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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...PART 1 OF 2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
130 PM EDT THU SEP 25 1997
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT RECONFIGURATION OF COASTAL MARINE FORECAST ZONES ALONG
ALASKA COASTS...EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2 1997
...PART 1 OF 2-PART MESSAGE...
THE NWS WILL RECONFIGURE COASTAL MARINE FORECAST ZONES ALONG THE
ALASKA COASTS ON DECEMBER 2 1997...AT 1300 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME /UTC/ OR 400 AM ALASKA STANDARD TIME. THESE
RECONFIGURATIONS WILL PROVIDE MARINE WEATHER FORECASTERS THE
ABILITY TO ISSUE MORE SITE-SPECIFIC FORECASTS TO USERS BY
AFFORDING NEEDED FLEXIBILITY TO GROUP NEW SMALLER ZONES TOGETHER
OR SEPARATE THEM TO MORE ACCURATELY HIGHLIGHT ONGOING AND
PREDICTED WEATHER.
TABLES 1...2...AND 3 LIST PRODUCT CATEGORIES AFFECTED FOR THE NEW
ZONES THAT FOLLOW. MARINE FORECAST ZONES ARE DEFINED BY
RECOGNIZABLE GEOGRAPHIC LANDMARKS /COASTAL CITIES...CAPES...
POINTS...ETC./ AND EXTEND UP TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES /NM/ OFFSHORE.
MARINE FORECAST ZONE IDENTIFIERS FOLLOW THE UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC
CODE /UGC/ CONVENTION SSZNNN WHERE SS IN THESE CASES IS AN
OCEAN AREA AND NNN IS THE ZONE /Z/ NUMBER...WHICH IS DETERMINED
AS FOLLOWS
LEFT N = ISSUING NWS OFFICE FOR WARNINGS
MIDDLE N = TYPE OF BODY OF WATER
RIGHT N = ZONE NUMBER SEQUENCE...INCREASING FROM
NORTH TO SOUTH AND WEST TO EAST.
OTHER PRODUCTS ISSUED /NOT JUST COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS/ WILL BE
AFFECTED BY ZONE RECONFIGURATIONS. THIS IS BECAUSE THE Z FORM OF
THE UGC USED IN CERTAIN PRODUCTS WILL CONTAIN THE NEW ZONE
NUMBERS TO FURTHER IDENTIFY SPECIFIC AREAS BY ZONE. THE MARINE
PRODUCTS THAT USE THE Z FORM OF THE UGC ARE LISTED WITH THEIR
NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/
IDENTIFIERS. USERS SELECTING INFORMATION FOR SPECIFIC ZONES WILL
NEED TO USE THE NEW UGCS FOR THE RECONFIGURED ZONES.
THIS INFORMATION UPDATES APPENDICES A AND B OF WEATHER SERVICE
OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER D-51.
UPDATED MARINE ZONE MAPS WILL BE POSTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AT
THE FOLLOWING URL /SMALL CASE/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MODERNIZE/ST-MAPS/MAPS.HTM
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE ZONES...OR WISH TO REQUEST
HARD COPIES OF MARINE ZONE MAPS...YOU MAY CONTACT
LAURA COOK GREG MATZEN
NOAA/NWS W/OM12 NOAA/NWS W/WR1X2
1325 EAST-WEST HWY 222 WEST 7TH AV.
SILVER SPRING MD 20910 NO. 23 ROOM 517
PH. 301-713-1677 X 126 ANCHORAGE AK 99513-7575
PH. 907-271-3507
BOTH PARTS OF THIS MESSAGE ARE POSTED ON THE FOLLOWING URL /SMALL
CASE/ HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
+++++ NOTE - SOME WMO/FOS HEADERS WILL BE CHANGED SOMETIME AFTER
DECEMBER 2 1997. THE NWS OFFICE OF SYSTEMS OPERATIONS WILL BE
SENDING SPECIAL NOTICES REGARDING SUCH CHANGES. ++++++
TABLE 1. MARINE PRODUCT CATEGORIES FOR MARINE ZONES IN SECTIONS
1A THROUGH 1B /ISSUED BY JUNEAU AK EXCEPT WHERE NOTED/.
PRODUCT NWWS ID WMO/FOS HEADER
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING JNUSMWJNU WHAK77 PAJK
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT JNUMWSJNU FZAK57 PAJK
COMBINED TORNADO/SPECIAL JNUTORJNU WWAK47 PAJN
MARINE WARNING
COMBINED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JNUSVRJNU WWAK57 PAJN
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT JNUPNSJNU ABAK34 PAJN
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST ......SEE BELOW.......
1A. COASTAL WATERS FORECAST JNUCWF061 FZAK61 PAJN
..UGC.. ..ZONE..
PKZ110- SOUTHEAST ALASKA...INSIDE WATERS...DIXON ENTRANCE TO
SKAGWAY
PKZ120- SOUTHEAST ALASKA...OUTSIDE WATERS...DIXON ENTRANCE TO
CAPE FAIRWEATHER
PKZ210- EASTERN GULF COAST...CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING
1B. COASTAL WATERS FORECAST JNUCWFYAK FZAK47 PAYA
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT JNUPNSYAK ABAK34 PAYA
/BOTH ISSUED BY YAKUTAT AK/
..UGC.. ..ZONE..
PKZ211- YAKUTAT BAY
END OF PART 1 OF 2
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