Weather Message Weather Alerting Software For Your Network Copyright 2005

Weather Message Features  Text message alerting for computers, laptops, and PDA’s on your network.  Visual alerting for all counties in the United States and possessions.  Pager, Cell Phone, , and Fax alerts with full text or a short message. Supports TAP, SNPP, WCTP, HTTP Post, and PageGate.  Provides functions to assist with web weather reporting.

Weather Message Features PP rint selected weather messages. RR eceive and process EMWIN data from satellite, radio modem, or byteblaster network. SS ends data loss alerts to keep you informed. RR eceive and process the NWS Weather Wire, or NOAAPort data streams. AA utomatic Internet backup for EMWIN satellite reception.

 Control electrical devices and relays using the X10 control system. (On / Off / Blink)  Dual ingest from difference sources.  Schedule user defined weather messages.  Schedule downloads of internet based text and graphic products not available on EMWIN.

System Diagram Weather Message Server Rebroadcast GOES Satellite EMWIN Internet Byteblaster Data Sources WxScheduler Weather Wire NOAAPort

System Diagram Weather Message Server Local Network World Wide Web Paging, Phones, RealEMWINFax Machines PDA X10 Devices

System Components  WxIngest (Serial Port Ingesting)  WxByte (Byteblaster Ingesting)  WxWw2000(NWS Weather Wire Ingesting)  WxPort(NOAAPort)  WxMesg(Weather Message Server)  WxMesgSetup(Setup Weather Message)  WxMcli(Message Client)  WxImage(Image Viewer)  WxMap(Map)  WxPDA(PDA Client)

Support Programs  WxScheduler (Custom Message Scheduler) (Can download products)  WxMesgText(Single Message Generator)  WxRadar(Radar Retriever)  WxLoader(Upload data to websites)  ReConvert(RealEMWIN Alarm Converter)

Ingest Programs

Alarm Processing  Product Identifier – Wildcard Support  State  County(s)  VTEC (Valid Time Event Code)  Text Matching - Alarm  Text Matching – Do not alarm

The Parts of A Message WUUS52 KBMX SVRBMX ALC /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W T2134Z T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 533 PM CDT SAT SEP WMO Header AWIPS ID UGC Line Message Text VTEC Line

Preparing for Alarm Entry WUUS52 KBMX SVRBMX ALC /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W T2134Z T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 533 PM CDT SAT SEP AWIPS ID Alarm as SVRBMX For Tallapoosa (ALC123) Alarm as SVR??? For Any Alabama County County Code

Setting an Alarm

Setting an Alarm - Clients

Setting an Alarm - Paging

Setting an Alarm - Archive

Setting an Alarm - VTEC

Paging / / Fax Formats  Short Text for wireless devices  Selected Text  Selected Text – No Header  Full Text  Full Text – No Header

Paging Examples NWS has issued a Tornado Warning for Tallapoosa County until 2:30 PM Short Pager Message  Unlimited counties per alarm.  Customize the short message for your agency.

Paging Examples Selected Message Text BARBOUR-BULLOCK-PIKE-RUSSELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUFAULA...PHENIX CITY...TROY... UNION SPRINGS 553 PM CDT SAT JUL TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 70 TO 75. LIGHT WINDS. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT..SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS 90 TO 95. WEST WINDS NEAR 5 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT..SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 70 TO 75. LIGHT WINDS. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT..MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS 90 TO 95. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT..MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 70 TO 75. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT..TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS 90 TO 95. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT..WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 70 TO 75. HIGHS 90 TO 95.  Get the selected text for a specific Zone or FIPS code.  Parse with your custom dictionary.

Paging Examples Full Message Text WUUS54 KBMX SVRBMX ALC BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 232 PM CDT SAT JUL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  Get the full text for a specific zone or fips code (county).  Parse with your custom dictionary.  Send in packets to pagers.

Message Client Runs in System Tray. Customizable colors and sounds. Current Alarm List Request products. Select products to send to a specific client.

Image Viewer View Received Graphics and Radar Images. Animate Images. Open multiple windows. Resize Images. Image Browser.

Message Map Runs in System Tray. Nine customizable colors and sounds. List effected counties by category. See effected counties at a glance. GIS based map.

WxPDA Supports Windows CE, Pocket PC and Windows Mobile Customizable colors and sounds. Current Alarm List Request products. Supports client numbers, so it can be directly addressed to receive specific products.

WxSched - Scheduler Schedule custom messages. Can be used for weekly, or monthly tests. Can download products / graphics from the Internet. WUUS52 KBMX TORBMX ALC BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TEST TORNADO WARNING LEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 1200 NOON CDT WED OCT THIS IS A TEST TEST TEST OF THE LEE COUNTY SKYWARN WEATHER

WxMesgText Message Generator Create custom or local messages in real time. Uses the same file format as WxScheduler.

WxLoader Combines weather text for use on a website or other custom applications. Monitors expiration dates and updates your website after products have expired. Create custom text scrollers. The NWS has issued a tornado warning for Tallapoosa County.

WxRadar View All NOAA Radar Sites. Images can be ingested by Weather Message for viewing and animation with WxImage. Retrieve rates – 5, 10, 15, 30 and 60 minutes. Select Reflectivity, Composite, and Rain Fall Total images. Requires internet access. Selectable image formats, GIF, BMP, JPG, PNG, and TIF.

Retransmission Software  EMWIN Retransmission with WxReTran  Internet Retransmission with WxBBSrvr

WxLocal Local Weather Conditions Retrieves METAR information from around the world. Produces a text product for retransmission. AXXX01 KWXM MISWXM LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER MESSAGE 922 PM CDT TUE OCT LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AT Alexander City, Thomas C Russell Field Airport Temperature 68 F / 20 C Dew Point 66.2 F / 19 C

Weather Message  A 30 day evaluation can be obtained from  50 Users – Register for $40.00  100 Users – Register for $57.00  A Yahoo Group is available for communicating with other Weather Message users –  Send support requests to