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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
824 PM EST SUN MAR 7 2010

TO:      SUBSCRIBERS:
         -FAMILY OF SERVICES
         -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
         -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
         -NOAAPORT
         OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES

FROM:    DR. THOMAS GRAZIANO
         HYDROLOGIC SERVICES DIVISION CHIEF
         OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES

SUBJECT: CORRECTED: NEW URLS FOR HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION
         WEB PAGES

CORRECTED TO BETTER EXPLAIN THE FORMAT OF NEW URLS FOR
HYDROGRAPHS.

EFFECTIVE MARCH 16 2010 AT 1800 UTC...THE URLS USED FOR THE NWS
HYDROLOGIC SERVICES WEB PAGES...SOMETIMES CALLED THE ADVANCED
HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICES /AHPS/ WEB PAGES...WILL CHANGE AS
FOLLOWS:

NATIONAL RIVER CONDITIONS POINT MAP:

  OLD URL:  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS

  NEW URL:  HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV

NATIONAL PRECIPITATION ANALYSIS MAP:

  OLD URL:  HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV

  NEW URL:  HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/PRECIP

NATIONAL RIVER CONDITION REAL SIMPLE SYNDICATION FEEDS:

  OLD URL:  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/RSS

  NEW URL:  HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/RSS

HYDROGRAPH PAGES...XML PAGES...AND RIVER GAGE TABULAR PAGES WILL
ALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING NEW DOMAIN NAME:

  HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV

AFTER THE NEW DOMAIN NAME...THE REST OF THE HYDROGRAPH PAGE
ADDRESSES WILL NOT CHANGE...THAT IS...BOTH THE OLD AND NEW
ADDRESSES USE:

  /AHPS2/HYDROGRAPH.PHP?WFO=XXX&GAGE=YYYYY&VIEW=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1

XML PAGES WILL CHANGE AS FOLLOWS:

  OLD: /AHPS2/XML/YYYYY_HGIRG.XML

  NEW: /AHPS2/HYDROGRAPH_TO_XML.PHP?GAGE=YYYYY&OUTPUT=XML

TABULAR PAGES WILL CHANGE AS FOLLOWS:

  OLD: /AHPS2/TABULAR.PHP?WFO=XXX&GAGE=YYYYY

  NEW: /AHPS2/HYDROGRAPH_TO_XML.PHP?GAGE=YYYYY&OUTPUT=TABULAR

IN THE ABOVE EXAMPLES...XXX IS THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE
IDENTIFIER AND YYYYY IS THE NWS LOCATION IDENTIFIER FOR A POINT
ALONG A RIVER OR STREAM.

OTHER PAGES FOLLOW THE PATTERN IN THE EXAMPLES ABOVE WHERE THE
SECTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING HTTP:// IS REPLACED WITH
WATER.WEATHER.GOV.

FOR MORE EXAMPLES OF PRODUCTS AND PRODUCT NAMES...GO TO
/USE LOWERCASE/:

  WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/URL_CHANGES_FOR_WEB_PAGE_UPDATED.PDF

THESE CHANGES ARE BEING MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH INFRASTRUCTURE
CHANGES TO INCREASE THE RELIABILITY FOR THE NWS WEB-BASED
HYDROLOGIC SERVICES.

THESE URL CHANGES WILL NOT AFFECT USERS WHO ACCESS NWS WEB-BASED
HYDROLOGIC SERVICES THROUGH THE TABS ON THE NWS MAIN PAGE AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV. USERS WHO ACCESS EITHER THE NATIONAL
RIVER FORECAST POINT MAP OR OTHER AHPS PAGES THROUGH BOOKMARKS
WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REDIRECTED TO THE NEW URLS AND CAN UPDATE
THEIR BOOKMARKS AFTER THE REDIRECTION.

USERS WHO CURRENTLY BOOKMARK THE NATIONAL PRECIPITATION MAP AT
WATER.WEATHER.GOV WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE AHPS MAIN PAGE. THE
NATIONAL PRECIPITATION MAP WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FROM A TAB ON THE
MAIN PAGE AND THE BOOKMARK CAN BE UPDATED AT THAT TIME.

USERS WHO AUTOMATICALLY INTERROGATE THE NWS HYDROLOGIC SERVICES
WEB PAGES TO OBTAIN HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS AND DATA WILL HAVE TO
CHANGE THE URL IN THEIR PROCEDURES SO THEY ACCESS THE CORRECT
WEB LOCATION.

THIS CHANGE WILL BE POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE AND TIME IF MARCH
16 2010 IS DESIGNATED A CRITICAL WEATHER DAY. FURTHER
INFORMATION ON A NEW DATE AND TIME WILL THEN BE PROVIDED.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE CONTACT:

DONNA PAGE
OFFICE OF HYDROLOGIC DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DONNA.PAGE@NOAA.GOV

TIM HELBLE
OFFICE OF CLIMATE, WATER, AND WEATHER SERVICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TIMOTHY.HELBLE@NOAA.GOV


NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWERCASE/:

  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM

$$
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