Is the NWAC Telemetry URL change really an outage?

Charles, you've written on your weather page:<br><br>

The NWAC telemetry data pages, which can normally be accessed via the "NWAC Telemetry" link in the left hand menu, are not working. This is not due to a problem with the Turns-All-Year site. I have been told that all of the telemetry stations have been taken offline for the summer while there is a server upgrade.

<br><br>Now which gaper told you this? It appears you can access all telemetry sites by simply appending /sites/nws/ to the url after the host. For example, the Hood Mdws page accessed at <br> www.seawfo.noaa.gov/products/OSOMHM

can now be seen at:
www.seawfo.noaa.gov/sites/nws/products/OSOMHM

These URLs sure break a lot of pages, including links on NWS's own forecasts .

Now which gaper told you this?

<br>Well, that would have to be what is nowadays termed an "unnamed senior official with close links to the administration" - NWAC administration, that is.<br><br>Last week I checked the NWAC page for accessing the telemetry pages and none of the links worked. Now they do work, and I see that the subdomain has changed there:<br><br>Old:<br> www.seawfo.noaa.gov/products/OSOMHM <br>New:<br> www.nwn.noaa.gov/sites/nws/products/OSOMHM <br><br>I guess I should get a confirmation from NWAC that this new "nwn" subdomain is going to be permanent before changing all of my navigation pages. When I do get that confirmation, I will get the new pages uploaded.<br><br>Thanks for alerting us about this!

While I await a reply from NWAC about whether the URL changes will be permanent, I have done a quick fix and changed all of the links in the Weather Browser for the "current" telemetry data pages (last 24 hours, red "NOW" links). After I hear from NWAC I will go through and change all of the links for the 10-day archive pages (not too bad of a chore now that I have a super-duper batch HTML editor).

Hey, thanks Charles. Looks like it's snowing again at 6000 feet on Mt. Baker.<br><br>FWIW, I can confirm the essence of statements which Charles correctly attributed to an un-named but highly-placed source within the vast NWAC bureaucracy, since I was standing around waiting for my ibuprofen to take effect at the time.

Mark, I thought you were waiting for the beer to take effect

Well, typically I begin with a handful of ibuprofen, move on to beer, then chase it with strong coffee. This seems to satisfy several disparate cravings in succession. I do not remember which of these substances-of-abuse predominated at the time in question...which alone suggests that it might have been the beer after all.