Gateway Data-Specific Text Product File Server Data Files - File Structure Description for FTP

Gateway Data-Specific Text Product File Server Data Files - File Structure Description for FTP
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Multiple Days of Severe Weather from Thunderstorms and Wildfires
Active spring pattern across the center of the nation with several rounds of severe thunderstorms in the forecast through the weekend. The regions under the greatest threats are the southern Plains into the Mississippi Valley. Meanwhile, dry and breezy conditions with dry fuels are aiding in wildfires across the western High Plains and the Southeast. Wind and some snow for northern Rockies.
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Central Services
-- Data Retrieval --
File/Web Services
Internet Wx Source
-- Data Ingest --
Webpage Form
File FTP
eMail Input
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3-Day Forecast [Text]
Operational Information
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AWIPS/NCF
The Gateway
Online Software
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NWS Registry
WMO Codes
-- Exchange Practices --
Message Structure
Character Codes
WMO Resolution 40
GRIB & BUFR Code
-- The WMO Header --
Description
Addressed Message
Heading Tables
The BBB Group
Text Segmentation
-- U.S. Standards --
Site Locations
AWIPS Identifier
Gateway File Services
Non-Coded Text Message Files
Containing
Warnings, Outlooks, Advisories, Forecast, & Discussions
Introduction
The U.S. National Weather Service provides anonymous FTP access to files containing collectives of text products generated by various Specialized Forecast Centers and Weather Service Forecast Offices located in the United States, Puerto Rico, and territorial islands in the Antillies and Pacific Ocean.   The messages are in the same format as received from the sources, identified in either standard
WMO abbreviated header or AWIPS product identifier
message bulletin structure.   The server subdirectory names and file name definitions can be found with descriptions in the document
OSO File Name Standards
.   The naming conventions for all current subdirectories and files are described in the document titled:
File Server Naming Practices
.   The data is available at the NWS Telecommunication Gateway on the server
ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov
via anonymous FTP.
Information Available
There are
125 products
listed below that come from our NWS Forecast Offices or the NCEP Special Centers. These products in WMO/AWIPS bulletin message form are scheduled for delivery to the Gateway Switching System for distibution.   The data will be available on the server, as soon as possible, after being received at the Gateway. Some of the listed products are event driven; therefore, some data subcategories do not update too often. Some products are seasonal.
File and Directory Descriptions
See
Directory and File Naming Standards
for information about directory and file name formats.
Directory Name
Contents
SL.us008001/
Data root - for NWS Telecommunication Gateway Server
DF.c5/
Data in character code form alphabet 5 ( ASCII )
DC.textf/
category: text format written products
DS.sssss/
subcategory:
NNN
(AWIPS product category)+
(WMO message code)+
(WMO data type)
sn.nnnn
File name: IN EACH SUBCATEGORY with
nnnn
= a numerical value
"sssss" values
Discrptions of subdirectories contained in /DC.textf/
DS.30lfe/
AVERAGE MONTHLY WEATHER OUTLOOK (LOCAL)
DS.afdfx/
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
DS.afpfl/
AREA FORECAST PRODUCT
DS.agffn/
AGRICULTURAL FORECAST
DS.apgae/
AIR STAGNATION GUIDANCE NARRATIVE
DS.aqiae/
AIR QUALITY INDEX STATEMENT
DS.asaae/
AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY
DS.awgwo/
NATIONAL ATTACK WARNING
DS.awsaw/
AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
DS.awufl/
AREA WEATHER UPDATE
DS.awwww/
AVIATION WEATHER WARNING
DS.cfwwh/
COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS, WATCHES OR STATEMENTS
DS.clicd/
CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT (DAILY)
DS.clmcx/
CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT (MISC, INC MONTHLY REPORTS)
DS.cwffz/
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
DS.efpfe/
3 TO 5 DAY EXTENDED FORECAST
DS.eolfe/
AVERAGE 6 TO 10 DAY WEATHER OUTLOOK (LOCAL)
DS.eonfe/
AVERAGE 6 TO 10 DAY WEATHER OUTLOOK (NATIONAL)
DS.eqrse/
EARTHQUAKE REPORT
DS.esffg/
FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK
DS.essfg/
WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK
DS.fdifn/
FIRE DANGER INDICES
DS.ffawg/
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
DS.ffgfo/
FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE
DS.ffhfo/
HEADWATER GUIDANCE
DS.ffswg/
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
DS.ffwwg/
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
DS.flnfg/
NATIONAL FLOOD SUMMARY
DS.flswg/
FLOOD STATEMENT
DS.flwwg/
FLOOD WARNING
DS.fssfg/
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
DS.fwdfn/
FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK DISCUSSION
DS.fwefe/
EXTENDED FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
DS.fwffn/
ROUTINE FIRE WX FCST(WITH/WITHOUT 6-10 DAY OUTLOOK)
DS.fwlfn/
LAND MANAGEMENT FORECASTS
DS.fwmfn/
MISCELLANEOUS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT
DS.fwnsh/
FIRE WEATHER NOTIFICATION
DS.fwsfn/
SUPPRESSION FORECAST
DS.glffz/
GREAT LAKES FORECAST
DS.glofz/
GREAT LAKES STORM OUTLOOK
DS.glsww/
GREAT LAKES STORM SUMMARY
DS.hlswt/
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
DS.hsffz/
HIGH SEAS FORECAST
DS.hydsx/
DAILY HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS
DS.hymcs/
MONTHLY HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PLAIN LANGUAGE
DS.hywcw/
WEEKLY HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PLAIN LANGUAGE
DS.icefz/
ICE FORECAST
DS.iobsv/
ICE OBSERVATION
DS.lfpfl/
LOCAL FORECAST
DS.lshwh/
LAKESHORE WARNING OR STATEMENT
DS.lsrnw/
LOCAL STORM REPORT
DS.mapag/
MEAN AREAL PRECIPITATION
DS.mawfz/
AMENDED MARINE FORECAST
DS.misax/
MISCELLANEOUS LOCAL PRODUCT
DS.mrpag/
TECHNIQUES DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY MARINE PRODUCT
DS.mwsfz/
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
DS.nowfp/
SHORT TERM FORECAST
DS.npwww/
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNINGS, WATCHES, ADVISORIES
DS.nshfz/
NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST/SURF FORECAST
DS.offfz/
OFFSHORE FORECAST
DS.opufp/
OTHER PUBLIC PRODUCTS
DS.oswag/
OCEAN SURFACE WINDS
DS.pbffn/
PRESCRIBED BURN FORECAST
DS.pfmfo/
POINT FORECAST MATRIX
DS.pnsno/
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
DS.psmfx/
PROGNOSTIC SNOW MELT
DS.pwoww/
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER ALERT
DS.recsx/
RECREATIONAL REPORT
DS.rersx/
RECORD REPORT
DS.rfdfn/
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER FORECAST
DS.rfwww/
RED FLAG WARNING
DS.rtpas/
REGIONAL MAX/MIN TEMP AND PRECIPITATION TABLE
DS.rvasr/
RIVER SUMMARY
DS.rvffg/
RIVER FORECAST
DS.rvifi/
RIVER ICE STATEMENT
DS.rvmsr/
MISCELLANEOUS RIVER PRODUCT
DS.rvrfg/
RIVER RECREATION STATEMENT
DS.rvsfg/
RIVER STATEMENT
DS.rwsaw/
REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
DS.rzffp/
REGIONAL ZONE FORECAST
DS.sabww/
SNOW AVALANCHE BULLETIN
DS.saffn/
SPECI AGRI WX FCST/ADVISORY/FLYING FARMER FCST OUTLOOK
DS.sagfw/
SNOW AVALANCHE GUIDANCE
DS.sccac/
STORM SUMMARY
DS.scsfp/
SELECTED CITIES SUMMARY
DS.sdsfu/
SPECIAL DISPERSION STATEMENT
DS.selww/
SEVERE LOCAL STORM WATCH & WATCH CANCELLATION MSG
DS.sfdfx/
STATE FORECAST DISCUSSION
DS.sfpfp/
STATE FORECAST
DS.sftfp/
TABULAR STATE FORECAST
DS.sgwfa/
PLAIN LANGUAGE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER FORECAST
DS.slsww/
SEVERE LOCAL STORM WATCH AND AREAL OUTLINE
DS.smaww/
MARINE SUBTROPICAL STORM ADVISORY
DS.smffn/
SMOKE MANAGEMENT WEATHER FORECAST
DS.smwwh/
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
DS.spfwt/
STORM STRIKE PROBABILITY BULLETIN(TPC)
DS.spsww/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
DS.stdat/
SATELLITE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SUMMARY
DS.stosx/
ROAD CONDITION REPORTS (STATE AGENCIES)
DS.stpas/
STATE MAX/MIN TEMP AND PRECIP TABLE
DS.svrwu/
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
DS.svsww/
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
DS.swoac/
SEVERE STORM OUTLOOK NARRATIVE (AC)
DS.swras/
STATE WEATHER ROUNDUP
DS.swsaw/
STATE WEATHER SUMMARY
DS.tavfp/
TRAVELERS FORECAST TABLE
DS.tcafk/
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY
DS.tcdwt/
TROPICAL CYCLONE DISCUSSION
DS.tcewt/
TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE
DS.tcmwt/
MARINE/AVIATION TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY
DS.tcpwt/
PUBLIC TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY
DS.tcstx/
SATELLITE TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY
DS.tcuwt/
TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
DS.tidso/
TIDE REPORT
DS.torwf/
TORNADO WARNING
DS.tsmse/
TSUNAMI TIDE/SEISMIC MESSAGE
DS.tsuwe/
TSUNAMI WATCH/WARNING
DS.tvlfp/
TRAVELERS FORECAST
DS.twdac/
TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
DS.twoac/
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK AND SUMMARY
DS.twsac/
TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
DS.uviae/
ULTRAVIOLET INDEX
DS.vaafv/
VOLCANIC ACTIVITY ADVISORY
DS.wcrax/
WEEKLY WEATHER AND CROP REPORT
DS.wdacx/
WEEKLY DATA FOR AGRICULTURE
DS.wswww/
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS, WATCHES, ADVISORIES
DS.zfpfp/
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT
Delivery Details
Data files are updated on the FTP server every five minutes or sooner with data from the Gateway. File names
in each data subcatagory directory
have the format
sn.
nnnn
; where
nnnn
is a four-digit number ranging from 0000 upto 0288 in most subdirectories (the upper limit will vary depending upon the data type). Files are written in sequence with the file sn.0000 following sn.0288 as this is the wrap point in the sequence depending on type. Files containing warnings are written more often. This scheme provides unique file names for at least the previous 24 hours of data received, as older files are over-written.
Data files are written only when data of that subcategory type is available.
Further questions or comments concerning data in SL.us008001 path may be directed to
toc.nwstg@noaa.gov
US Dept of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
NWS Telecommunications Gateway
5830 University Research Ct.
College Park, MD 20740
(301)-683-1518
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