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NWS eMail Data Input System (EDIS)
The NWS eMail Data Input System (EDIS) is a procedure that allows designated meteorological data providers the capability to input weather bulletins to the National Weather Service Telecommunication Gateway (NWSTG) - also known as the Regional Telecommunication Hub (RTH), via eMail.
NOTICE: This is an automatic process and every message submission will be disseminated
world-wide as determined by the routing established for the WMO abbreviated heading you used. The submitting NMC or organization is responsible for the content of the bulletin(s).
Guidance for using EDIS
General Rules
- All input is ALPHANUMERIC ONLY in the current version.
- The WMO Bulletin - (See WMO Message Structure for Full Details)
- The eMail information submitted is the WMO bulletin
- The content of the WMO bulletin is:
- An abbreviated heading line
- T1T2A1A2ii
CCCC YYGGgg [BBB]
- Message text
- The email is submitted to the RTH via EDIS using a predefined eMail address.
EDIS Submission Rules and Definitions
- Messages must be sent in ASCII (plain text or alphanumeric code form, do not use html or rich text).
- Two options are available for sending messages:
a. Messages may be sent as an attachment to the email (the attachment must have an extension .txt), or
b. Messages may be sent in the body of an eMail.
- The body of an email shall remain empty if attachments are used.
- One to five attachments are allowed per eMail.
- An attachment or body may contain one or more messages.
- The "subject line" shall contain: EDIS Message Input .
- The WMO abbreviated heading
line and message text are the only required data for this email
input form.
- The WMO abbreviated heading is entered in capital letters.
- The format of the WMO Abbreviated Heading Line is: T1T2A1A2ii CCCC [NNNXXX]
YYGGgg (BBB) .
- The data time fields in the abbreviated heading must be current and
meet the WMO standards of
the Manual 386 Part II.
- The Pxx option of the BBB optional group is not allowed.
- The CCCC is the location identifier of origin of
the "MESSAGE TEXT" being entered.
- The abbreviated heading T1T2A1A2ii
CCCC must be previously defined at the RTH and will be validated
against the NWS Switching Directory.
-
No ASCII character control notations are required except for the report
separator [ = ] signal.
- Each message must be ended with NNNN.
An Example of the Attachment or eMail Body:
SMMF01 TFFR 010000
AAXX 01124/
78890 36/// /0508 10244 20209 30120 40158 53016/ 333
10281 20228 58005=
NNNN
NTUS99 KNCF 031430
THIS IS A COMMUNICATIONS TEST MESSAGE ORGINATING FROM THE NMTR
SYSTEM IN SILVER SPRING IT IS SET TO TRANSMIT EVERY MINUTE
24 HOURS PER DAY, SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK
VIA A CRON JOB ON THE DS1-NMTR.ER SERVER.
NNNN
EDIS Access Request Information:
(please copy this information into your returning eMail)
EDIS Access Request Form
1. Name of NMC or sender: ____________________________________________
2. From eMail Address: _______________________________________________
3. Name of Contact(s): _______________________ ______________________
4. Phone number(s): _______________________ _______________________
5. Name of Shift Observer(s): ____________________ ____________________
6. Phone Number(s): _______________________ _______________________
7. Name of Chief Forecaster: __________________________________________
6. Phone Number(s): _______________________ _______________________
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eMail this information to the Data Management Group
Please include the text " EDIS INPUT REQUEST " in the subject line of your eMail.
Note: Please copy and paste the information above into the body of your return eMail.
You will receive a return eMail containing the eMail address to use for sending the data within 3 working days of receipt. |