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Nice work, Trav

Do I take it (from the fact that your Network Layers refresh from a KML stored at a NOAA.GOV site), that the GE-implementation of this, is an 'official' NOAA undertaking?



Thanks.

Just to clarify -- no, this is not an official data feed. The radar data (CONUS) are being generated as an experiment only. There is no gaurantee that data will even be current, and we reserve the right to break things, broadcast old data, or take the feed down entirely. That being said, the results should be reasonable most of the time. No one should rely on this for protection of life or property, however. It's in no way affiliated with the National Weather Service, just to be completely clear.

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If so - I would be very interested to have your input and suggestions on the network link I've made available here which shows (at the moment) Coastal RIDGE Radars, Legends and Warnings overlays for the Gulf and Atlantic.



I tried the link, and it loads the top level but does not provide a menu arrow to the left that I can open. Refreshing, clicking on the box (which is says not to do), etc., have no effect. Any ideas? I'd be happy to take a look it.

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I'm very keen to limit (if possible) the load on both the NOAA servers, and mine, and thus any 'official input' (so-to-speak) might be beneficial. Similarly, I'm keen to avoid overlapping products which might affect the 'normal' delivery of these services via web, or result in pointless inefficient duplication of data that is principally from the same source.

I am told that the RIDGE radar network is different from the CONUS system (but being a Limey, all the way over the other side of the pond, I have no idea firsthand). I have no idea whether the warnings overlays are the same for both, either.



The RIDGE site is an official NWS web page that distributes data to the public (although it is experimental as well, I believe). I see an email contact on there web page, so you may want to confer directly with them. Also, there are lots of places on the web that you can find mosaics of radar data.

I've not really looked at the RIDGE warning overlays. The ones we are generating are based on the LAT/LON information that can be found at the bottom of the warning text.

Thanks,

Travis