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PNSWSH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-17 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 345 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMRGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS... OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS AND USERS OF THE FIRE WEATHER FORECASTS NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ELI JACKS
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: CHANGE OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES ISSUED BY WFO GAYLORD
MICHIGAN...EFFECTIVE JULY 5 2005
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JULY 5 AT 0001 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/...1901 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME /CDT/... THE NWS
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN GAYLORD... MICHIGAN /APX/ WILL
RECONFIGURE ITS FIRE WEATHER ZONES TO USE THE ONE COUNTY...ONE
ZONE CONCEPT.
THE PRESENT FIRE WEATHER ZONE NUMBERS AND A DESCRIPTION OF EACH
ARE AS FOLLOWS:
ZONE NUMBERZONE DESCRIPTIONMI ZN 016EMMET...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX...ANTRIM...OTSEGO AND MONTMORENCY COUNTIES MI ZN 020LEELANAU...BENZIE...GRAND TRAVERSE AND KALKASKA COUNTIES
MI ZN 031MANISTEE...WEXFORD AND MISSAUKEE COUNTIES... INCLUDING THENORTHERN QUARTER OF MANISTEE NF
MI ZN 028CRAWFORD...OSCODA...ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW AND GLADWIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING WESTERN HURON NF
MI ZN 018PRESQUE ISLE...ALPENA...ALCONA...IOSCO AND ARENAC
COUNTIES...INDLUDING EASTERN HURON NF
THE NEW FIRE WEATHER ZONE NUMBERS AND A DESCRIPTION OF EACH WILL
BE AS FOLLOWS:
ZONE NUMBERZONE NAME/DESCRIPTIONMI ZN 016EMMET MI ZN 017CHEBOYGAN MI ZN 018PRESQUE ISLE MI ZN 019CHARLEVOIX MI ZN 020LEELANAU...INCLUDING THE NORTH PORTION OF THE
SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NL
MI ZN 021ANTRIM
MI ZN 022OTSEGO
MI ZN 023MONTMORENCY
MI ZN 024ALPENA
MI ZN 025BENZIE...INCLUDING THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE
SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NL
MI ZN 026GRAND TRAVERSE
MI ZN 027KALKASKA
MI ZN 028CRAWFORD...INCLUDING WESTERN HURON NF
MI ZN 029OSCODA...INCLUDING CENTRAL HURON NF MI ZN 030ALCONA...COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHEAST HURON NFMI ZN 031MANISTEE...INCLUDING THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF MANISTEE NF MI ZN 032WEXFORD...INCLUDING THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF MANISTEE NF MI ZN 033MISSAUKEE MI ZN 034ROSCOMMON MI ZN 035OGEMAW...INCLUDING A SMALL PORTION OF CENTRAL HURON NF
MI ZN 036IOSCO...INCLUDING SOUTHEAST HURON NFMI ZN 041GLADWIN MI ZN 042ARENAC A SHAPEFILE OF THE NEW FIRE WEATHER ZONES FOR WFO GAYLORD IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/FIREZONE.HTM THE REASON FOR THE SHORT ADVANCE LEAD TIME IS BECAUSETHESE CHANGES ARE NECESSARY IN ANTICIPATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VTEC/GHG. THEREFORE...IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE FIRE WEATHER ZONE CHANGES ARE NECESSARY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WFO DETROIT...WHICH IS PARTICIPATING IN THE BETA TEST OF VTEC/GHG...CAN TEST THE CHANGES. IF YOU QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SERVICE CHANGE AND PRODUCT ADDITIONS...CONTACT:
MR. GARY CAMPBELL
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
8800 PASSENHEIM ROAD
GAYLORD... MI 49735-9454
PHONE: 989-731-3384
EMAIL: GARY.CAMPBELL@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE
INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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