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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1250 PM EST THU MAR 4 2010
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: DR. THOMAS GRAZIANO
HYDROLOGIC SERVICES DIVISION CHIEF
OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: CORRECTED: NEW URLS FOR HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION
WEB PAGES
CORRECTED TO BETTER EXPLAIN THE FORMAT OF NEW URLS FOR HYDROGRAPHS.
EFFECTIVE MARCH 16 2010 AT 1800 UTC...THE URLS USED FOR THE 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/AHPS <http://www.weather.gov/AHPS>
NEW URL: HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV <http://water.weather.gov/>
NATIONAL PRECIPITATION ANALYSIS MAP:
OLD URL: HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV <http://water.weather.gov/>
NEW URL: HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/PRECIP
<http://water.weather.gov/PRECIP>
NATIONAL RIVER CONDITION REAL SIMPLE SYNDICATION FEEDS:
OLD URL: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/RSS
<http://www.weather.gov/AHPS/RSS>
NEW URL: HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/RSS
<http://water.weather.gov/AHPS/RSS>
HYDROGRAPH PAGES...XML PAGES...AND RIVER GAGE TABULAR PAGES WILL ALL
HAVE THE FOLLOWING NEW DOMAIN NAME:
HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV <http://water.weather.gov/>
AFTER THE NEW DOMAIN NAME...THE REST OF THE HYDROGRAPH PAGE ADDRESSES
WILL NOT CHANGE...THAT IS...BOTH THE OLD AND NEW ADDRESSES USE:
/AHPS2/HYDROGRAPH.PHP?WFO=XXX&GAGE=YYYYY&VIEW=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
XML PAGES WILL CHANGE AS FOLLOWS:
OLD: /AHPS2/XML/YYYYY_HGIRG.XML
NEW: /AHPS2/HYDROGRAPH_TO_XML.PHP?GAGE=YYYYY&OUTPUT=XML
TABULAR PAGES WILL CHANGE AS FOLLOWS:
OLD: /AHPS2/TABULAR.PHP?WFO=XXX&GAGE=YYYYY
NEW: /AHPS2/HYDROGRAPH_TO_XML.PHP?GAGE=YYYYY&OUTPUT=TABULAR
IN THE ABOVE EXAMPLES...XXX IS THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE IDENTIFIER AND
YYYYY IS THE NWS LOCATION IDENTIFIER FOR A POINT ALONG A RIVER OR STREAM.
OTHER PAGES FOLLOW THE PATTERN IN THE EXAMPLES ABOVE WHERE THE SECTION
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING HTTP:// IS REPLACED WITH WATER.WEATHER.GOV.
FOR MORE EXAMPLES OF PRODUCTS AND PRODUCT NAMES...GO TO:
www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/url_changes_for_web_page_updated.pdf
<http://www.crh.noaa.gov/AHPS2/URL_CHANGES_FOR_WEB_PAGE_UPDATED.PDF>
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. 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 <mailto:DONNA.PAGE@xxxxxxxx>
TIM HELBLE
OFFICE OF CLIMATE, WATER, AND WEATHER SERVICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TIMOTHY.HELBLE@xxxxxxxx <mailto:TIMOTHY.HELBLE@xxxxxxxx>
NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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