Weather Message

What is Weather Wire?

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Wire Service, NWWS, is a satellite broadcast system that delivers critical National Weather Service information. CSC Systems & Solutions operates NWWS. This service is available using their proprietary C-band service or Internet connection.  This system routinely delivers 99 percent of all messages within six seconds.

Established in October 2000, the system collects data from 141 U.S. Weather Centers and special centers around the country, and broadcasts a continuous stream of alphanumeric information. Users may receive as much of the information as they want, for a low, fixed annual fee. Current customers include radio, television, and cable stations; universities; state and federal emergency management services; and many other government agencies.

For more information on NWWS see CSC’s website at http://www.weatherwire.net or NOAA’s website at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwws/.

Note:  Access to this data stream is not free, equipment and/or registration costs are required.

Weather Message can use this data stream to provide desktop alerts of impending weather situations.