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PFPX weather service continues, whilst the integrated Topcat function will populate the PFPX weather it does not do so in the stand alone application.

 

 

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2 hours ago, pcubine said:

Developers are too cheap to pay for it for TOPCAT.

 

I don't believe that is correct Michael, it merely requires a URL update within the program as have others that have them embedded.

 


 

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NOUS41 KWBC 011148 CCB

PNSWSH

 

Service Change Notice 16-16 Corrected

National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC

748 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2016

 

To:       Subscribers:

           -NOAA Weather Wire Service

           -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network

           -NOAAPORT

           Other NWS partners and NWS employees

 

From:     Luis Cano

          Director, Office of Operational Systems

 

Subject:  Corrected: Termination of the NWS Weather.Noaa.Gov

          (WNG) Web Service effective June 15, 2016

 

Corrected to add updated links for radar monitoring web pages as

follows:

 

WNG Current Site Data Link         Replacement Links         

--------------------------         -----------------

weather.noaa.gov/monitor/radar3    http://radar3pub.ncep.noaa.gov

weather.noaa.gov/monitor/radar2    http://radar2pub.ncep.noaa.gov

 

Corrected to change disable date to August 3, 2016

 

The NWS will eliminate the web service found at the following

address effective August 3, 2016:

 

http://weather.noaa.gov

 

Comments on this change were requested via the following notice:

 

www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notification/pns16-05decommissioning_web.htm

 

After addressing all questions, comments and feedback, a

decision was made to terminate the service.

 

This legacy web site was launched over a decade ago to provide

accessibility to NWS weather products for the general public.

The WNG website will be decommissioned as part of the

NWSTG Re-Architecture project. The WNG web site is obsolete

because NWS weather.gov site is now the primary hub for NWS web

services and data products. A list of options available for

obtaining weather data normally found via the WNG URL is

provided below.

 

WNG Site Data Link: Alternative Links         

------------------             

United States Weather:      http://weather.gov

Radar Graphics:             http://radar.weather.gov

Weather Maps:               ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/fax

                            http://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov

International Weather:      https://www.aviationweather.gov/metar

Aviation Weather:           https://www.aviationweather.gov

United States Weather:      http://weather.gov

Marine Weather:             http://weather.gov

                            http://opc.ncep.noaa.gov

 

WNG Site Data Link: Replacement Links        

------------------             

CURRENT                                 REPLACEMENT

weather.noaa.gov/monitor/radar3    http://radar3pub.ncep.noaa.gov

weather.noaa.gov/monitor/radar2    http://radar2pub.ncep.noaa.gov

 

For questions or comments on this notice, please contact:

 

Kevin Conaty

NOAA/NWS/IDP NRT PM

Silver Spring, MD 20910

301-427-9169

kevin.conaty@noaa.gov

 

National Service Change Notices are online at:

 

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm

 

 

 

 

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Topcat is not useless, use either the IVAO option or link to ActiveSky if you use it. Data can also be entered manually.

 

You cannot update the Topcat NOAA link as it is embedded.

 

PFPX is unaffected.

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Great news.

 

It's good to see TOPCAT still being maintained after such a long pause.

Is there any chance to release the update for PFPX also on the next few days? At least a fix for the "can't send data to TOPCAT" message (I know the data gets sent, I just really hate the message!)

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