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PNSWSH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 08-25 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC116 PM EDT THU APR 10 2008
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: FIONA M. HORSFALL
ACTING CHIEF...CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION
SUBJECT: NEW DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENTS TO BE ISSUED BY NWS
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES: BEGINNING JUNE 10 2008.
ON JUNE 10 2008...NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES /WFO/ WILL BEGIN ISSUING...ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS...DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENTS /DGT/ FOR THEIR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY. DGTS WILL PROVIDE A UNIFIED SUMMARY OF CURRENT DROUGHT SEVERITY ... INDICES...DATA...IMPACTS...FORECASTS AND PRODUCTS AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION TO ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF THE USERS TO FOCUS DROUGHT MITIGATION EFFORTS ON AREAS OF THE GREATEST NEED. THE DGT WILL RESULT IN DISCONTINUANCE OF USING THE HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK /AWIPS ID ESFXXX/ FOR THE PRODUCT FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE DROUGHT OUTLOOK. THE DGT ESTABLISHES A SEPARATE AWIPS IDENTIFIER TO BE USED FOR THE NEW DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT. THE GENERIC WMO HEADING AND AWIPS IDENTIFER FOR THE DGT AT WFO LOCATION CCCC/XXX IS:
WMO HEADING AXAA7I CCCC AWIPS ID DGTXXXFOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON AWIPS ID AND WMO HEADINGS FOR DGTS FROM EACH WFO...GO TO:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DM-CGI-BIN/CHGSHOW.PL?FN=DM03-08.10.TXT /LOWER CASE EXCEPT DM IN DM03-08.10 IS UPPER CASE/IMPORTANT NOTE: USERS OF NWS PRODUCTS MUST UPDATE THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DIRECTORIES TO RECEIVE THE NEW DGT PRODUCTS.
DROUGHT INTENSITY...AS INDICATED IN THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR /USE LOWER CASE/ HTTP://DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML WILL BE THE PRIMARY...BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE ONLY...CRITERIA USED IN DETERMINING WHEN AN INITIAL DGT IS ISSUED. AN INITIAL DGT WILL BE ISSUED WHEN: 1. THE DROUGHT MONITOR INDICATES A DROUGHT INTENSITY AT THE LEVEL OF D2 OR WORSE IN ANY PORTION OF THE WFO COUNTY WARNING AND FORECAST AREA... OR 2. A LESS SEVERE CRITERION IS REACHED...IF THIS IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR LOCAL PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS. ALTERNATE CRITERIA FOR ISSUANCE OF INITIAL DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENTS MAY BE SPECIFIED IN CERTAIN REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. ONCE AN INITIAL DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED... FOLLOW-UP DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. MORE FREQUENT ISSUANCES OF THE DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL OCCUR WHEN DROUGHT CONDITIONS CHANGE OR WHEN A LOCAL OR REGIONAL CRITERION HAS BEEN MET REQUIRING AN UPDATE. THE NORMAL 120 DAY NOTIFICATION PERIOD ASSOCIATED WITH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES INTRODUCING NEW NWS PRODUCTS WAS WAIVED IN THE INTEREST OF PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY IN DROUGHT STRICKEN AREAS WITH THE PROVISION OF THESE NEW PRODUCTS.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON DGT POLICY...INCLUDING PRODUCT FORMAT AND EXAMPLES...GO TO /USE LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01012001CURR.PDF FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...CONTACT RON BERGER NWS CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION - W/OS4 1325 EAST-WEST HWY SILVER SPRING MD 20910 PH: 301-713-1970 EXT 178 NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
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