[PRODUCT]: OHRFC 1-hour observed (Stage3) gridded precip

[adamscarberry]

@jeffsuperglide has had discussions regarding grids on HTTP with OHRFC and they have been working to get products on https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/rfc/. No products available yet.

[jeffsuperglide]

@MeganGottliebLRP - Grib2 is the preferred file format.

[brettpalmberg]

@jeffsuperglide has had discussions regarding grids on HTTP with OHRFC and they have been working to get products on https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/rfc/. No products available yet.

Thanks @adamscarberry. @MeganGottliebLRP, as an example, it has been simple for us to ingest the way lmrfc has been publishing their information here: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/rfc/lmrfc/ (off the same parent link @adamscarberry shared).

[brettpalmberg]

Awaiting additional work by RFC to publish data on the web, or link to alternative mechanism for data acquisition.

[CharlesKottlerLRD]

LRL and OHRFC are meeting on 11 Aug to talk about this sort of thing, as part of LRL CWBI setup. I think LRL is more concerned with using that NOAA ftp server to get SHEF products from OHRFC, but the grids should be involved, too.

[brettpalmberg]

Thanks @CharlesKottlerLRD, good information. May I set you or another LRD/LRL point of contact as the assignee in this issue? We're blocked on technical implementation pending additional direction on path forward. Let us know how we can support/contribute to the path forward.

[CharlesKottlerLRD]

David Wilson and James (Brandon) Kolze are probably the best LRL people. LRD is kind of watching it all, but we aren’t the ones doing anything.

I also just tried roping Adam and Jeff into something with MVR/LPMS about getting LPMS data onto the web so that you can grab that SHEF data.

[adamscarberry]

No data being posted to https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/rfc/ohrfc/ as of 2022-12-01.

[brettpalmberg]

cc @MeganGottliebLRP @CharlesKottlerLRD @FHanbali

Keeping this open, let us know if you need anything else related to this. Nothing we can do on the implementation side at this time until data is available.

[adamscarberry]

In the mean time, it might be worth looking at the following:

• NCEP STAGE4 MOSAIC QPE PRECIP 1hr
• NCEP STAGE4 MOSAIC QPE PRECIP 24hr
• NCEP STAGE4 MOSAIC QPE PRECIP 6hr

These products where added to Cumulus in Aug 2022.

Reference notes: https://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/SREF/pcpanl/stage4/

[willbreitkreutz]

Closing for now since weather service hasn't provided http access, stage 4 data is available.