AWIPS Build OB1 D2D software release notes

• Changes to the METAR decoder allow Russian METARs to be decoded and stored for display.
• A RAMOS-to-METAR translator allows RAMOS-format reports to be pulled into the METAR dataset.
• Support for ingest and display of local boundary layer profilers is now available. The only default implementation is for Juneau.

New features

• POES soundings are available. At WFOs, those processed include all soundings that fall within the Regional scale; at RFCs, those on the RFC scale; and at National Centers, all soundings. (The Time Options toggle introduced in 5.1.1 provides flexible access to subsets of the data, when more than 32 time projections are available.)
  A selector on the Satellite menu, "POES Sounding Availability," displays a map of of the currently available sounding locations. A map showing all possible (localized) sounding locations is on the Maps menu.
  Sounding display (skew-T) is via the Volume Browser.
• MDCRS data are being ingested and are available for display. This includes availability plots, plan-view plots for various 5kft layers, and ascent/descent soundings. Sampling on the sounding includes information about time, height, pressure, and range/heading from airport. There's also a new map showing the airports at which soundings might be available.
• Radar items:
  • VAD winds (VWP product) now display via the Volume Browser. You'll find a VWP entry in the VB Source menu. If you select Sounding display (place a Point at the radar of interest), you'll see the winds on the hodograph. You can also use Time height or Var vs Hgt display methods for these data. New vertical scale choices 0-5km and 0-2.5km AGL may be useful for the latter.
  • You can now add User Selectable Reflectivity (ULR) to the RPS list or request it via the One Time Request application. You specify the lower and upper levels for the layer.
  • A new product, "High Res (8-bit) SRM," computes a storm-relative motion from the 8-bit velocity and the last motion tracked using either the Distance Speed tool or WarnGen.
  • The "Radar Echo Classifier" products CLR and CLD (Clutter Likelihood Reflectivity and Doppler) are added to the radar menu. The text portion will be stored in the text database.
• Volume Browser:
  • New selections under Sfc/2D > Misc include Meteogram, Weather, and Cloud Decks. The first of these takes advantage of a new feature that stacks time series, rather than combining them on the same axis, which makes for easier reading and less confusion. The display range now also adjusts so, for example, T and Td share a common coordinate.
• Fire weather products are now supported by WarnGen. These include fire weather danger statement and red flag watch/warning. A new fire weather zones map is included.
• Non-FSL work that affects the UI:

Improvements

• The zoomable inset map added in 5.2.2 now takes wings. For MDCRS, when one zooms in, the flight track of the ascent/descent sounding is shown on the map.
• The local warnings graphic now includes VTEC labels.
• Volume Browser:
  • Data from GLERL sea state forecast grids are now available for display at Great Lakes area offices (APX, BUF, CLE, DLH, DTX, GRB, GRR, IWX, LOT, MKX, MPX, and MQT).
  • TPC hurricane grids were added in an OB1 patch. These are surface winds on Grid 226, primarily needed for GFE input.
• Radar items:
  • Color tables for the 8-bit radar products have been updated.
• Radar archive:
• WarnGen items:
• Product Maker items:

Bug fixes

• If you set SKEWT_MIN to a temperature higher than -30, the saturation adiabats at the right side of the diagram now display correctly. (?)

Old bugs

New bugs

New features

• Non-FSL work that affects the UI:

Improvements

Bug fixes

Legacy bugs

New features

Improvements

Bug fixes

This page is maintained by Joe Wakefield.

Last modified: 1 Apr 03