Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!samsung!umich!ox.com!emv From: vortex@vpnet.chi.il.us (Jason J. Levit) Newsgroups: comp.archives Subject: [sci.geo.fluids] Weather Keywords: meteorology, Nat. Weather Service Message-ID: <1990Dec29.014420.26833@ox.com> Date: 29 Dec 90 01:44:20 GMT References: <3031@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu> <1990Dec19.210446.16072@midway.uchi <2777d47f-45.2sci.geo.fluids-1@vpnet.chi.il.us> Sender: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) Reply-To: vortex@vpnet.chi.il.us (Jason J. Levit) Followup-To: sci.geo.fluids Organization: (none) Lines: 266 Approved: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) X-Original-Newsgroups: sci.geo.fluids Archive-name: astro/weather/wx/1990-12-25 Archive: listserv@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu:index wx-talk [mail] Original-posting-by: vortex@vpnet.chi.il.us (Jason J. Levit) Original-subject: Weather Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) You CAN receive weather data and satellite images through the net. Here's how to do it: The WX-***** lists reside on the UIUCVMD (VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU) machine at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. They were created for persons interested in weather. WX-TALK is intended for discussions and questions. Some past topics have included Doppler radar, public warning issuance, and home satellite reception. In addition to the discussions, a decoded (plain language) version of the severe weather outlook is sent to WX-TALK each week day to help people know when it's a potential severe weather day. Some subscribers, especially those who receive a lot of mail, may choose to subscribe to certain list only when severe weather is expected within a day or two of their location and then signoff after the threat is over. The other lists are designed for receive-only mode. That is, you will receive data and products from these lists but you should not attempt to post mail to them. Address all replies or questions to WX-TALK. *------------------------------------*-------------------------------------* Below is a description of the lists: --> WX-TALK A general discussion list for weather-related topics, special event notifications, job announcements, and administrative messages. This list was formerly STORM-L. --> WX-SWO Severe weather, mesoscale convective, and public severe weather outlooks. The non-public products are in abbreviated (coded) format. --> WX-WATCH Tornado and Severe thunderstorm Watches and cancellations (long versions). Portions of these products are in abbreviated (coded) format. --> WX-WSTAT Weather Watch prior notification statements and watch status statements. These products are in abbreviated (coded) format. --> WX-TROPL Tropical Storm Outlook, Hurricane Position Estimates, etc. Tropical weather outlooks, hurricane position reports, etc. This list will be most active from June through December. Portions of these products may be in abbreviated (coded) format. --> WX-PCPN Precipitation products including heavy snow and excessive rainfall. Products are in abbreviated (coded) format. --> WX-NATNL Public products of national interest like the national weather summary and selected city forecasts. --> WX-STLT Satellite interpretive messages and orbital data. These messages give descriptions of cloud features and disturbances observed by satellite. Products are issued by geographical region. Products are in abbreviated (coded) format. --> WX-SPOT Storm spotter/SKYWARN discussions. This list was formerly WXSPOT-L. --> WX-LSR Local Storm Reports issued by local WSOs and WSFOs. More detailed than the SELS log. Issued as needed. --> WX-MISC Miscellaneous products like the SELS log, tornado stats, etc. Several of these products will be in tabular format. ***Note: Abbreviated (coded) products contain word abbreviations and contractions. They can usually be deciphered by looking at sentence context. Airport location identifiers are also used. For example, NYC is New York City, NY and STL is St. Louis, MO. Decoding software is available on the VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU machine. *------------------------------------*-------------------------------------* Net Protocol. Although discussion is encouraged on WX-TALK, please be considerate of others on the list and send *personal* messages directly to the intended recipient --not the list. Of course, if you feel your message might be of interest to everyone, go ahead and post it. WX-TALK can be used as a place to announce weather-related job openings, conferences, software, and to call attention to special events appearing on the other lists. Due to network delays and outages some postings (especially long ones) may take several hours (or even days !) to reach everyone. Keep this in mind when posting updates that are highly time-critical. For fastest delivery, it is recommended that you subscribe to the lists using your Internet address (if you have one). Network addresses can be very difficult (if not impossible) to reconstruct from messages sent through the LISTSERVer. Please include your return address on all messages. Here's a sample signature that contains just about every address imaginable: > Chris Novy - WA9V BITNET: axvsccn@uicvmc > Southern Illinois Univ. Internet: axvsccn@uicvmc.aiss.uiuc.edu > Morris Library - Systems Packet: wa9v@wd9ebq FAX: (618) 453-8109 > Carbondale, IL 62901-6632 Phone: (618) 453-1683 or (618) 457-6149 Mail is distributed on most of the lists on a daily basis. Due to network problems or MAILER problems it may be necessary at times to remove problem subscribers from the lists without prior notice. If you have not received mail from a particular list in several days and you might want to REVIEW the list or ask the list owner for assistance. *------------------------------------*-------------------------------------* You may subscribe, signoff, review, and change your distribution options for any list by sending the appropriate command via interactive message or by including the command as the ONLY line of a MAIL file to one of the following addresses: LISTSERV@UIUCVMD LISTSERV@UIUCVMD.BITNET LISTSERV@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU >From UUCP/UUNET if the above addresses fail, try: uiucuxc!vmd!listserv *------------------------------------*-------------------------------------* To subscribe to a new list, WX-MISC for example, use the SUB command: SUB WX-MISC Interactive example from CMS: TELL LISTSERV AT UIUCVMD SUB WX-MISC T.T. Fujita MAIL example: SUB WX-MISC James T. Kirk To cancel your subscription to issue the SIGNOFF command: SIGNOFF WX-MISC To see who is subscribed to a particular list issue the REVIEW command: REVIEW WX-TALK *-----------------------------------*--------------------------------------* Back issues of WX-TALK are maintained in a weekly log and are available via LISTSERV and anonymous FTP transfer. Archive files are stored under the name LOGYYMMW where "YY" is the year (ie. 89) and "MM" is the month (ie. 03 for March) and "W" is the week --beginning with "A"...then B..C. For a list of archive files via LISTSERV issue the following command: INDEX WX-TALK This command will return something like... * WX-TALK FILELIST for LISTSERV@UIUCVMD. * * NOTEBOOK archives for the list * (Weekly notebook) * rec last - change * filename filetype GET PUT -fm lrecl nrecs date time Remarks * -------- -------- --- --- --- ----- ----- -------- -------- -------------- WX-TALK LOG9005C ALL OWN V 79 935 90/05/21 11:55:59 Started on Wed, WX-TALK LOG9005D ALL OWN V 80 731 90/05/25 14:41:55 Started on Tue, WX-TALK LOG9005E ALL OWN V 79 241 90/05/31 11:49:21 Started on Sun, You could then issue a SENDME command to retrieve a log file. Example: SENDME WX-TALK LOG9005C *-----------------------------------*--------------------------------------* FTP users can access the archives via ANONYMOUS file transfer by connecting to VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU (128.174.5.98). After connecting, change to the LISTSERV sub-directory where the archive files are kept by issuing the following command: CD LISTSERV.193 To see what archive files are available issue a LIST command like: LIST WX-TALK ... or perhaps LIST WX-SWO ... or maybe LIST WX-MISC Please make certain you include a list name after the LIST command. To retrieve an archive file like the one in the LISTSERV example, enter: GET WX-TALK.LOG9005E your.file where "your.file" is whatever name you want to call your local copy. FTP users can also access the weather-related software and archived (GIF format) satellite pictures by connecting to VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU (128.174.5.98) and changing to the PHIL.515 sub-directory. Many of these satellite pictures are also available in LIST3820 laser printer format at UA1VM.UA.EDU (129.66.8.100) in the DARREN.515 sub-directory. The satellite files must be retrieved using BINARY or IMAGE mode. *-----------------------------------*--------------------------------------* BITNET users who do not have FTP access may still FTP-request files by using the BITFTP service machine at PUCC. You can MAIL a file containing a complete FTP transaction script to BITFTP@PUCC. BITFTP will then perform the FTP transfer and return the file(s) and/or directory listings requested to you via BITNET. For more information on how to conduct a transaction send a HELP command to BITFTP@PUCC.BITNET as the first line in a MAIL file or as an interactive message. Note: Although the VMD and UA1VM FTP machines do not request/require a password, you must include a bogus password in your BITFTP transaction file. In the examples below "WX-TALK" is used as the password. *-----------------------------------*--------------------------------------* Here's a couple sample transactions. The first gets a directory listing and the second retrieves a file. FTP VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU USER ANONYMOUS WX-TALK CD PHIL.515 TYPE A DIR *.* FTP VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU USER ANONYMOUS WX-TALK CD PHIL.515 TYPE I GET HUGO36.GIF HUGO36.GIF *-----------------------------------*--------------------------------------* Contributions to WX-TALK are always welcome and should be sent in MAIL format to one of the following addresses. WX-TALK@UIUCVMD WX-TALK@UIUCVMD WX-TALK@UIUCVMD.BITNET WX-TALK@UIUCVMD.BITNET WX-TALK@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU WX-TALK@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU WX-TALK%VMD@UIUCUXC.UUCP WX-TALK%VMD@UIUCUXC.UUCP uiucuxc!vmd!wx-talk uiucuxc!vmd!wx-talk *-----------------------------------*--------------------------------------* If you have any questions or comments please send them to me at one of the addresses below. Thank you for your interest in the WX lists. *------------------------------------*-------------------------------------* Chris Novy - WA9V BITNET: axvsccn@uicvmc Southern Illinois Univ. Internet: axvsccn@uicvmc.aiss.uiuc.edu Morris Library - Systems Packet: wa9v@wd9ebq FAX: (618) 453-8109 Carbondale, IL 62901-6632 Phone: (618) 453-1683 or (618) 457-6149 ICBM: 37.43N 89.12W *--------------------------------------------------------------------------* -- Jason J. Levit - KB9BUU | A good planet is hard to find. Let's save this one! vortex@vpnet.chi.il.us | Apple II Forever