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Hi Brian, re: > Hello, I have not heard anything regarding this issue since I reported it? I apologize for the silence. We are right in the middle of hosting training workshops for the packages we offer, so we are very short on time. A bad excuse, but unfortunately reality (sigh)... re: > I suppose the timing is never good for these sorts of things, but we are > right at the point in the synoptic class where we discuss radar. And we > have all too few east coast storms during the fall semester, and this outage > has extended right through the current anomalous east coast troughing > event. > > Can you let me know what the status of this is? Are there other similar > data products available? ie a geo-registered radar data product that is > fairly high resolution (both time and space) that is provided in a standard > (or at least documented) data format in near real time? Status: the creation of the GRIB2 version of the composite imagery have been restored to the FNEXRAD feed as of 15:36 MT. Please let me know that you are receiving the data you need now. FYI: the tricky part in figuring out what broke was the fact that the GINI image version of the products continued to be created and distributed in the FNEXRAD feed. re: > This data is extremely useful for motivating class discussions on > mid-latitude synoptic systems. Since the data is geo-registered, it is easy > to overlay the data with other meteorological variables such as surface data > (Eg: http://wx.gmu.edu/dev/chisym.00z24jun09.png ) so that the precipitation > patterns can be compared with surface features such as fronts, lows, highs, > wind flow patterns, etc. Or overlaying it with upper air data (Eg: > http://wx.gmu.edu/dev/vis500-2010042416.png ) where the precipitation and > cloud pattern can be compared with the shape and movement of the upper > trough and can also be compared with the placement and structure of the > upper jets. Or for making animations (Eg: http://wx.gmu.edu/dev/radar.mov ) > where the time evolution of a system can be viewed in detail and compared > with the evolution of other variables. I would have real time examples of > such comparisons for the current east coast system -- but the radar data is > not coming in. Thanks for describing how you use the data! re: > Anyway, I am now scouring the web to try to find alternatives, since I have > not heard from you and the class is proceeding regardless. Any help you may > be able to provide would be appreciated... The data is flowing again, so you should be able to take advantage of them in your established workflow. Again, I apologize for the interruption in service! Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: WXQ-924153 Department: Support IDD Priority: Normal Status: Closed