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The U.S. National Weather Service provides anonymous
FTP access to files containing collectives of code generated and binary radar
imagery products from NWS, FAA, and DOD WSR-88D sites located in the United
States and Puerto Rico. The collectives are in the same format as
received from the WSR-88D Radar Product Generator (RPG). The server
internal structure for sub-directory names and file names can be found with
descriptions in the document TOC File Name
Standards. The naming conventions for the sub-directories and files are
described in the document titled:
File and Directory Name
Standards. The data is available at the NWS Telecommunication
Gateway on the server ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov via anonymous
FTP. AvailabilityThe data can be obtained either through a direct multicast connection
from the NWS or by standard ftp. Either process follows the directory path
established below. Directory and File DescriptionsSee "Directory and File Naming Standards" for information about directory and file name formats and structure.TO BE USED FOR FTP ACCESS
Delivery DetailsData files are updated on the FTP server every five minutes or sooner with data from the RPG.
File names within each radar site directory have the format sn.nnnn where nnnn
is a four-digit number ranging from 0000 to 0250. Files are written in sequence with the file sn.0000
following sn.0250. This scheme provides unique file names for at least the previous 48 hours of
data received, as older files are over-written.
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