<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">NOAA
nowCOAST Status Message</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">400 PM EDT Monday,  April 17, 2023</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">On or about 11 AM Wednesday, April 19,
2023, the <a href="http://nowcoast.noaa.gov">nowcoast.noaa.gov</a> domain will be redirected from the nowCOAST
instance located in the NWS/NCEP Central Operations Integrated Dissemination
Program (IDP) Data Centers in Boulder, CO and College Park, MD to the new open-source
nowCOAST instance on AWS.   For users who are already consuming the new
nowCOAST services at <a href="http://beta.nowcoast.noaa.gov">beta.nowcoast.noaa.gov</a>, please switch to use <a href="http://nowcoast.noaa.gov">nowcoast.noaa.gov</a>
instead following the redirect.   The
beta URL will only be active until about 11 AM Thursday, April 20^th.</span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Only Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Specifications (e.g. WMS) will
be supported. The Open GeoServices REST Specification will not be supported any
more.  </span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Not all datasets on the present nowCOAST map services will be
available on the new nowCOAST on AWS or displayed on the new map viewer (please
see the attached list). Map services for some of the missing datasets will be stood
up during the next one to two years depending on developer resources.  Users may want to seek alternative services such
as NWS Cloud GIS Services (<a href="https://www.weather.gov/gis/cloudgiswebservices">https://www.weather.gov/gis/cloudgiswebservices</a>).</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">-     nowCOAST support will be downgraded from an operational
24 x 7 x 365 to an 8 x 5 supported application.</span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">The NWS/NCEP/Senior Duty Meteorologist (SDM) will no longer be the
point of contact to report a nowCOAST problem to. Instead, please send your
email to <a href="mailto:nowcoast.team@noaa.gov" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">nowcoast.team@noaa.gov</a>.   We will respond during regular business
hours.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Details can be found in
the Service Change Notice at <a href="https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf_2023_24/scn23-12_nowcoast_aab.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf_2023_24/scn23-12_nowcoast_aab.pdf</span></a></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">John G.W.
Kelley</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">nowCOAST
Project Manager</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Coast Survey
Development Laboratory</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NOAA/National
Ocean Service</p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>