= Setting up an NWSChat account in BitlBee =

NWSChat is an Instant Messaging program utilized by U.S. National Weather Service operational personnel to share critical warning decision expertise and other types of significant weather information essential to the NWS's mission of saving lives and property.  NWSChat requires registration and approval by the weather office that you are going to be coordinating with.

To use your NWSChat account in BitlBee:

{{{#!irc
14:45 <weather> account add jabber username@nwschat.weather.gov foobar
14:45 <root> Account successfully added
14:53 <weather> account on
14:53 <root> Trying to get all accounts connected...
14:55 <root> jabber(username@nwschat.weather.gov) - Logging in: Connected to server, logging in
14:55 <root> jabber(username@nwschat.weather.gov) - Logging in: Converting stream to TLS
14:55 <root> jabber(username@nwschat.weather.gov) - Logging in: Connected to server, logging in
14:55 <root> jabber(username@nwschat.weather.gov) - Logging in: Authentication finished
14:55 <root> jabber(username@nwschat.weather.gov) - Logging in: Authenticated, requesting buddy list
14:55 <root> jabber(username@nwschat.weather.gov) - Logging in: Logged in
}}}

Once you are logged in, the users from your associated weather office will show up in your user list.  Next, you need to add the chat room for your weather office.  In this example, we'll be using the EAX office's chat (eaxchat).
{{{#!irc
14:55 <weather> chat add jabber eaxchat@conference.nwschat.weather.gov
14:55 <root> Chatroom successfully added.
14:55 <weather> /join #eaxchat
}}}

And now you should be ready to relay weather reports with the professionals!