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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / IS #22630 Albuquerque not showing non-convective watches/warnings
« on: October 04, 2013, 05:29:08 PM »
Cable network: Comcast
Local weather ID: 22630
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Channels: TWC SD 35, Weatherscan SD 101
Issues:
1. While the IS shows convective (e.g., severe thunderstorm or flood) warnings, it has not shown non-convective watches or warnings. For example, the Albuquerque metro area has a Freeze Warning in effect for tonight, but this does not show up on either TWC SD 35 or Weatherscan SD 101. Convective and flood warnings use the county identifier and would still go through. The error likely is due to the fact that the NWS WFO Albuquerque realigned its zones several years ago, and the IS zone forecast was not changed appropriately to capture other watches and warnings (e.g., Severe Thunderstorm Watch, Wind Advisory, Winter Weather Advisory, Winter Storm Warning, etc.). The fix would be to reprogram the IS to point to the correct zone number. The Albuquerque Metro zone is NMZ519.
Snippet from the most recent Zone Forecast Product:
NMZ519-042200-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBUQUERQUE...LOS LUNAS...RIO RANCHO
328 AM MDT FRI OCT 4 2013
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM MDT SATURDAY...
2. The local radar zoom-in hasn't worked for several months on Weatherscan SD 101, while it still works fine on TWC SD 35. Not sure why this happened, but unfortunately no rain forecast in the next several days, so unsure when you would be able to see this again.
Hope this helps.
Local weather ID: 22630
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Channels: TWC SD 35, Weatherscan SD 101
Issues:
1. While the IS shows convective (e.g., severe thunderstorm or flood) warnings, it has not shown non-convective watches or warnings. For example, the Albuquerque metro area has a Freeze Warning in effect for tonight, but this does not show up on either TWC SD 35 or Weatherscan SD 101. Convective and flood warnings use the county identifier and would still go through. The error likely is due to the fact that the NWS WFO Albuquerque realigned its zones several years ago, and the IS zone forecast was not changed appropriately to capture other watches and warnings (e.g., Severe Thunderstorm Watch, Wind Advisory, Winter Weather Advisory, Winter Storm Warning, etc.). The fix would be to reprogram the IS to point to the correct zone number. The Albuquerque Metro zone is NMZ519.
Snippet from the most recent Zone Forecast Product:
NMZ519-042200-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBUQUERQUE...LOS LUNAS...RIO RANCHO
328 AM MDT FRI OCT 4 2013
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM MDT SATURDAY...
2. The local radar zoom-in hasn't worked for several months on Weatherscan SD 101, while it still works fine on TWC SD 35. Not sure why this happened, but unfortunately no rain forecast in the next several days, so unsure when you would be able to see this again.
Hope this helps.