Tropical Storm Imelda has formed near the Bahamas Sunday afternoon, and continues to bring heavy rainfall. The risk of significant wind impacts from Imelda along the Southeast coast are decreasing. Another round of showers and storms with a heavy rain and flash flood threat will continue in the Southwest through Monday morning. Read More >
The ISCS has two parts. The two systems are for meteorological data delivery. They use the same satellites and communication protocols. The first service is the World Area Forecast System (WAFS) in support of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) program for aviation data distribution. The second service is a Global Telecommunication System (GTS) satellite data exchange system for WMO Region IV (North America) data exchange.
The ISCS Program Manager provides additional details and a modernization project that will use new telecommunication technology.