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NOAA/NOS nowCOAST Status Message<br>
4:50 PM EDT Thursday, April 28, 2016<br>
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A new version of nowCOAST was implemented this afternoon. The most
significant changes are 1) the replacement of the RIDGEII weather
radar base reflectivity with the NWS Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor
(MRMS) System's quality controlled weather radar base reflectivity
and 2) the addition of NOAA's Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC)
as a new map overlay on the nowCOAST map viewer.<br>
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The MRMS QC base reflectivity has a higher horizontal resolution
(1 km [0.62 mile]) and is updated more frequently (4 minutes) on
nowCOAST. Users will also notice less clutter in the base
reflectivity mosaic. MRMS was developed by the NOAA National
Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) and is operated by NCO in the NOAA
IDP Infrastructure.<br>
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The NOAA ENC map overlay provides a second type of nautical chart
to overlay different nowCOAST data layers on. The ENC map
overlays are made available on nowCOAST by connecting to the ENC
map service which supports NOAA ENC Online Viewer operated by NOS
Office of Coast Survey. Users can seamlessly zoom from the high
level of detail of the large scale ENCs to small-scale ENC
overviews. This new overlay can be found by clicking on the Map
Overlays button near the top of the map viewer. </span><span
style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span
style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(The ENCs
shown on nowCOAST are not certified for navigation.)<br>
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</span>The nowCOAST Team extends our appreciation to NCO personnel
for implementing nowCOAST Ver. 5.0.3 in the NOAA IDP
infrastructure today.<br>
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If you have any questions, please send an email to <a dir="ltr"
href="mailto:nowcoast.team@noaa.gov"
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x-apple-data-detectors-result="4"></a><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nowcoast.team@noaa.gov">nowcoast.team@noaa.gov</a>.<br>
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John Kelley<br>
nowCOAST Project Manager<br>
NOAA/NOS/CSDL/CMMB</span><br>
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