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Weather Related Organizations => NOAA National Weather Service => Topic started by: CW2274 on April 03, 2017, 06:31:34 PM
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http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notification/scn17-05wr_cms.htm
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Only HTTPS. Sure Ken will know what this means.
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Only HTTPS. Sure Ken will know what this means.
Yeah, I kinda thought there might be some hieroglyphics involved. :-)
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It has something to do with securing government sites I'm sure but how it changes PWS sites not sure.
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I pm'ed Ken so he'll know of it.
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No worries.. looks like their WFO sites are changing layout design and switching to https:// for access.
On or shortly after April 18, 2017, all Western Region (WR) NWS
Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs), and Center Weather Service
Units (CWSUs) will migrate to a new layout on the front page of
their web home pages.
This change is in response to a required web infrastructure
consolidation. The change will provide office-to-office
consistency because the layout of the home page will be set
across the Region.
In addition, per Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directive
M-15-13, all publicly accessible federal websites and services,
namely, www.wrh.noaa.gov and WR River Forecast Centers (RFCs).
will only provide service through a secure connection (https).
The Saratoga scripts don't use WFO-specific sites for data as far as I remember, but some available scripts by others may use specific WFO sites and need some adjustments for the new sites/designs.