Active Weather for the West, Warming in the East

The potential for heavy snow at higher elevations in the western U.S. will continue for many spots through the weekend. In the meantime, the eastern half of the continental U.S. will transition to above normal temperatures ahead of a pair of cold fronts next week that will bring readings back to closer to normal as we approach Thanksgiving Day. Read More >

WMO Standard Format

Default NWS text format in use for over 25-years. Used in SBN/NOAAPORT product streams (Channels 101-108 and 201), over EMWIN (GOES platforms), and on weather.gov.
https://www.weather.gov/tg/headef

XMPP Header wrapped WMO Standard Format

Latest format since July 2015 for text weather information, alerts and warnings via NWWS-Open Interface. Here are some notes for developers;

https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0131.html

Common Alert Protocol (CAP V1.2) Format
Alerts and warnings only format; available over SBN/NOAAPORT Channels 101-108 and on weather.gov.

Format https://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/cap/v1.2/CAP-v1.2.html

NWS Source https://alerts.weather.gov/ (NWWS FAQ #5 for NWS Message IDs)

WARNING: CAP v1.1 should not be used to activate local EAS equipment.

NWS also has the following XML feed formats for Alerts and Warnings;

ATOM Feed
https://alerts.weather.gov/

RSS Feed
https://www.weather.gov/rss

Active Weather for the West, Warming in the East

NWS Formats