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Back-to-Back Pacific Storms to Impact the West Coast; Heavy Snow in the Central Appalachians

Back-to-back powerful Pacific storm systems to impact the Pacific Northwest and northern California through the end of this week with heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow. A strong, long-duration atmospheric river will accompany the Pacific storms, bringing excessive rainfall and flash flooding to southwest Oregon and northwest California through the week. Read More >

EMWIN ByteBlaster

Internet File Push

 

• Byte Blaster:

 

     – Client/Server Internet Based Service (NWS is one of many participants)

          • Client software is used to receive products from other servers

          • Local server may have many clients - when a file is received it is immediately re-distributed      

          • A server may collect products from different sources (e.g., satellite broadcast, local LAN, or as a client to another ByteBlaster server)

          • Multiple daisy chains are possible: Server -> Client/Server -> Client/Server ->…    

       – LoadMaster (NWS )

          • Agent for load balancing clients on registered servers

          • Assists in reassignment of clients when a registered server is no longer active
 

• Future Service Outlook:

 

     – IDP Environment does not currently support the Windows environment.

     – Existing operational IDP file-push protocol (e.g., XMPP) does not adequately support binary file transfer today.

     – Alternative 1: Switch to NWWS End User Client software to receive a portion of the EMWIN distribution

          • Provides an Internet push of all EMWIN US-National text products, and then some

          • Does not include EMWIN International or Image Products

     – Alternative 2: Continue to operate client/server networks in absence of the NWS ByteBlaster Servers and LoadMaster.