<div dir="ltr">NOAA/NOS nowCOAST Status Message<div>3:15 PM EDT Monday, July 22, 2019</div><div><br></div><div>Effective on or about July 23, 2019, NOAA&#39;s nowCOAST<br>(<a href="https://nowcoast.noaa.gov">https://nowcoast.noaa.gov</a>) will discontinue maps of forecast guidance<br>from the National Ocean Service’s Lake Michigan Operational Forecast System (LMOFS) and Lake Huron Operational Forecast System (LHOFS) on the nowCOAST map services<br>guidance_model_greatlakes_lmofs_time and<br>guidance_model_greatlakes_lhofs_time, respectively. </div><div><br></div><div>This would affect users requesting maps from the LHOFS and/or LMOFS map services using the following ArcGIS Server REST endpoints:<br><a href="https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/nowcoast/guidance_model_gre">https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/nowcoast/guidance_model_gre</a><br>atlakes_lhofs_time/MapServer<br><a href="https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/nowcoast/guidance_model_gre">https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/nowcoast/guidance_model_gre</a><br>atlakes_lmofs_time/MapServer</div><div><br>or</div><div><br></div><div> the following OGC Web Map Service (WMS) endpoints:</div><div><a href="https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/services/nowcoast/guidance_model_greatlak">https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/services/nowcoast/guidance_model_greatlak</a><br>es_lhofs_time/MapServer/WMSServer<br><a href="https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/services/nowcoast/guidance_model_greatlak">https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/services/nowcoast/guidance_model_greatlak</a><br>es_lmofs_time/MapServer/WMSServer.</div><div><br>This is due to the operational implementation of the NOS Lake Michigan-<br>Huron Operational Forecast System (LMHOFS) scheduled on or about July 23,<br>2019 which will replace both LMOFS and LHOFS.</div><div><br>The nowCOAST map services for LMOFS and LHOFS will be replaced in Fall<br>2019 with a map service for LMHOFS output after the nowCOAST Development Team finishes modifications to nowCOAST and coordinates an implementation date with NCEP Central Operations. Sorry for this inconvenience.   </div><div><br></div><div>Information about NOS&#39; new LMHOFS can be found at </div><div><a href="https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/scn19-51nos_ciofsandlmhofs.pdf">https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/scn19-51nos_ciofsandlmhofs.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>John Kelley</div><div>nowCOAST Project Manager</div><div>NOAA/National Ocean Service/CSDL/CMMB</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>