[Ncep.list.nos-nowcoast-status] NOAA/NOS nowCOAST STATUS MESSAGE - Info regarding upcoming new nowCOAST version

Fri Aug 24 19:21:10 UTC 2018

NOAA/NOS nowCOAST STATUS MESSAGE
3:15 PM EDT Fri Aug 24 2018

We anticipate by  late September 2018 that a new version of nowCOAST will
be implemented operationally.  The new nowCOAST version (V5.2) will feature
the following changes

   - New map service to provide maps of oceanographic forecast guidance
   from the NOS 3-D operational forecast system for the Gulf of Maine (GoMOFS)
   - New map service to provide maps of NOS forecast guidance of the marine
   pathogen, Vibrio Vulnificus (Vv) for the Chesapeake Bay
   - Incorporation of water level forecast guidance from NOS Extratropical
   Surge and Tide Operational Forecast System (ESTOFS) for Micronesia into the
   existing ESTOFS map service
   - Ability to display NHC Potential Storm Surge Flooding Maps for
   multiple tropical cyclones at the same time
   - Incorporation of NWS/CPHC’s new Best Track information for tropical
   cyclones over the Central Pacific Ocean into the existing tropical cyclone
   track and intensity forecasts map service
   - Addition of a new data layer for NWS/NHC’s and CPHC’s initial wind
   radii for tropical cyclones over the Atlantic, Eastern North Pacific, and
   Central Pacific Oceans into the tropical cyclone track and intensity
   forecasts map service
   - Addition of three new data layers for NWS Snow Squall Warning, Dust
   Storm Warning, and Dust Storm Advisory into the short-duration hazards map
   service
   - Discontinuation of legacy time-offset or forecast projection based map
   services for NOS 3-D operational oceanographic forecast systems and
   NWS/NCEP Global Real-Time Ocean Forecast System
   - Addition of Canada Marine Zones as a new layer in the
forecast_meteoceanhydro_pts_zones_geolinks
   map service depicting Canada’s marine zone boundaries along with hyperlinks
   to the corresponding marine text forecast webpages
   - Modification of the mapoverlays_admin_fedgov map service to include
   the latest National Airspace System (NAS) Air Route Traffic Control Center
   (ARTCC) High and Low boundaries as separate layers
   - Discontinuation and removal of the Wind Profilers geo-referenced
   hyperlinks layer from the obs_meteoceanhydro_remote_pts_areas_geolinks map
   service
   - Update geo-referenced hyperlinks to observations and forecasts to
   correct URLs or remove dead links

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*Details including what users may have to change in their applications.*

The names of the new time-enabled map services for GoMOFS and Vv Marine
Pathogen forecast guidance are the following:

guidance_model_coastalocean_gomofs_time

guidance_model_coastalocean_pathogen_time

Information about these two new services will be available after the new
version is implemented in mid to late September at the following URLs:

https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/nowcoast/guidance_model_coastalocean_gomofs_time/MapServer

https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/nowcoast/guidance_model_coastalocean_pathogen_time/MapServer

The following actions need to be taken by users of the legacy time-offsets
map services of oceanographic forecast model guidance:

Name of Map Services:

guidance_model_coastalocean_cbofs_offsets

guidance_model_coastalocean_creofs_offsets

guidance_model_coastalocean_dbofs_offsets

guidance_model_coastalocean_ngofs_offsets

guidance_model_coastalocean_nyofs_offsets

guidance_model_coastalocean_sfofs_offsets

guidance_model_coastalocean_sjrofs_offsets

guidance_model_coastalocean_tbofs_offsets

guidance_model_coastalocean_leofs_offsets

guidance_model_coastalocean_lhofs_offsets

guidance_model_coastalocean_lmofs_offsets

guidance_model_coastalocean_loofs_offsets

guidance_model_coastalocean_lsofs_offsets

guidance_model_coastalocean_grtofs_offsets

Summary of Change:  Fourteen legacy time-offsets (projection hour) map
services providing maps of forecast guidance from NOS’ 3-d oceanographic
forecast modeling systems and also NWS/NCEP Global Real-Time Ocean Forecast
System (GRTOFS) will be decommissioned.  These map services, designed to
mimic the previous version of nowCOAST’s legacy map service configuration,
were created when nowCOAST became operational on the NOAA IDP
infrastructure in 2015 in order to provide time for users to transition to
the corresponding time-enabled map service for each of these NOS and NWS
forecast systems.  Users can still use OGC WMS or GeoServices REST
protocols to obtain the same maps from the time-enabled map services;
instead of specifying a target layer for each forecast to be viewed, users
must instead provide both a target layer identifier and a desired time
value in their requests.

Users need to modify their applications before mid to late September to use
corresponding time-enabled map services (e.g.
guidance_model_coastalocean_dbofs_time).  Detailed information on how to do
this can be found at
https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/help/#!section=time-enabled-map-services.

The following actions need to be taken by users of the short-duration
hazards warning map service:

Name of Map Service:  wwa_meteoceanhydro_shortduration_hazards_warnings_time

Summary of Change:  Three new warning layers will be added to this service
- *Snow Squall Warning*, *Dust Storm Warning*, and *Dust Advisory*.  Users
of the REST service endpoint can continue using their existing
configurations, but will need to update their clients if they wish to
access the three new layers.  Users of the WMS endpoint will be required to
update the configuration of any existing clients after the change is made,
as the WMS layer identifiers of all existing layers will be changing.