Weather Message Weather Alerting Software For Your Network Copyright 2005

Weather MessageWeather Message

Weather Alerting Software For Your Network

http://www.wxmesg.com Copyright 2005

Weather Message Features

Text message alerting for computers, laptops, and PDA’s on your network.

Visual alerting for all counties in the United States and possessions.

Pager, Cell Phone, E-mail, and Fax alerts with full text or a short message. Supports TAP, SNPP, WCTP, HTTP Post, and PageGate. Provides functions to assist with web weather

reporting.

Weather Message Features

Print selected weather messages.

Receive and process EMWIN data from satellite, radio modem, or byteblaster

network.

Sends data loss alerts to keep you informed.

Receive and process the NWS Weather Wire, or NOAAPort data streams.

Automatic Internet backup for EMWIN satellite reception.

Weather Message Features

Control electrical devices and relays using the X10 control system. (On / Off / Blink)

Dual ingest from difference sources.

Schedule user defined weather messages.

Schedule downloads of internet based text and graphic products not available on

EMWIN.

System Diagram

Weather Message Server

Rebroadcast

GOES Satellite EMWIN

Internet Byteblaster

Data Sources

WxScheduler Weather Wire NOAAPort

System Diagram

Weather MessageServer

Local Network

World Wide Web

Paging, Phones, EmailRealEMWIN Fax Machines

PDA

X10 Devices

System Components WxIngest (Serial Port Ingesting)

WxByte (Byteblaster Ingesting)

WxWw2000 (NWS Weather Wire Ingesting)

WxPort (NOAAPort)

WxMesg (Weather Message Server)

WxMesgSetup (Setup Weather Message)

WxMcli (Message Client)

WxImage (Image Viewer)

WxMap (Map)

WxPDA (PDA Client)

Support Programs

WxScheduler (Custom Message Scheduler)(Can download products)

WxMesgText (Single Message Generator)

WxRadar (Radar Retriever)

WxLoader (Upload data to websites)

ReConvert (RealEMWIN Alarm Converter)

Ingest Programs

Alarm Processing

Product Identifier – Wildcard Support

State

County(s)

VTEC (Valid Time Event Code)

Text Matching - Alarm

Text Matching – Do not alarm

The Parts of A Message

WUUS52 KBMX 142134

SVRBMX

ALC123-142200-

/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0001.040914T2134Z-040914T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

533 PM CDT SAT SEP 14 2005

WMO Header

AWIPS ID

UGC Line

Message Text

VTEC Line

Preparing for Alarm Entry

WUUS52 KBMX 142134

SVRBMX

ALC123-142200-

/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0001.040914T2134Z-040914T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

533 PM CDT SAT SEP 14 2005

AWIPS ID

Alarm as SVRBMX For Tallapoosa (ALC123) Alarm as SVR??? For Any Alabama County

County Code

Setting an Alarm

Setting an Alarm - Clients

Setting an Alarm - Paging

Setting an Alarm - Archive

Setting an Alarm - VTEC

Paging / Email / Fax 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

Unlimited 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 2005 .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 201933SVRBMXALC091-119-202000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL232 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2005THE 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.

• 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.

• Image Browser.

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.

WxPDA• Supports Windows CE, Pocket PC and Windows Mobile

• Customizable colors and sounds.

• Current Alarm List

• Request products.

• Supports client numbers, so it can be directly addressed to receive specific products.

WxSched - Scheduler• Schedule custom messages.

• Can be used for weekly, or monthly tests.

• Can download products / graphics from the Internet.

WUUS52 KBMX 251700

TORBMX

ALC081-251715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TEST TORNADO WARNING

LEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

1200 NOON CDT WED OCT 13 2005

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

WxMesgTextMessage Generator

• Create custom or local messages in real time.

• Uses the same file format as WxScheduler.

WxLoader

• Combines weather text for use on a website or other custom applications.

• Monitors expiration dates and updates your website after products have expired.

• Create custom text scrollers.

The NWS has issued a tornado warning for Tallapoosa County.

WxRadar• View All NOAA Radar Sites.

• Images can be ingested by Weather Message for viewing and animation with WxImage.

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

• Select Reflectivity, Composite,

and Rain Fall Total images.

• Requires internet access.

• Selectable image formats, GIF,

BMP, JPG, PNG, and TIF.

Retransmission Software

EMWIN Retransmission with WxReTran

Internet Retransmission with WxBBSrvr

WxLocalLocal Weather

Conditions• Retrieves METAR information from around the world.

• Produces a text product for retransmission.

AXXX01 KWXM 120222

MISWXM

LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS

WEATHER MESSAGE

922 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2005

LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AT

Alexander City, Thomas C Russell Field Airport

Temperature 68 F / 20 C

Dew Point 66.2 F / 19 C

Weather Message

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

50 Users – Register for $40.00

100 Users – Register for $57.00

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

Send support requests to help@wxmesg.com