<div dir="ltr">MRMS Users, <div><br></div><div>We have narrowed down the cause of the IRIS/iNWS website problem and expect to have the Boulder site issue resolved soon. However, we are taking this opportunity to improve the performance of the MRMS operations tier since there are several occasions daily where some products are missed or users are unable to pull data via LDM. As we investigate solutions for the MRMS operations tier we are going to hold off on the 11.6.1 upgrade. </div><div><br></div><div>We apologize for having to further postpone the upgrade, but improving the performance of the operations tier will be beneficial to all users.</div><div><br></div><div>Once a new implementation date is scheduled we'll send an update. </div><div><br></div><div>Justin Cooke</div><div>NCEP Central Operations. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 11:35 AM Justin Cooke - NOAA Federal <<a href="mailto:justin.cooke@noaa.gov">justin.cooke@noaa.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>MRMS Users,</div><div><br></div><div>Today's scheduled upgrade of MRMS to version 11.6.1 is postponed due to troubleshooting efforts with the IRIS/iNWS site in Boulder. Once that service is stable the new date for the MRMS upgrade will be announced. We expect that the upgrade will still occur this week. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Justin <br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 3:13 PM Justin Cooke - NOAA Federal <<a href="mailto:justin.cooke@noaa.gov" target="_blank">justin.cooke@noaa.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">MRMS users,<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="m_-2398956465311706506m_-5109399709943442639gmail-m_-1429623897522008458m_-3787732364238194614gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div>NCO is officially announcing the re-start of the 30-day evaluation of <span class="m_-2398956465311706506m_-5109399709943442639gmail-il">MRMS</span>
11.6.1 beginning Today, Friday October 5th, 2018. NCO asks that you send us any
feedback you have on <span class="m_-2398956465311706506m_-5109399709943442639gmail-il">MRMS</span> 11.6.1 to Anwar Al-Mallah (<a href="mailto:anwar.al-mallah@noaa.gov" target="_blank">anwar.al-mallah@noaa.gov</a>) no later than COB October 29, 2018. Please include in the subject line: "<span class="m_-2398956465311706506m_-5109399709943442639gmail-il">MRMS</span> 11.6.1 30 Day Feedback".</div><div><br></div><div>The upgrade is scheduled for Wednesday, November 7th, 2018. <br></div><div> <br></div><div><div><div>The technical enhancements include the following: </div><div><br></div><div> -
The AutoNowCaster (ANC) product resolution will be increased from 0.05 x
0.05 degrees (~5km) to 0.01 x 0.01 degrees (~1km). Users should expect
the ANC file sizes to increase by an order of magnitude. Product timing,
filenames, domain bounds and access methods will remain unchanged. File
patterns like: </div><div> MRMS_ANC_FinalForecast</div><div> MRMS_ANC_ConvectiveLikelihood</div><div> </div><div> -
Modifying color maps used by RDIGE2 to remove the differentiation
between “no coverage” versus missing values. This product is only
available on <span class="m_-2398956465311706506m_-5109399709943442639gmail-il">MRMS</span> LDM. </div><div><br></div><div> -
Update the FLASH GRIB2 internal compression from “complex packing” to
“PNG” which reduces the volume by 50%. Currently this data is available
on LDM only, with this upgrade the data will be available on both
SBN/NOAAPORT and the Web. </div><div><br></div><div> - Begin disseminating Flooded Locations and Simulated Hydrographs (FLASH) GRIB2 Products on the SBN/NOAAPORT</div></div><br></div><div>Also attached are the release notes for version 11.6.1</div><div><br></div><div>Users can access sample v11.6.1 data using the below sites:</div><div><br></div><div><b>LDM: </b>MRMS test data will be available via from this address: <a href="http://vm-bldr-mrms-ldmoutt.ncep.noaa.gov" target="_blank">vm-bldr-mrms-ldmoutt.ncep.noaa.gov</a><br></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">If you would like to aid in validation of MRMS v11.6.1 Please contact the IDP team to get put in the allow list for ldm.</li><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><a href="mailto:idp-support@noaa.gov" target="_blank">idp-support@noaa.gov</a></li></ul></ul></div><div><b>MRMS Web data</b>: GRIB2 data from MRMS 11.6.1 BLDR TEST will be available on the <span class="m_-2398956465311706506m_-5109399709943442639gmail-m_-1429623897522008458m_-3787732364238194614gmail-il">mrmst</span> website:<br></div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><a href="http://mrmst.ncep.noaa.gov/data/" target="_blank">http://<span class="m_-2398956465311706506m_-5109399709943442639gmail-m_-1429623897522008458m_-3787732364238194614gmail-il">mrmst</span>.<span class="m_-2398956465311706506m_-5109399709943442639gmail-m_-1429623897522008458m_-3787732364238194614gmail-il">ncep</span>.<span class="m_-2398956465311706506m_-5109399709943442639gmail-m_-1429623897522008458m_-3787732364238194614gmail-il">noaa</span>.<span class="m_-2398956465311706506m_-5109399709943442639gmail-m_-1429623897522008458m_-3787732364238194614gmail-il">gov</span>/data/</a> <br></li></ul><div><br></div><div>A Service Change Notice (SCN) of this upgrade can be found on the NWS Service Changes Notices page: <a href="https://www.weather.gov/notification/" target="_blank">https://www.weather.gov/notification/</a><br></div></div><div><br></div>Justin Cooke</div><div>NCEP Central Operations</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div>
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