1. A Description of the National Weather Service Telecommunication Gateway February 10, 2004 Fred Branski NWS Office of the CIO, Telecommunication Operations Center Team Leader for Data Management CMA Delegation Visit

2. 2 Who We Are HQs Field NationalReconditioningCenterNationalReconditioningCenter Field Systems OperationsCenter OperationsCenter RadarOperationsCenterRadarOperationsCenter TelecommunicationsOperationsCenterTelecommunicationsOperationsCenter Office of the Chief Information Officer Office of Climate, Water, & Weather Services Office of Climate, Water, & Weather Services Office of Operational Systems Systems Office of Science & Technology Technology Office of Hydrologic Development Development NWSTrainingCenterNWSTrainingCenterMeteorologicalDevelopmentLaboratoryMeteorologicalDevelopmentLaboratory SystemsEngineeringCenterSystemsEngineeringCenter HydrologyLaboratoryHydrologyLaboratory Office of the Chief Financial Officer Officer National Data Buoy CenterNational Center Storm Prediction Center Climate Prediction Center Marine Prediction Center Space Environment Center Environmental Modeling Center Hydro- meteorological Prediction CenterHydro- Center Tropical Prediction Center (National Hurricane Center) Aviation Weather Center Central Operations EasternRegionEasternRegionCentralRegionCentralRegionSouthernRegionSouthernRegionWesternRegionWesternRegionAlaskaRegionAlaskaRegionPacificRegionPacificRegion 23 WFO’s 3 RFC’s 38 WFO’s 2 RFC’s 32 WFO’s 4 RFC’s 24 WFO’s 3 RFC’s 3 WFO’s 1 RFC’s 2 WFO’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction Office of the Assistant Administrator For Weather Services Office of the Assistant Administrator For Weather Services

3. 3 Respond & Feedback How We Do It IBM SP at Bowie, MD Computer Center Feedback Distribute Local Offices Local Offices Central Guidance Central Guidance Process Observe Products & Services

4. 4 How We Do It Private Sector Partners Are Essential To Our Success How do you receive weather warnings? 65% Television 65% Television 17% Radio 17% Radio 10% When the storm hits 10% When the storm hits --source: USA Today web survey, May 2000

5. 5 How We Do It National Centers for Environmental Prediction Model Simulations Climate & Seasonal Outlooks Aviation & Marine Forecasts Storm & Tornado Prediction Hurricane Tracks National Centers for Environmental Prediction Model Simulations Climate & Seasonal Outlooks Aviation & Marine Forecasts Storm & Tornado Prediction Hurricane Tracks Private Weather Companies 121 Weather Forecast Offices Issue Local Forecasts & Warnings Observations Radar Network, Satellites, Weather Balloons, Ground-level observations at airports, Aircraft, Lightning Network, Data Buoys, Stream Gauge Network, 11,000 Volunteer daily-data collectors, Thousands of Volunteer storm spotters Observations Radar Network, Satellites, Weather Balloons, Ground-level observations at airports, Aircraft, Lightning Network, Data Buoys, Stream Gauge Network, 11,000 Volunteer daily-data collectors, Thousands of Volunteer storm spotters Internet Radio TV River Forecasts Hydropower, Flood warnings Irrigation, River Navigation River Forecasts Hydropower, Flood warnings Irrigation, River Navigation NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE The average person only sees the tip of the iceberg

6. 6 Where We’ve Been & Where We Are Modernization and Restructuring WSO WSOWSO WSO WSO WSFO RegionalHeadquarters WSO Regional Headquarters WFO WFO WFO

7. 7 Where We’re Going Observations and Data Assimilation (More Frequent, More Detailed) Radar, surface observations, satellites, radiosondes, aircraft, cooperative observers, etc. Upgraded Radar Increased Observations Current Radar Upgraded Radar Observations (Millions)

8. 8 Where We’re Going Computing NCEP Improvements State of the Art Computing 1000 Times 1993 Peak Computing Performance1000 Times 1993 Peak Computing Performance Enables finer resolution models, greater detail, longer term forecastsEnables finer resolution models, greater detail, longer term forecasts –1993 ran national model at 80 km resolution and global model run at 105 km resolution –2001 national model run at 12 km and global model run at 75 km resolution Climate Forecast System Operational this FallClimate Forecast System Operational this Fall –First Coupled Ocean/Atmospheric Modeling System for Climate Prediction

9. 9 Where We’re Going Computing Capability & Modeling 80km32km 22km12km 1993 Sample coverage of an 8 km grid point 1998 2000 2001 8 km

10. 10 Where We’re Going Impact of Resolution on Model Precipitation Forecast Eta (10 km) Eta (22 km) 2.2” 4.3” Better location Better intensity 4.3” Better location Better intensity 6.5” 5.7” Observed

11. 11 Types of Customers Federal Government and Agencies National Media Local Media Academic and Professional Community Private Meteorological Companies (Value Added) Local Governments and Agencies Public International Meteorological Community

12. 12 Types of Weather Services PublicAviationMarineFireHydrologyClimateSpace

13. 13 Public NWS Role in the Dissemination of Information Commercial Services and Media International Organizations Federal and State Agencies NWS Observations

14. 14 Dissemination Systems NWRNWWSSBN/NOAAPORTInternetEMWINFOSGMDSS GTS LDAD ISCS Interagency Connections NWS Telecom. Gateway NWS Telecom. Gateway* AWIPS* * Although not dissemination systems these are systems that are critical to the process

15. 15 Dissemination and Distribution Gateway FOS SBN/NOAAPORT GOESObs NCEP Product Suite NWWS (10 sec) WAN NESDIS Internet-Based Dissemination EMWIN (> 1 min) Telecommunications Operations Center Satellite Legend: EMWIN NOAAPORT NWWS Commercial Satellite GOES NWR WSR-88D Field Offices NCEP Radar Data Server Wx Gov’t Servers NCF Media & Other Customers Public Specialized Customers Other Agencies LDAD Designated Local Customers Commercial Weather Services Research Institutions FAA, etc. International ISCS GTS

16. 16 NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) Description: Nationwide direct radio broadcast Customer: General Public Products: Warning, watches, forecasts (Voice) Volume: Low volume radio. 630 transmitters. (24x7 continuous) (24x7 continuous) Coverage: Reaches 80% to 90% of population

17. 17 Local Data Acquisition and Dissemination (LDAD) Description: Dissemination is primarily FTP. Customer: Government agencies, media, emergency managers Products: Observations and Forecasts Volume: Unique to WFO - examples: - Sterling 1 Megabyte per day - Sterling 1 Megabyte per day - Cleveland 50 Megabytes per day to Corps of Engineers Part of AWIPS system Part of AWIPS system

18. 18 NWSTG Functional Overview The NWSTG is the central communication facility of the NWS the primary acquisition and distribution center for NWS data and products The NWSTG includes the AWIPS Network Control Facility (NCF) the ASOS Operations and Monitoring Center (AOMC) WMO Regional Telecommunication Hub (RTH) Washington ICAO OPMET Databank (KWBCYMYX) the Telecommunication Gateway

19. 19 NWS Telecommunications Gateway (NWSTG) NWSTG EMWIN GOES GTS NCEP Family of Services NCF NOAAPORT NESDIS Watches, Warnings, Advisories, & Statements Public Product Service Domestic Data Service3 International Data Service High Resolution Data Service Server Access Service Radar Products Service ISCS Other Agencies

20. 20 Data Input to the NWSTG Data Sources NWS (ASOS, WFOs, NCEP National Centers) – observations, guidance, forecasts, watches & warnings, national products FAA (ASOS) – aviation observations DoD (FNMOC, AFWA) DoT (Coast Guard) – marine reports Other Government and Scientific Sources (NOS, OAR, USDA, Scripps Institute, SeaKeepers, etc.) – observations ICAO (ISCS, AFTN) – aviation data WMO (GTS MTN, Other GTS) – meteorological and hydrological data

21. 21 Data Input to the NWSTG WMO Global Telecommunication System Main Trunk Network

22. 22 Data Input to the NWSTG Data Input Methods IP Sockets X.25 Asynchronous FTP – http://weather.gov/tg/ftpingest.htmlhttp://weather.gov/tg/ftpingest.html Email – http://weather.gov/tg/emailingest.htmlhttp://weather.gov/tg/emailingest.html Web - http://weather.gov/tg/bullguid.htmlhttp://weather.gov/tg/bullguid.html

23. 23 NWSTG Structure & Function Components 3 Mainframes – Active, standby, test & development >70 Unix servers (HTTP, FTP, File server, communications, data processing) >2 terabytes of online storage >160 point-to-point communication circuits 7 internal networks

24. 24 NWSTG Structure & Function

25. 25 NWSTG Structure & Function Message Processing Data input from various sources Data is identified by WMO or AWIPS heading Data stored in a receive queue along with information retrieved from a switching directory (>130,000 entries) Some data selected for processing which may generate new products Data written to transmit queue(s) based on switching directory information Data sent to destination(s)

26. 26 NWSTG Structure & Function Message Processing >850,000 messages received daily >8.5 billion bytes received daily

27. 27 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push Broadcast, multicast, and point-to-point data dissemination: NOAAPORT NWWS - NOAA Weather Wire Service EMWIN – Emergency Manager’s Weather Information Network ISCS – International Satellite Communications System FOS – Family of Services

28. 28 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push NOAAPORT AWIPS satellite broadcast network (SBN) C-band satellite covering the entire US Data includes NCEP model products, satellite imagery, observations, forecasts, watches & warnings Volume: >23 GB/day >2,000,000 Products/day Used to distribute data to – –NWS field offices (WFOs and RFCs) – –Commercial Users with NOAAPORT Receiver Systems More Information at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/noaaport/html/noaaport.shtml http://www.nws.noaa.gov/noaaport/html/noaaport.shtml

29. 29 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push AWIPS Network Control Facility (ANCF) NOAAPORT (SBN) 3.5 T1 Circuits: NCEP/NWSTG Data GOES East GOES West Non-GOES Imagery/DCP 140+ AWIPS Field Sites NOAAPORT Receive System (NRS) Weather and Forecast Products Satellite Imagery Americom 4 C-Band Master Ground Station (MGS) 4 T1 Circuits Source: NGIT AWIPS Briefing, L. Klet

30. 30 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push NWWS – NOAA Weather Wire Service Nationwide satellite distribution system for text products C-band and Ku-band satellite covering the entire US Data uplinked from 14 WFOs/RFCs, 6 National Centers Data includes forecasts, watches & warnings Volume: >8 GB/day Used to distribute data to – –Media – –Emergency Managers More Information at – –http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwws/http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwws/ – –http://dynis.dyncsc.com/contracts/nwws/index.htmlhttp://dynis.dyncsc.com/contracts/nwws/index.html

31. 31 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push NWWS – System Data Flow Source: Detailed NWWS Data Collection Flowchart

32. 32 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push EMWIN – Emergency Managers Weather Information Network Hemispheric direct broadcast using GOES East/West Data includes a watches & warnings, forecasts, graphics, satellite imagery Volume: >85MB/day Used to distribute data to Emergency Managers More Information at – –http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/index.htmhttp://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/index.htm

33. 33 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push EMWIN – Satellite Footprint

34. 34 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push ISCS – International Satellite Communications System Supports two data dissemination requirements for – –ICAO World Area Forecast System (WAFS) – –WMO Regional Meteorological Telecommunication Network for Region IV (North America) supporting two-way communication (RMTN/GTS) C-band satellite coverage for – –US area of responsibility - 30°W to 120°E – –European area of responsibility - 100°E to 30°W (SADIS)

35. 35 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push ISCS – International Satellite Communications Data includes aviation weather and other meteorological, hydrological, and climatological products Six data streams – –WAFS Text, GRIB, and Facsimile – –RMTN Text, GRIB, and Facsimile Volume: >630MB/day >180,000 Products/day More Information at – –http://weather.gov/tg/iscscvr.htmlhttp://weather.gov/tg/iscscvr.html – –http://www.nws.noaa.gov/iscs/http://www.nws.noaa.gov/iscs/

36. 36 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push International Satellite Communications System

37. 37 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push International Satellite Communications System RMTN two-way sites shown in orange

38. 38 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push FOS – Family of Services (Push) Point-to-point and multicast communication services Serves commercial customers on a cost recovery basis More information at – –http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/fos/fosindex.htmlhttp://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/fos/fosindex.html FOS Offerings Public Product Service Domestic Data Service International Data Service High Resolution Data Service Radar Product Service Server Access Service (not push)

39. 39 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push FOS – Family of Services (Push) Public Product Service (PPS) – –9.6 kbps, asynchronous transmission – –All Watches & Warnings, selected forecast, hydrologic, and agricultural products – –Volume: >14,000 product/day, >60MB/day Domestic Data Service (DDS) – –9.6 kbps, asynchronous transmission – –Observations and forecasts for the CONUS – –Volume: >35,000 product/day, >55MB/day

40. 40 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push FOS – Family of Services (Push) International Data Service (IDS) – –9.6 kbps, asynchronous transmission – –Worldwide observations and forecasts – –Volume: >42,000 product/day, >35MB/day High Resolution Data Service (HRS) – –56 kbps, X.25 transmission – –Model-derived forecasts and analyses (mostly GRIB) – –Volume: >62,000 product/day, >315MB/day Detailed information about PPS, DDS, IDS, and HRS products are available at http://weather.gov/datamgmt/fos/fospage.html http://weather.gov/datamgmt/fos/fospage.html

41. 41 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push FOS – Family of Services (Push) Radar Product Service (RDS) – –1.5 Mbps, IP Multicast transmission – –WSR-88D Level III products – –Volume: >800,000 product/day, 8 to 11GB/day Detailed information about RPS is available at http://weather.gov/tg/rpccds.html http://weather.gov/tg/rpccds.html Detailed information about PPS, DDS, IDS, and HRS products are available at http://weather.gov/datamgmt/fos/fospage.html http://weather.gov/datamgmt/fos/fospage.html

42. 42 Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Description: US Coast Guard Telecommunication Network Customer: Maritime Community Products: Navigational Warnings and Forecasts Volume: 170 Megabytes per day NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push

43. 43 Global Telecommunication System (GTS) Description: Two way point to point Customer: International Meteorological Centers, e.g., UK, Japan, Canada, Central America, Caribbean, S. America, Africa Products: Observations and Model Output (WMO Bulletins) Volume: > 350 Megabytes per day Circuit cost: Shared 50/50 with recipient. NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push

44. 44 Interagency Connections Description: Primarily FTP Customer: Major Customers are: -DOD: AFWA, FNMOC 400 Megabtyes per day -FAA 24 Megabtyes per day -USDA (Fire Weather) 1.5 Megabytes per day -USGS < 100 Kilobytes per day -USCG < 100 Kilobytes per day Products: Observations & Forecasts Volume: (see customer list above) NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push

45. 45 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Push Products Provided via Push Content managed by the Data Management group in the Operations Support and Performance Branch Changes made on a daily basis in response to operational requirements and customer requests Products identified in the NWSTG (the Switching Directory) listed at http://weather.noaa.gov/tg/wmohdg.shtml http://weather.noaa.gov/tg/wmohdg.shtml Products pushed via FOS, ISCS, NOAAPORT, and EMWIN listed at http://weather.noaa.gov/tg/dir_subset.shtml http://weather.noaa.gov/tg/dir_subset.shtml

46. 46 Internet Description: Internet, both HTTP & FTP Customer: NWS, NWS Partners (State/Local government, academic,commercial), General Public Products: Observations, guidance, forecasts and warnings Volume: - HTTP: 900 Gigabytes per day (NWS wide) - FTP: 300 Gigabytes per day (NWSTG) - FTP: 300 Gigabytes per day (NWSTG) Considerations : Internet load may cause delays. Security NWSTG Data Dissemination - Pull

47. 47 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Pull Servers provide access to stored data through various server protocols FTP – Access to data files via anonymous FTP at ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov (since 1993!)ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov FTPMail – Email based FTP for clients without the ability to establish interactive sessions HTTP – Access to data files via http://weather.noaa.gov/pub (since 1994!) http://weather.noaa.gov/pub FOS Server Access Services – FTP access through a dedicated connection

48. 48 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Pull FTP – Access to data files via anonymous FTP at ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov including ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov NCEP model output http://weather.gov/tg/modfiles.html http://weather.gov/tg/modfiles.html Product files (multiple messages or bulletins per file) http://weather.gov/tg/txtfiles.html http://weather.gov/tg/obsfiles.html http://weather.gov/tg/txtfiles.html http://weather.gov/tg/obsfiles.html WSR-88D Level III products http://weather.gov/tg/radfiles.html http://weather.gov/tg/radfiles.html Satellite products http://weather.gov/tg/satfiles.html http://weather.gov/tg/satfiles.html Facsimile products http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/index.html http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/index.html See http://weather.gov/tg/dataprod.html for more informationhttp://weather.gov/tg/dataprod.html

49. 49 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Pull FTPMail – Email based FTP Access to all FTPable products on ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov Email an FTP command sequence to ftpmail@weather.noaa.gov ftpmail@weather.noaa.gov Used primarily in the maritime community to retrieve products via satellite email services See http://weather.gov/tg/ftpmail.html for usage detailshttp://weather.gov/tg/ftpmail.html

50. 50 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Pull HTTP – Access to data files Access all the products at ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov without FTP overhead at http://weather.noaa.gov/pub ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.govhttp://weather.noaa.gov/pub Provides more browsable alternative to FTP Application-based HTTP file transfers are often faster than FTP Traditional interactive Web services include – –http://weather.govhttp://weather.gov – –http://weather.noaa.govhttp://weather.noaa.gov – –http://iwin.nws.noaa.govhttp://iwin.nws.noaa.gov

51. 51 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Pull FOS Server Access Services (SAS) – FTP access through a dedicated connection SAS customers establish a point-to-point connection with and NWS router Customer router hosting at the NWSTG for balanced multiple-circuit connections 64Kb, T1, multiple-T1, and T3 connections Access to a non-public anonymous FTP server holding the same data as ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov

52. 52 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Pull File Formats Single product files: http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wg/wghw70.phfo.ffs.hi.txt http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wg/wghw70.phfo.ffs.hi.txt Multiple product files: http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/DF.an/DC.sflnd/DS.metar/sn.0021.txt http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/DF.an/DC.sflnd/DS.metar/sn.0021.txt See http://weather.gov/tg/fstandrd.html for a description of how products are delimited within a filehttp://weather.gov/tg/fstandrd.html Non-headed product files: http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.eta_CY.00/RD.20040108/PT. grid_DF.bb/fh.0000_tl.press http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.eta_CY.00/RD.20040108/PT. grid_DF.bb/fh.0000_tl.press CWA-specific, Zone-specific or named files: http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/forecasts/zone/wa/waz007.txt http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/records/wa/seattle.txt http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/forecasts/zone/wa/waz007.txt http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/records/wa/seattle.txt

53. 53 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Pull Directory Structures Descriptive directory naming: http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/forecasts/zone/wa/waz007.txt http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/records/wa/seattle.txt http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/forecasts/zone/wa/waz007.txt http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/records/wa/seattle.txt See http://weather.gov/tg/engfiles.htmlhttp://weather.gov/tg/engfiles.html Encoded Directory naming: http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/DF.an/DC.sflnd/DS.metar/sn.00 21.txt http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.eta_CY.00/RD.200 40108/PT.grid_DF.bb/fh.0000_tl.press http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/DF.an/DC.sflnd/DS.metar/sn.00 21.txt http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.eta_CY.00/RD.200 40108/PT.grid_DF.bb/fh.0000_tl.press See the Directory and File Naming Standards document at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/filstnd.html to understand how to decode http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/filstnd.html

54. 54 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Pull Directory Structures – decoding example http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/DF.an/DC.sflnd/DS.metar/sn.0021.txt SL.us008001 – server location: United States (us), NWSTG (008), Server 1 (01) DF.af – data format: WMO bulletins of alphanumeric data as GTS exchanged (ASCII) DC.sflnd – data category: Surface data (land) DS.metar – data subcategory: Aviation – METAR sn.0021.txt – sequence number file (21 st in the sequence) containing text data

55. 55 NWSTG Data Dissemination - Pull Directory Structures – decoding example http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.eta_CY.00/RD.20040108 /PT.grid_DF.bb/fh.0000_tl.press SL.us008001 – server location: United States (us), NWSTG (008), Server 1 (01) ST.opnl – status of data files: operational MT.eta – model type: Eta Forecast Model CY.00 – cycle of run: 00 UTC RD.20040108 – reference date: January 08, 2004 PT.grid – product type: gridded DF.bb – data format: WMO bulletins of binary fields in GRIB as GTS exchanged fh.0000 – forecast hour 0000 UTC tl.press – type of level or layer: pressure

56. 56 Issues Data Explosion Increased resolution of observations and modelsIncreased resolution of observations and models Increased frequency of observations and modelsIncreased frequency of observations and models Increased number of sensorsIncreased number of sensors Improved sensing technologyImproved sensing technology New spatial and temporal requirementsNew spatial and temporal requirements Graphics, imagery, and videoGraphics, imagery, and video Thousands of small productsThousands of small productsBandwidth Technology selectionTechnology selection Estimation of capacity growthEstimation of capacity growth Transmission of ‘information’ versus ‘raw data’Transmission of ‘information’ versus ‘raw data’

57. 57 Challenges and Opportunities Technology Infusion: Keeping Up With Advances in Science and Technology Aviation Weather: Air Traffic Delays / Advanced Aviation products International Data Policy: Open and Unrestricted Use of Weather, Climate and Ocean Data Role of Government & Private Sector Climate Services: Demand for Data and Prediction Services Has Dramatically Increased DroughtDrought El Niño/La NiñaEl Niño/La Niña Integrated Earth Observing System (EOS) Homeland Security

58. 58 Future Technologies Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Wireless Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI) Digital Video Broadcast Optical Networks Internet II

59. 59 Your Data and Product Advocates Data Management Staff P Fred Branski - Team Leader, Data Management fred.branski@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 146 P Julie Hayes - Family of Services Manager julie.hayes@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 120 P Walter Smith - Senior Data Manager walter.smith@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 139 P Richard Robinson - Data Manager richard.robinson@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 179 P Sharon Abbas – Data Manager sharon.abbas@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 120 P Tom King – Statistics Analysis and Support tom.king@noaa.gov (301) 713-0864 ext 110 P KWBC Communication Control Center (CCC) - Tech Control < <Point of contact 24 hours every day   Phone: (301) 713-0902 < Fax : (301) 587-1773