Status and News - MesoWest / ROMAN
Mon. 07/14/08 12:00 PM MDT
Please report any problems encountered with ROMAN or MesoWest to
meteo-mesowest@lists.utah.edu
Email is preferred; voice messages may be left at (801) 585-1400.
UPDATE (7/16/08): The expected MesoWest outage on Saturday July 19, 2008 has been cancelled. We anticipate that all MesoWest and ROMAN products will be available.
UPDATE (7/14/2008): The erroneous update of metadata APRSWXNET/CWOP stations that occurred on 7/10/08 has been mostly resolved as of the morning of 7/15/08. The errant data effected approximately 1400 stations, most of which have now been restored to their proper locations. However, this updating is contigent upon receiving current observations, a process which also prompts a review of the metadata. Thus for stations currently experience unrelated outages, or that have intermittent transmission, the update will occur when we again receive data from that station. Furthermore, a few of the MesoWest location based products will not be fully updated until midnight on 7/14/08. We thank you for your patience on this matter.
UPDATE (6/02/2008): The "postage stamp" maps that display the station location on a countour map have changed. Topozone was bought by trails.com which is a subscription service. In order to continue to provide valuable geographic information the maps are now provided by google maps with the terrain and contour layer selected.
NOTE: The current operational status will no longer be manually updated. However, you can use the automated page to check on the situation yourself by clicking here: http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/roman/help/monitor.html
News
My MesoWest released. Now you can save profiles that store map and tabular settings.
As announced several months ago, access to ascii files of RAWS data written to disk on ROMAN has been discontinued effective May 1. The same functionality is supported by using a script. Contact us for further information.
What is ROMAN and what has changed regarding RAWS data?
- ROMAN provides access to environmental observations from thousands of stations around the nation. Observations collected by federal, state, and local agencies as well as commercial firms are integrated into easy-to-use tables and maps.
- Access to RAWS data has been streamlined and latencies (the time lag between when the observation is valid and when it is available for use) have been cut typically in half.
- Reliability of access to RAWS and NWS/FAA observations has been improved by adding additional hardware and porting software to a centralized, secure facility.
Status of Critical Components
| Component |
Function |
Status |
Other info |
| LDM/Pubftp |
Source/Processing of NWS/FAA and other obs |
Operational |
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| ASCADS/RAWSin |
Source/Processing of RAWS obs |
Operational |
Scheduled maintenance of ASCADS occurrs every day at 0300 GMT and lasts less than an hour. More intensive maintenance occurs Saturday and Sunday evenings and may last for up to 3 hours. No new RAWS observations will appear during these periods, but data should backfill afterwards. |
| MesoWest Database |
Storage of obs |
Operational |
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| ROMAN Database |
Storage of obs |
Operational |
|
| MesoWest Web Server |
Access to obs via MesoWest Database |
Operational |
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| ROMAN Web Server |
Access to obs via ROMAN Database |
Operational |
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| Mesonet Summary |
Status of Mesonets |
Status |
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