Date: 09 January 2001
From: SSEC Data Center
Subject: NEXRAD data available to SSEC Data Center Users

Hello SSEC Data Center Users,

Beginning today at 14 UTC, the NOAAPORT data stream began carrying
unencrypted NEXRAD data for all radar sites in the US and Puerto Rico.

The Data Center is pleased to announce that this data is now available
to our users. To access it, you must install McIDAS-X Fastrack version
7.704 (which contains changes needed to list, display and copy NEXRAD
data), then run the command below to add the group containing the data
to your client routing table:

   DATALOC ADD NEXRAD NOAAPORT.SSEC.WISC.EDU

Please see the MUG Web Site's NEXRAD Data page:
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mcidas/hot_topics/NEXRADTOP.html
for detailed information on using NEXRAD data and additional
information such as the number of sites that we are receiving
for each of the product types as of 17 UTC today.

Even if you don't plan to use NEXRAD data, you should visit and read
this page, as it contains information about a new context file named
IMGDISP.CORE/SITE/USER that can be used to create predefined products
that simplify creation of sophisticated image displays.