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[AWIPS #CVF-252865]: RAWS Observations ?

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  • Subject: [AWIPS #CVF-252865]: RAWS Observations ?
  • Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 10:37:26 -0500
> Hello Tiffany,
> 
> Thank you for your reply, but this is confusing as real-time RAWS data is 
> freely available from multiple sources.  Sadly, my fire department does not 
> have the expertise to set up a local EDEX server.  But the following websites 
> and entities freely publish RAWS data:
> 
> - NWS Hazard Data Viewer  
> <https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?&zoom=12&scroll_zoom=false&center=34.1890858311724,-116.90860748291017&boundaries=true,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false&tab=layers&obs=true&obs_type=weather&elements=temp,wind,gust&temp_filter=-80,130&gust_filter=0,150&rh_filter=0,100&elev_filter=-300,14000&precip_filter=0.01,30&obs_popup=true&obs_density=60&obs_provider=ALL>
> 
> -  
> <https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/mesomap.cgi?state=CA&rawsflag=3>Mesowest
>  <https://mesowest.utah.edu/>
> 
> - NWS Fire Weather Snooper <https://www.weather.gov/lox/fwmV3?wfo=sgx>
> 
> - CA Dept of Water Resources  <https://cdec.water.ca.gov/queryQuick.html>
> 
> - Western Region Climate Center  <https://wrcc.dri.edu/wraws/scaF.html>
> 
> The ability to view real-time observations for rural and wildland areas 
> across the US is a critical dataset not only for fire agencies, but for 
> local, state and federal land managers and the emergency management 
> community.  Thank you fan anything you can do to bring RAWS data into 
> AWIPS/CAVE.
> 
> Thank You,

Hello,

We are still looking into this. While the data are available on those webpages, 
they may be paying to get the data which is something we're not able to do.

Thanks,

Tiffany Meyer
AWIPS Lead Software Engineer
UCAR-Unidata

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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: CVF-252865
Department: Support AWIPS
Priority: High
Status: Open
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