NOAA Forecast Service Not Available

[RockyJ]

Seeing this error for the past 48 hours: NOAA Forecast Service Not Available

Tried changing the METAR station from the KSFF I've been using for years to KGEG, the local international airport. No change. I restarted the HF and checked to see if there was a newer firmware version, but no joy. Network connectivity seems to be fine.

Grateful for suggestions.

************* New Logging File Started *************
HydroFLASH Software - Wired Version 4.00.01, 04-30-2016
[...]
Sat 02-18-2017 07:54:13 - System will download Weather Data 24 minutes past top of hour.
Sat 02-18-2017 07:54:27 - NOAA Forecast Service Not Available.
Sat 02-18-2017 08:24:08 - NOAA Forecast Service Not Available.
Sat 02-18-2017 08:46:00 - NOAA Forecast Service Not Available.
Sat 02-18-2017 09:24:08 - NOAA Forecast Service Not Available.

[Support]

Hi Rocky,

Yes we just discovered this and are working on a fix.

NOAA changed its servers to eliminate the standard http server and replaced with a https server. What this means is that the connection between HydroFLASH and NOAA must now be made using a encrypted SSL connection vs a standard open connection. We have updated the HF firmware to support the new requirements and are currently testing prior to release as I write this.

We will send out a Forum email when the updated firmware is posted here and on the cloud server for downloading.

Thanks for your patience!

[RockyJ]

Thank you very much for the excellent support.

[Support]

The update for this issue can be downloaded here:

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=266

Thanks for your patience.

[RockyJ]

Working great. Especially nice to have the HF do everything needed for the update without any manual intervention. Thanks again for the excellent product and support.