<div dir="ltr">NOAA/NOS nowCOAST Status Message<div>4:30PM EDT Monday, August 20, 2018</div><div><br></div><div>Re: New nowCOAST Version </div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We anticipate that a new version of nowCOAST will be implemented in mid or late September, 2018. An exact date has not been set. <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The new nowCOAST version (V5.2) will feature the following
changes:<span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">New
map service to provide maps of oceanographic forecast guidance from the NOS
3-D operational forecast system for the Gulf of Maine (GoMOFS)<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">New
map service to provide maps of NOS forecast guidance of the marine
pathogen, Vibrio Vulnificus (Vv) for the Chesapeake Bay <span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Incorporation
of water level forecast guidance from NOS Extratropical Surge and Tide
Operational Forecast System (ESTOFS) for Micronesia into the existing
ESTOFS map service<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ability
to display NHC Potential Storm Surge Flooding Maps for multiple tropical
cyclones at the same time <span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">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<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Addition
of a new data layer for NWS/NHC’s initial wind radii for tropical cyclones
over the Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific Oceans into the tropical
cyclone track and intensity forecasts map service<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">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<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">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<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Addition
of Canada Marine Zones as a new layer in the<span> </span>forecast_meteoceanhydro_pts_zones_geolinks
map service depicting Canada’s marine zone boundaries along with
hyperlinks to the corresponding marine text forecast webpages<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">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<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Discontinuation
and removal of the Wind Profilers geo-referenced hyperlinks layer from the
obs_meteoceanhydro_remote_pts_areas_geolinks map service<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Update
geo-referenced hyperlinks to observations and forecasts<u><span> </span></u><span>to correct URLs or remove dead links</span></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>A separate status message will be sent out this week to provide detailed information on the actions that users of nowCOAST's map services may have to take when the new version is released.</div><div><br></div><div>John Kelley</div><div>NOAA/NOS/CSDL/CMMB</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>