Updated NWS stations list

In weather module builds starting in the AX-3.4 development timeframe, the module’s internal nwsStationsList.xml file was updated at build time, replacing the file used in the initial 2005 release. Since then, each updated file reflected new weather stations brought online by the NWS, as well as others that were subsequently dropped. At the time of this document update (just before the AX-3.6 release), this NWS list currently contains about 2550 available stations. Additional information has been added to provide for weather advisories.

In the stations list, in addition to U.S. states there are entries for a few U.S. territories and several island countries. In order of locale code, these include Antigua (AG), American Samoa (AS), Aruba (AW), Barbados (BB), Bermuda (BH), Dominica (DM), Fiji (FJ), Micronesia (FM), Granada (GD), Guam (GU), Kiribati (KB), Niue (KU), Saint Lucia (LU), Marshall Islands (MH), Martinique (MQ), Mexico, Cancun (MX), New Caledonia (NL), French Polynesia (PF), Puerto Rico (PR), Palau (PW), Tonga (TO), Trinidad and Tobago (TT), Tuvalu (TV), Saint Vincent (VC), Virgin Islands, British (VG), Virgin Islands, U.S. (VI), and Samoa (WS).

As an updated weather module (with newer stations list) becomes available for any NiagaraAX release, it is recommended to obtain it and install it in any host running a station using the WeatherService.

Verifying NWS station IDs

Independent of Niagara, you can make a quick verification of the “current weather” status for any NWS station, providing you know its four-character station ID. Use a browser and this URL syntax:

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/stationID.html

For example, to verify the Anchorage, Alaska station “PANC”, point a browser to

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/PANC.html

This may be useful if trying to isolate a problem—say to verify that a station listed in the weather module’s nwsStationList.xml is still currently available.