WXP
Appendix

Data Ingest: Binary Delivery

High Resolution Data Service

The following lists the model output types and when they generally become available on the HDS circuit:

GINI Satellite Feed

The following lists the model output types and when they generally become available on the NOAAPort:

Product Arrival Times
Sector GOES East GOES West
Visible :45 :15
Infrared :45 :15
Water Vapor :45 :15
Floater :30  

NIDS

The products for each site come in roughly every 5 minutes.  There are approximately 30 products at each report time. These include:

NIDS Data Types
Name Description Type
bref1 Base reflectivity, level 1 radial
bref2 Base reflectivity, level 2 radial
bref3 Base reflectivity, level 3 radial
bref4 Base reflectivity, level 4 radial
lref1 Layer reflectivity, level 1 rastor
lref2 Layer reflectivity, level 2 rastor
lref3 Layer reflectivity, level 3 rastor
cref Composite reflectivity, level 1 rastor, with text
vel1 Base velocity, level 1 radial
vel2 Base velocity, level 2 radial
vel3 Base velocity, level 3 radial
vel4 Base velocity, level 4 radial
srmv1 Storm relative mean velocity, level 1 radial
srmv2 Storm relative mean velocity, level 2 radial
tops Echo tops rastor
vil Vertical integrated liquid rastor
pre1 1 hour precipitation total rastor
pret Storm total precipitation rastor
prea Digital precipitation array rastor, 1/40th LFM grid
vad Vertical azimuth display winds aloft time cross section

Updated January 12, 2023