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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 25-65 UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1255 PM EDT THU OCT 8 2025
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
-PREDICTIVE SERVICES PROGRAM
OTHER NWS PARTNERS AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: WILLIAM BUNTING, DEPUTY DIRECTOR
STORM PREDICTION CENTER
SUBJECT: UPDATED: SOLICITING COMMENTS THROUGH NOVEMBER 7, 2025
FOR TERMINATION OF MISCELLANEOUS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT (FWM) USED
TO PRODUCE NATIONAL FIRE DANGER RATING SYSTEM (NFDRS) FORECASTS.
UPDATED TO CORRECT THE PRODUCT NAME, ADD A LINK TO THE USDA
FOREST SERVICE FIRE ENVIRONMENT MAPPING SYSTEM (FEMS), AND ADD
LINKS TO ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM THE FWM THAT ARE NO
LONGER BEING PRODUCED.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) IS COLLECTING COMMENTS
THROUGH NOVEMBER 7, 2025 ON THE PROPOSED DISCONTINUATION OF THE
NFDRS FWM PRODUCT. AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2025, NFDRS FORECASTS FOR
THE NATION ARE BEING GENERATED USING EXISTING NWS FORECAST
GRIDDED DATA. AS A RESULT, A SPECIFIC FWM WILL NOT BE NECESSARY
FOR FIRE DANGER CALCULATIONS. THE FWM PRODUCT CEASED BEING
INGESTED INTO NFDRS MODELS AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2025.
THE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE WEATHER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM (WIMS) IS THE FEMS. GUIDANCE ON USING FEMS CAN BE FOUND
AT THIS LINK: HTTPS://WWW.WILDFIRE.GOV/APPLICATION/FEMS
THE LINK TO THE FEMS SYSTEM IS HERE: HTTPS://FEMS.FS2C.USDA.GOV/
THE AFFECTED PRODUCT DETAILS ARE FOUND IN THE TABLE BELOW. WITH
WIMS DECOMMISSIONED AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER 2025, THE WIMS-
ISSUED FDI, FWN, AND FWO PRODUCTS ARE NO LONGER BEING RECEIVED
BY THE NWS AND DISSEMINATED BY THE NWS.
PRODUCT NAME AWIPS ID
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MISCELLANEOUS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT FWM
FIRE WEATHER NOTIFICATION FWN
FIRE WEATHER OBSERVATION FWO
FIRE DANGER INDICES FDI
ALL KMWI PRODUCTS COMING FROM USDA ARE DISCONTINUED. THOSE
PRODUCTS WILL NO LONGER BE DISSEMINATED VIA NOAAPORT, OR
POPULATE ON TGFTP AT THESE LINKS:
HTTPS://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SL.US008001/DF.C5/DC.TEXTF/DS.FWNSH/
HTTPS://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SL.US008001/DF.C5/DC.TEXTF/DS.FDIFN/
FEEDBACK CONCERNING THE DISCONTINUATION PROPOSAL FOR THE FWM CAN
BE DIRECTED TO THE FOLLOWING CONTACT:
HEATH HOCKENBERRY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ANALYZE, FORECAST AND SUPPORT OFFICE BOISE, IDAHO 83705
E-MAIL: HEATH.HOCKENBERRY@NOAA.GOV
NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NOTIFICATION
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