SN now integrated with IEMChat

[Tyler Allison]

I'm proud to announce that in cooperation with Daryl Herzmann of Iowa State University, effective immediately the Spotter Network storm reports are being injected into IEMChat in real-time.

The IEMChat Project is an effort of the Iowa Environmental Mesonet based at Iowa State University. The IEM Chat Project is an effort to support the realtime collaboration of operational meteorologists. The National Weather Service (NWS) is not affiliated with this project, but some forecast offices do voluntarily participate.

 

[Jarrod Cook]

Very cool! Sounds like a good idea to me. I assume these reports just get pushed into the various NWS chat rooms depending on what CWA you are in...?

 

[Tyler Allison]

Yup..everything is automagic.

 

[Chris Sokol]

Interesting...does anybody know why OUN and TUL both declined to participate? Just curious...

 

[rdale]

They feel their current setup is good enough. TV mets can still sit in the rooms and talk to other mets in the area, and get the warning feed -- plus I've seen other NWS offices drop by with information.

 

[Randy Bowers]

Great job Tyler and Daryl! I’m very happy to hear this.