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Welcome to the RTMA/URMA VLab community!

The purpose of this community is to facilitate feedback and discussion on the RTMA/URMA system. 

Meeting notes are available under the Google Drive Folder linked above.

To learn more about our next upgrade, see the asset publication below.

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Use the forum to ask questions about the system and join the discussion with other users and the development team. 

Note that there are two forums: one for precipitation issues and one for all other variables.

You can post to the precip issues forum by sending an email to qpe.rtma.urma.feedback.vlab@noaa.gov.  For all other issues, you can post by sending an email to rtma.feedback.vlab@noaa.gov.  Please note that you must have a user account to post to the forum.  If you do not have an account, please contact matthew.t.morris@noaa.gov.

We recently added the ability for NWS Regional or WFO personnel to request that stations be removed from the analysis.  To access this, click on the "Station Reject Lists and Requests" tab.

There has been recent interest in knowing exact station locations, especially those of METAR sites.  Our METAR information table is under the "METAR Location Info" tab.

Users may also be interested in the National Blend of Models VLab community.

We appreciate any feedback on how this page or community could be improved.  You can submit such feedback via the above email handle or forum.

 

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December 2017 Implementation Summary

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Overview of upgrade scheduled for December 2017. Note that this was originally scheduled for October 2017, but has been pushed back due to technical issues.

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Matthew Morris, modified 4 Years ago.

Updates regarding RTMA/URMA web pages

Youngling Posts: 169 Join Date: 12/6/17 Recent Posts
Hi All:

NCO has scheduled a WCOSS production switch for tomorrow morning (Thursday, May 28th).  Following the switch, the scripts generating the RTMA/URMA web graphics will be unable to run on the development machine and the corresponding production and parallel web pages will be down indefinitely.  The time series pages (production and parallel) are not affected and will continue to update following the switch.

We apologize for the inconvenience.  Please let us know if you have any questions or comments.

Regards,
Matt Morris
RTMA/URMA Developer
MM
Matthew Morris, modified 4 Years ago.

RE: Updates regarding RTMA/URMA web pages

Youngling Posts: 169 Join Date: 12/6/17 Recent Posts
Hi All:

Solutions to restore the graphics are being explored, but a definitive timeline for such a resolution is not available at this time.

Thanks,
Matt Morris
RTMA/URMA Developer

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 4:21 PM VLab Notifications <VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov> wrote:
Hi All:

NCO has scheduled a WCOSS production switch for tomorrow morning (Thursday, May 28th).  Following the switch, the scripts generating the RTMA/URMA web graphics will be unable to run on the development machine and the corresponding production and parallel web pages will be down indefinitely.  The time series pages (production and parallel) are not affected and will continue to update following the switch.

We apologize for the inconvenience.  Please let us know if you have any questions or comments.

Regards,
Matt Morris
RTMA/URMA Developer

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Matthew Morris RTMA/URMA Discussion Group Virtual Lab Forum http://vlab.noaa.gov/web/715073/home/-/message_boards/view_message/10277453 VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov


MM
Matthew Morris, modified 4 Years ago.

RE: Updates regarding RTMA/URMA web pages

Youngling Posts: 169 Join Date: 12/6/17 Recent Posts
Hi All:

The RTMA/URMA graphics web pages have been temporarily restored while a more permanent solution is being explored.

Thanks,
Matt Morris

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 5:37 PM VLab Notifications <VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov> wrote:
Hi All:

Solutions to restore the graphics are being explored, but a definitive timeline for such a resolution is not available at this time.

Thanks,
Matt Morris
RTMA/URMA Developer

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 4:21 PM VLab Notifications <VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov> wrote:
Hi All:

NCO has scheduled a WCOSS production switch for tomorrow morning (Thursday, May 28th).  Following the switch, the scripts generating the RTMA/URMA web graphics will be unable to run on the development machine and the corresponding production and parallel web pages will be down indefinitely.  The time series pages (production and parallel) are not affected and will continue to update following the switch.

We apologize for the inconvenience.  Please let us know if you have any questions or comments.

Regards,
Matt Morris
RTMA/URMA Developer

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Matthew Morris RTMA/URMA Discussion Group Virtual Lab Forum http://vlab.noaa.gov/web/715073/home/-/message_boards/view_message/10277453 VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov



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Matthew Morris RTMA/URMA Discussion Group Virtual Lab Forum http://vlab.noaa.gov/web/715073/home/-/message_boards/view_message/10277925 VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov
MM
Matthew Morris, modified 4 Years ago.

RE: Updates regarding RTMA/URMA web pages

Youngling Posts: 169 Join Date: 12/6/17 Recent Posts
Hi All:

The RTMA/URMA production and parallel web graphics pages will be down indefinitely, as the scripts that generate these figures are no longer able to run on WCOSS.  The time series pages (production and parallel) are not affected and will continue to update.

We apologize for the inconvenience while we work towards a solution, although there is currently no definitive timeline.  Please let us know if you have any questions or comments.

Regards,
Matt Morris
RTMA/URMA Developer

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 12:54 PM VLab Notifications <VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov> wrote:
Hi All:

The RTMA/URMA graphics web pages have been temporarily restored while a more permanent solution is being explored.

Thanks,
Matt Morris

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 5:37 PM VLab Notifications <VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov> wrote:
Hi All:

Solutions to restore the graphics are being explored, but a definitive timeline for such a resolution is not available at this time.

Thanks,
Matt Morris
RTMA/URMA Developer

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 4:21 PM VLab Notifications <VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov> wrote:
Hi All:

NCO has scheduled a WCOSS production switch for tomorrow morning (Thursday, May 28th).  Following the switch, the scripts generating the RTMA/URMA web graphics will be unable to run on the development machine and the corresponding production and parallel web pages will be down indefinitely.  The time series pages (production and parallel) are not affected and will continue to update following the switch.

We apologize for the inconvenience.  Please let us know if you have any questions or comments.

Regards,
Matt Morris
RTMA/URMA Developer

--
Matthew Morris RTMA/URMA Discussion Group Virtual Lab Forum http://vlab.noaa.gov/web/715073/home/-/message_boards/view_message/10277453 VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov



--
Matthew Morris RTMA/URMA Discussion Group Virtual Lab Forum http://vlab.noaa.gov/web/715073/home/-/message_boards/view_message/10277925 VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov

--
Matthew Morris RTMA/URMA Discussion Group Virtual Lab Forum http://vlab.noaa.gov/web/715073/home/-/message_boards/view_message/10297878 VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov
MM
Matthew Morris, modified 4 Years ago.

RE: Updates regarding RTMA/URMA web pages

Youngling Posts: 169 Join Date: 12/6/17 Recent Posts
Hi All:

The RTMA/URMA production and parallel web graphics pages have been restored.

Thank you for your patience while we worked to resolve this issue.

Regards,
Matt Morris

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 4:48 PM VLab Notifications <VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov> wrote:
Hi All:

The RTMA/URMA production and parallel web graphics pages will be down indefinitely, as the scripts that generate these figures are no longer able to run on WCOSS.  The time series pages (production and parallel) are not affected and will continue to update.

We apologize for the inconvenience while we work towards a solution, although there is currently no definitive timeline.  Please let us know if you have any questions or comments.

Regards,
Matt Morris
RTMA/URMA Developer

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 12:54 PM VLab Notifications <VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov> wrote:
Hi All:

The RTMA/URMA graphics web pages have been temporarily restored while a more permanent solution is being explored.

Thanks,
Matt Morris

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 5:37 PM VLab Notifications <VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov> wrote:
Hi All:

Solutions to restore the graphics are being explored, but a definitive timeline for such a resolution is not available at this time.

Thanks,
Matt Morris
RTMA/URMA Developer

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 4:21 PM VLab Notifications <VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov> wrote:
Hi All:

NCO has scheduled a WCOSS production switch for tomorrow morning (Thursday, May 28th).  Following the switch, the scripts generating the RTMA/URMA web graphics will be unable to run on the development machine and the corresponding production and parallel web pages will be down indefinitely.  The time series pages (production and parallel) are not affected and will continue to update following the switch.

We apologize for the inconvenience.  Please let us know if you have any questions or comments.

Regards,
Matt Morris
RTMA/URMA Developer

--
Matthew Morris RTMA/URMA Discussion Group Virtual Lab Forum http://vlab.noaa.gov/web/715073/home/-/message_boards/view_message/10277453 VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov



--
Matthew Morris RTMA/URMA Discussion Group Virtual Lab Forum http://vlab.noaa.gov/web/715073/home/-/message_boards/view_message/10277925 VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov

--
Matthew Morris RTMA/URMA Discussion Group Virtual Lab Forum http://vlab.noaa.gov/web/715073/home/-/message_boards/view_message/10297878 VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov

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    The most recent peer-reviewed paper on the RTMA. Published in Weather and Forecasting in 2011.
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    Another viewer of the current RTMA/URMA, with an archive going back 24 hours. This version is open to the public, but does not contain information about the (many) restricted obs used.
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