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Hi there, > Thanks for the clarification question. Yes, see the watches and warnings as > they come alongside radar/lightning overlay. Okay, great. That's definitely something AWIPS can do. > Thanks for the specs on the hardware. Are there special steps or accesses for > the data to be ingested? This is a great question. Getting the data is probably the hardest part, logistically, if you don't have internal NOAA feed access (which I don't think any private entities do). I know it is possible to get the data from other places, write scripts, and then ingest it into your EDEX server, but I don't know details on where those data sources are. The other option is for us to possibly provide you the data. Unfortunately, we don't offer our data feeds for free to private entities, but I believe we can work out commercial contract agreements for cases such as yours. If you go down that route, then we distribute the data via LDM which is the exact service EDEX uses to receive it's data. So, ingesting it into your server is seamless. > Is the Lightning data available? Or its just the GLM? Also another great question. I think for the most part GLM is the only lightning data we have available. We do have another lightning data source, but they have some restrictions on the sharing/use of their data. I would have to follow up with some colleagues to get more clarification about that data. Let us know if this all makes sense and if you have any additional questions. Thanks! --Shay Carter She/Her/Hers AWIPS Software Engineer NSF Unidata If you're interested, please feel free to fill out a survey about the support you receive: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDIkdk8qUMgq8ZdM4jhP-ubJPUOr-mJMQgxInwoAWoV5QcOw/viewform Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: VEE-485227 Department: Support AWIPS Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with NSF Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.