP WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FROM A TAB ON THE MAIN PAGE AND THE BOOKMARK CAN BE UPDATED AT THAT TIME.
USERS WHO AUTOMATICALLY INTERROGATE THE NWS HYDROLOGIC SERVICES WEB PAGES TO OBTAIN HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS AND DATA WILL HAVE TO CHANGE THE URL IN THEIR PROCEDURES SO THEY ACCESS THE CORRECT WEB LOCATION.
THIS CHANGE WILL BE POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE AND TIME IF MARCH 16 2010 IS DESIGNATED A CRITICAL WEATHER DAY...AND FURTHER INFORMATION ON A NEW DATE AND TIME WILL THEN BE PROVIDED.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE CONTACT: DONNA PAGE OFFICE OF HYDROLOGIC DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DONNA.PAGE@xxxxxxxx TIM HELBLE OFFICE OF CLIMATE, WATER, AND WEATHER SERVICES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIMOTHY.HELBLE@xxxxxxxx NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN
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