[NOAA] DM04-16.02 Transition of GeoNetCast Americas to new satellite uplink system

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/dm-cgi-bin/chgshow.pl?fn=DM041602.txt

2016-04-27 WIS Metadata Change Monitor

WIS Metadata Changes for GTS Bulletins

Since: 2016-04-20 08:10:01
Until: 2016-04-27 08:10:01
This is an unofficial summary made by TOYODA Eizi, compiled from WIS Discovery Metadata collected at GISC Tokyo. This is not an official notification from WMO nor JMA.

NWS to terminatte B/W version of weekly-published weather maps

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notification/scn16-14bw_dwm_end.htm

Fast track (Simple) amendment to the WMO Core Metadata Profile approved effective 2016-05-17

http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/ois/Operational_Information/Newsletters/current_news_en.html

2016-04-20 WIS Metadata Change Monitor

WIS Metadata Changes for GTS Bulletins

Since: 2016-04-13 08:10:01

Until: 2016-04-20 08:10:01

This is an unofficial summary made by TOYODA Eizi, compiled from WIS Discovery Metadata collected at GISC Tokyo. This is not an official notification from WMO nor JMA.

Weather map symbols SVG/PNG available on WMO website!

The WIS website now has PNG images of the version 0.7.0 of weather map symbols (aviational weather, cloud genus, cloud symbols CL/CM/CH, fronts, past/present weather for automatic/manned stations, swell directions, pressure tendency, etc).
http://wis.wmo.int/wxsymbols/
The symbols are originally provided in SVG format by the Open Geospatial Consortium, with CC BY 4.0 lisence in my understanding.
https://github.com/OGCMetOceanDWG/WorldWeatherSymbols

New short URL at wis website (volcano, ManCodes1, ManCodes2)

WIS web site has a list of short URLs maintained on the site.  This time there are a few new ones:

1. http://wis.wmo.int/volcano -> http://volcano.si.edu/search_volcano.cfm

Looks like useful, but I don't know how the database of the Smithonian Institute has official status in WMO's operation though....

2. Manual on Codes:

http://wis.wmo.int/ManCodes1 -> http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WMOCodes/WMO306_vI1/VolumeI.1.html
http://wis.wmo.int/ManCodes2 -> http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WMOCodes/WMO306_vI2/VolumeI.2.html