Dissemination

Fresh Snow and Temperature Outlook Ahead of Christmas Day

If you are looking for fresh snow by Christmas morning or are curious about potential travel disruptions, the best chances for at least 1" of new snowfall early this week exist across the mountainous West, Great Lakes, and Northeast. Otherwise, temperatures this last full week of December will average above normal for much of the lower 48 states. Read More >

NWS DISSEMINATION
PLATFORMS

INTERNET

SATELLITE

RADIO BROADCAST

E-MAIL

TELEPHONE

TELEVISION

ACTIVATES
the local
EMERGENCY
ALERT SYSTEM (EAS)

NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS)

https://weather.gov/nwws

Open Interface (OI); XMPP format only;
sign-up required

PID201; WMO format only

NWWS.Help@noaa.gov

Yes; WMO or XMPP formats available

NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR)

https://weather.gov/nwr

162.400 MHz -162.550 MHz; within 40 miles of NWR tower.

RCA AlertGuard TV sets

Yes; WMO format only; off-air capture possible; uses SAME code to alert at-risk area receivers.

NWS FTP Anonymous

https://www.weather.gov/tg/dataprod

(Users cannot maintain 24-hour connectivity)

All NWS products in WMO format only.

See Product
Dissemination (https://www.
weather.gov/
NWWS/)

Interactive NWS (iNWS)

https://inws.ncep.noaa.gov/

Restricted Access; see iNWS website for details.

E-mail notifications can be received on some phones.

SBN/NOAAPORT PID101-108

https://www.weather.gov/noaaport/

All NWS products; text products in WMO format; alerts and warnings in CAP v1.2 format.

Yes; WMO format and CAPv1.2 available

NWS Chat

https://nwschat.weather.gov/

Restricted Access; see NWSchat website for details

Emergency Manager’s
Weather Information Network (EMWIN)

https://weather.gov/emwin/

https://www.goes-r.gov/users/hrit.html

GOES – East and GOES West; products in WMO format via

High Rate Information Transmission

Marine Weather
Contacts

https://www.weather.gov/marine/

Ocean Prediction Center

https://ocean.
weather.gov/
marine_areas.php

(828) 271-4800

Local Weather Contacts

https://www.
weather.gov/stormready/contact

Weather

https://www.weather.gov/

OTHER AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS

INTERNET

SATELLITE

RADIO BROADCAST

E-MAIL

TELEPHONE

TELEVISION

ACTIVATES
the local
EMERGENCY
ALERT SYSTEM
(EAS)

The International Justice and Public Safety Network(Nlets)

https://www.nlets.org/

Restricted Access; see Nlets website for details

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

https://www.fema.gov/how-sign-ipaws

Restricted access; see FEMA IPAWS website for details.

Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)

Yes; CAP v1.2 format only.

United States Coast Guard (USCG)

https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=mtvhf

VHF voice and marine
radio fax for coastal marine
ones

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
radiofax.shtml

https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Human-Resources-CG-1/Strategy-and-HR-Capability-CG-1B/AWS-E

COMMERCIAL DISSEMINATION PLATFORMS	INTERNET	RADIO	TELEPHONE	TELEVISION	EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS)
Local Television Stations	Some Television-Weather Applications	RCA AlertGuard TV sets	Some Television-Weather Applications	Television sets; local stations for weather and EAS.	Check with local Channel/ station
FM Radio Broadcasts		88 MHz – 108 MHz			Check with station
AM Radio Broadcasts		535 kHz – 1605 kHz			Check with station

COMMERCIAL DISSEMINATION PLATFORMS

INTERNET

SATELLITE

RADIO

E-MAIL

TELEPHONE

TELEVISION

EMERGENCY ALERT
SYSTEM (EAS)

Local Television Stations

Some Television-Weather Applications

RCA AlertGuard TV sets

Some Television-Weather Applications

Television sets; local stations for weather and EAS.

Check with local
Channel/ station

FM Radio Broadcasts

88 MHz – 108 MHz

Check with station

AM Radio Broadcasts

535 kHz – 1605 kHz

Check with station

NON-COMMERCIAL DISSEMINATION PLATFORMS

INTERNET

SATELLITE

RADIO

E-MAIL

TELEPHONE

TELEVISION

EMERGENCY ALERT
SYSTEM (EAS)

Local Emergency Agency

Sign-up required

E-mail, text, and telephone notifications possible. Check with local Emergency Management Agency.

Ham Radio Operators

Depends on individual Operator

NWS DISSEMINATION PLATFORMS	INTERNET	SATELLITE	RADIO BROADCAST	E-MAIL	TELEPHONE	TELEVISION	ACTIVATES the local EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS)
NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) https://weather.gov/nwws	Open Interface (OI); XMPP format only; sign-up required	PID201; WMO format only		NWWS.Help@noaa.gov			Yes; WMO or XMPP formats available
NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR) https://weather.gov/nwr			162.400 MHz -162.550 MHz; within 40 miles of NWR tower.			RCA AlertGuard TV sets	Yes; WMO format only; off-air capture possible; uses SAME code to alert at-risk area receivers.
NWS FTP Anonymous https://www.weather.gov/tg/dataprod (Users cannot maintain 24-hour connectivity)	All NWS products in WMO format only. See Product Dissemination (https://www. weather.gov/ NWWS/)						NO
Interactive NWS (iNWS) https://inws.ncep.noaa.gov/				Restricted Access; see iNWS website for details.	E-mail notifications can be received on some phones.		NO
SBN/NOAAPORT PID101-108 https://www.weather.gov/noaaport/		All NWS products; text products in WMO format; alerts and warnings in CAP v1.2 format.					Yes; WMO format and CAPv1.2 available
NWS Chat https://nwschat.weather.gov/	Restricted Access; see NWSchat website for details						NO
Emergency Manager’s Weather Information Network (EMWIN) https://weather.gov/emwin/ https://www.goes-r.gov/users/hrit.html		GOES – East and GOES West; products in WMO format via High Rate Information Transmission					NO
Marine Weather Contacts https://www.weather.gov/marine/	Ocean Prediction Center https://ocean. weather.gov/ marine_areas.php				(828) 271-4800		NO
Local Weather Contacts https://www. weather.gov/stormready/contact	Weather https://www.weather.gov/						NO