Moving Weather

Moving Weather is an automated meteorological switching system used for the routine distribution of WMO bulletins as well as for Automatic File Distribution (AFD). It fully supports the Table-Driven Code Forms, providing means to process incoming BUFR bulletins and to compile new BUFR bulletins. It also supports the new IWXXM format of OPMET bulletins, providing means to process incoming IWXXM bulletins and to compile new IWXXM bulletins.

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Main Features

Automatic WMO message switching system
Automatic file distribution (AFD)
Store & forward message routing based on heading, channel, time
Report collection and bulletin compilation (incl. BUFR, IWXXM)
Support for many data formats (incl. GRIB, BUFR, IWXXM, etc.)
Many communication capabilities (incl. DVB-S, MPLS, IMTN, VPN)
Regional OPMET databank
Modern and easy-to-use user interface
Scalable architecture

Automatic File Distribution

Moving Weather is able to store and forward not only WMO bulletins but also any other non-WMO files.

Files are sorted on input into a configurable set of folders
File switching is based on file names
Routing rules specify which files should go to which output channels
Received files can be renamed according to predefined patterns

Bulletin Compilation

Moving Weather can automatically collect reports of many types (SYNOP, SHIP, METAR/SPECI, TAF, PILOT, TEMP, CLIMAT, BUOY, and others) and compile new bulletins out of the collected reports. In addition, it is able to decode incoming BUFR or IWXXM bulletins and compile new BUFR and IWXXM bulletins out of the collected BUFR and IWXXM reports.

Reports are stored separately from bulletins, allowing for different storage duration periods
Basic validity checks (DTG, station format, etc.) are done on reports
Compilation of bulletins according to predefined rules
Automatic compilation of additional RRx, CCx, and AAx bulletins

Migration to new code forms

With Moving Weather it is easy to keep pace with the WMO Migration Plan to BUFR.

Possibility to decode incoming BUFR/IWXXM bulletins and compile new BUFR/IWXXM bulletins
Integrated possibilities to convert between BUFR/IWXXM and TAC forms
Easy and straightforward integration of the BUFR/IWXXM encoder/decoder with other data sources (databases) either directly using SQL SELECT and/or INSERT or through XML files with customizable XSLT transformations
Allows legacy systems to be utilized within and even after the migration period, until upgraded or replaced, by being able to provide TAC contents
for BUFR/IWXXM bulletins

Moving Weather’s Recode Weather module offers an elegant and seamless method for a complete national migration:

Generating BUFR/IWXXM code directly from the databases of the production systems
Utilizing approved WMO templates
Decoding data from other sources into NMC central database
Providing decoding support for data processing systems of NMC

Extensible: The migration module is ready and easily upgradable to future codes of other categories as soon as the templates are specified by WMO, just by obtaining new configuration files from the Web.