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WES 8.2 FSI Performance Issues

If you are experienceing sluggish FSI performance, you may need to recompile your video driver. Please follow these instructions for testing and recompiling your video driver.

WES 8.2 Update

As of June 1, all WES users should have:

• Installed WES8.2 from DVD (see below)
• Run the WES8.2 update #4 (see below)

WDTB shipped a WES8.2 DVD (dated Dec 6) to all NOAA affiliates. Unfortunately some of these DVDs were unuseable. As a result, WDTB reshipped a WES8.2 DVD (dated Dec 17) to all NOAA affiliates to ensure that everyone had at least one useable WES8.2 DVD. Both versions are identical and either can be used to install WES8.2.

WES 8.2 Update Now Available

All patches for WES 8.2 have been consolidated into one update. Everyone using WES 8.2 needs to install this update! Please visit the update web page for more information:

• WES8.2 Update 4

WES 8.2 Now Available

WES 8.2 is the latest version of NOAA's NWS Weather Event Simulator developed and distributed by WDTB / CIMMS on December 7, 2007. Although WES 8.2 is a standalone install DVD (requires no previous versions of WES), NOAA users should install WES 8.2 on the same machine on which the “WES machine replacement disk image” was previously installed. This will minimize problems with operating system conflicts. WES 8.2 is available via ftp for non-NOAA collaborators. To get your own copy of WES 8.2, please follow these request instructions.

WES 8.2 Training

A short overview of WES 8.2 entitled "WES8.2 Overview Training" is currently posted in the Learning Management System (LMS) for NOAA users. To view, simply log into the LMS and search for WES8.2. Access to this training module will be provided to Non-NOAA users in the WES 8.2 download instructions.

What's new in WES 8.2

• Read WES 8.2 Release Notes for complete list
• Major WES Upgrade Makes FSI Plug and Play
• AWIPS OB8.2
  • Estimated Actual Velocity tool
  • Support for Super-Res products
  • AvnFPS 3.5 and OB 8.2 version of GFE