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Weather MessageWeather Message

Weather Alerting Software For Your Network

http://www.wxmesg.com

Weather Message Features

Text message alerting for the computers on your network.

Visual alerting for all counties in the United States.

Pager, Cell Phone, and E-mail alerts with a short message. Supports TAP, SNPP, WCTP.

Provides functions to assist with web weather reporting.

Weather Message Features

Print selected weather messages.

Schedule user defined weather messages.

Operates standalone or as an add-in to RealEMWIN or WeatherNode.

Ability to directly ingest from satellite, radio modem, byteblaster network, or NWS Weather Wire.

Sends data loss alerts to keep you informed. Automatic Internet backup for satellite.

System Diagram

Weather MessageServer

Local Network

World Wide Web

Paging, Phones, Email

Rebroadcast

GOES Satellite

EMWIN/NWWS

Internet Byteblaster or Weather Wire

RealEMWIN

System Components WxIngest (Serial Port Ingesting)

WxByte (Byteblaster Ingesting)

WxWw2000 (NWS Weather Wire Ingesting)

WxMesg (Weather Message Server)

WxMesgSetup (Setup Weather Message)

WxMcli (Message Client)

WxImage (Image Viewer)

WxMap (Map)

Support Programs

WxSched (Custom Message Scheduler)

WxMesgText (Single Message Generator)

WxRadar (Radar Retriever)

ReConvert (RealEMWIN Alarm Converter)

Processing/Ingest Programs

Alarm Processing

Product Identifier – Wildcard Support

State

County(s)

Text Matching

The Parts of A Message

WUUS52 KBMX 142134

SVRBHM

ALC123-142200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

533 PM CDT SAT SEP 14 2002

WMO Header

AWIPS ID

UGC Line

Message Text

Preparing for Alarm EntryWUUS52 KBMX 142134

SVRBHM

ALC123-142200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

533 PM CDT SAT SEP 14 2002

AWIPS ID

Alarm as SVRBHM For ALC123 Alarm as SVR??? For Any Alabama County

County Code

Setting an Alarm

Paging / Email Formats

Short Text for wireless devices

Selected Text

Selected Text – No Header

Full Text

Full Text – No Header

Paging Examples

NWS has issued a Tornado Warning for Tallapoosa County until 2:30 PM

Short Pager Message

Include 6 counties per alarm.

Customize the short message for your agency.

Paging ExamplesSelected Message TextBARBOUR-BULLOCK-PIKE-RUSSELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUFAULA...PHENIX CITY...TROY... UNION SPRINGS 553 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2002 .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 70 TO 75. LIGHT WINDS. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS 90 TO 95. WEST WINDS NEAR 5 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 70 TO 75. LIGHT WINDS. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS 90 TO 95. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 70 TO 75. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS 90 TO 95. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 70 TO 75. HIGHS 90 TO 95.

Get the selected text for a specific zone or fips code.

Parse with your custom dictionary.

Paging Examples

Full Message TextWUUS54 KBMX 201933SVRBHMALC091-119-202000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL232 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2002THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

Get the full text for a specific zone or fips code (county).

Parse with your custom dictionary.

Send in packets to pagers.

Message Client• Runs in System Tray.

• Nine customizable colors and sounds.

• Current Alarm List

• Request products.

• Select products to send to a specific client.

Image Viewer• View Received Graphics and Radar Images.

• Animate Images.

• Open multiple windows.

• Resize Images.

Message Map• Runs in System Tray.

• Nine customizable colors and sounds.

• List effected counties by category.

• See effected counties at a glance.

• GIS based map.

WxSched - Scheduler• Schedule custom messages.

• Can be used for weekly, or monthly tests.

WUUS52 KBMX 251700

TORBHM

ALC081-251715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TEST TORNADO WARNING

LEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

1200 NOON CDT WED OCT 25 2000

THIS IS A TEST TEST TEST OF THE LEE COUNTY SKYWARN WEATHER

WxMesgTextMessage Generator

• Create custom or local messages in real time.

WxRadar• View All NOAA Radar Sites.

• Images can be ingested by Weather Message for viewing.

• Retrieve rates – 5, 10, 15, 30 and 60 minutes.

• Requires internet access.

Retransmission Software

EMWIN Retransmission with WxReTran

Internet Retransmission with WxBBSrvr

Weather Message

A 30 day evaluation can be obtained from http://www.wxmesg.com

50 Users – Register for $35.00

100 Users – Register for $50.00

A Yahoo Group is available for communicating with other Weather Message users – wxmesg@groups.yahoo.com.

Send support requests to help@wxmesg.com