On, or shortly after, Wednesday, July 6th, 2016, all Alaska Region (AR) NWS Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs), River Forecast Centers (RFCs) and Center Weather Service Units (CWSUs) will migrate to a new layout on the front page of their web home pages. This is in response to a required web infrastructure. The change will also provide office to office consistency because the layout of the home page will be set across the region and eventually across the nation. It is important to recognize that any links or bookmarks you have with the address of ***.arh.noaa.gov will no longer function after July 6th.
For more information or consult on errors please contact samuel.shea@noaa.gov
The listed changes are a highlight and not considered comprehensive. Please click each tab to view the changes and preview locations for each site.
https://www.arh.noaa.gov/ will be moving to weather.gov/arh or weather.gov/Alaska.
New site previews: w2.weather.gov/arh
Changes:
- Dramatic redesign
- Most content is only available on local pages
- Current forecast map remains
- Text forecast data is now located on local forecast office page
- Text marine data is now located on local forecast office page
- Aviation data is now located on the AAWU site
- Hydro data is now located on the APRFC page
- Climate data is now located on the parent local forecast office page
- General information will still be available at the footer of the regional website
https://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/ will be moving to weather.gov/afc or weather.gov/Anchorage.
New site previews: w2.weather.gov/afc
Changes:
- Dramatic redesign
- Forecast information is point based and no longer zone based
- Current forecast map remains
- Text forecast data is now available via the map or under forecasts
- Text marine data is available on the lower tile or under forecasts
- Aviation data is now located on the AAWU site
- Hydro data is now located on the APRFC page
- Climate data is now located locally
- TV Data is available on each office webpage
https://pafg.arh.noaa.gov/ will be moving to weather.gov/afg or weather.gov/Fairbanks.
New site previews: w2.weather.gov/afg
Changes:
- Dramatic redesign
- Forecast information is point based and no longer zone based
- Current forecast map remains
- Text forecast data is now available via the map or under forecasts
- Text marine data is available on the lower tile or under forecasts
- Aviation data is now located on the AAWU site
- Hydro data is now located on the APRFC page
- Climate data is now located locally
- TV Data is available on each office webpage
https://pajk.arh.noaa.gov/ will be moving to weather.gov/ajk or weather.gov/Juneau.
New site previews: w2.weather.gov/ajk
Changes:
- Dramatic redesign
- JAWS Data has a new location
- Forecast information is point based and no longer zone based
- Current forecast map remains
- Text forecast data is now available via the map or under forecasts
- Text marine data is available on the lower tile or under forecasts
- Aviation data is now located on the AAWU site
- Hydro data is now located on the APRFC page
- Climate data is now located locally
- TV Data is available on each office webpage
https://aprfc.arh.noaa.gov/ will be moving to weather.gov/aprfc.
New site previews: w2.weather.gov/aprfc
Changes:
- Dramatic redesign
- Several unused or rarely used webpages will be removed
- Searching of historic data and river observations will be available in on the new website, however query capabilities may be somewhat limited compared to the old website
https://cwsu.arh.noaa.gov/ will be moving to weather.gov/zan.
New site previews: w2.weather.gov/zan
Changes:
- Dramatic redesign
- New and interactive data is now included
https://firewx.arh.noaa.gov/ will be moving to weather.gov/arh/fire.
New site previews: w2.weather.gov/arh/fire
Changes:
- Dramatic redesign
- All data is transferred across - in full coordination with AICC
