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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE /NTIM/ 96-29
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1045 AM EST THU DEC 12 1996
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF....INTEGRATED HYDROMETEROLOGICAL
SERVICES
SUBJECT: ISSUANCE DATES FOR MONTHLY AND SEASONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOKS
THE FOLLOWING IS THE SCHEDULE OF ISSUANCE DATES FOR THE MONTHLY
AND SEASONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOKS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/S
/NWS/ CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER /CPC/. FOR EACH ISSUANCE DATE...THE
MONTHLY OUTLOOK AND 13 SEASONAL OUTLOOKS ARE SHOWN IN THE COLUMN BELOW
THAT DATE. THE 3-MONTH SEASONAL OUTLOOK PERIODS ARE INDICATED BY
3-LETTER ABBREVIATIONS /E.G. JFM IS JANUARY-FEBRUARY-MARCH... AMJ IS
APRIL-MAY-JUNE ETC./. THE ISSUE TIME FOR OUTLOOKS IS AROUND 3 P.M.
EASTERN TIME ON EITHER THE SECOND OR THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. THE
LEAD TIME...THE TIME BETWEEN ISSUANCE OF AN OUTLOOK AND THE FIRST DAY
OF ITS VALID PERIOD...IS ABOUT MONTH FOR THE MONTHLY OUTLOOK AND
VARIES FROM MONTH TO 12 MONTHS FOR THE 13 SEASONAL OUTLOOKS.
ISSUANCE DEC. 19 1996
. .
OUTLOOKS FOR OUTLOOKS FOR
LEAD TIME . LEAD TIME .
0.5 MO. JANUARY 5.5 MO. JJA
0.5 MO. JFM 6.5 MO. JAS
1.5 MO. FMA 7.5 MO. ASO
2.5 MO. MAM 8.5 MO. SON
3.5 MO. AMJ 9.5 MO. OND
4.5 MO. MJJ 10.5 MO. NDJ
5.5 MO. JJA 11.5 MO. DJF
6.5 MO. JAS 12.5 MO. JFM
1997 JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. NOV. DEC.
DATES OF 16 13 13 17 15 19 17 14 18 16 13 18
ISSUANCE . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . ..OUTLOOKS FOR.. . . . .
LEAD TIME . . . . . . . . . . . .
0.5 MO. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. NOV. DEC. JAN.
0.5 MO. FMA MAM AMJ MJJ JJA JAS ASO SON OND NDJ DJF JFM
1.5 MO. MAM AMJ MJJ JJA JAS ASO SON OND NDJ DJF JFM FMA
2.5 MO. AMJ MJJ JJA JAS ASO SON OND NDJ DJF JFM FMA MAM
3.5 MO. MJJ JJA JAS ASO SON OND NDJ DJF JFM FMA MAM AMJ
4.5 MO. JJA JAS ASO SON OND NDJ DJF JFM FMA MAM AMJ MJJ
5.5 MO. JAS ASO SON OND NDJ DJF JFM FMA MAM AMJ MJJ JJA
6.5 MO. ASO SON OND NDJ DJF JFM FMA MAM AMJ MJJ JJA JAS
7.5 MO. SON OND NDJ DJF JFM FMA MAM AMJ MJJ JJA JAS ASO
8.5 MO. OND NDJ DJF JFM FMA MAM AMJ MJJ JJA JAS ASO SON
9.5 MO. NDJ DJF JFM FMA MAM AMJ MJJ JJA JAS ASO SON OND
10.5 MO. DJF JFM FMA MAM AMJ MJJ JJA JAS ASO SON OND NDJ
11.5 MO. JFM FMA MAM AMJ MJJ JJA JAS ASO SON OND NDJ DJF
12.5 MO. FMA MAM AMJ MJJ JJA JAS ASO SON OND NDJ DJF JFM
ALL CLIMATE OUTLOOKS AND RELATED INFORMATION ARE OFFICIALLY
DISSEMINATED THOUGH THE /NWS/S DIGITAL FACSIMILE /DIFAX/ SERVICE AND
THE CPC/S ANONYMOUS FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL. IN ADDITION...CPC
DISSEMINATES OUTLOOKS EXPERIMENTALLY ON ITS HOME PAGE ON INTERNET.
THE INTERNET URL ADDRESS IS HTTP://NIC.FB4.NOAA.GOV /LOWER CASE/
ALSO...CPC CONCURRENTLY ISSUES PROGNOSTIC DISCUSSIONS FOR THE
OUTLOOKS. THE DISCUSSION FOR THE MONTHLY OUTLOOK IS ON NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ IDENTIFIER NMCPMD30D AND FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/
HEADER FXUS07 KWBC. THE DISCUSSION FOR THE SEASONAL OUTLOOKS IS ON
NWWS IDENTIFIER NMCPMD90D AND FOS HEADER FXUS05 KWBC.
THE REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTERS /RCC/ SERVE AS CLEARINGHOUSES FOR
INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLIMATE OUTLOOKS. EACH RCC AND THE STATES IT
COVERS IS LISTED BELOW.
AK HI WA OR CA ID UT MT NV AZ NM ME NH VT MA CT NY NJ PA DE RI MD WV
WESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER NORTHEAST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER
DIRECTOR DR. RICHARD REINHARDT DIRECTOR DR. WARREN KNAPP
NOAA DESERT RESEARCH CENTER 1123 BRADFIELD HALL
P.O. BOX 60220 CORNELL UNIVERSITY
RENO NV 89506-0220 ITHACA NY 14853
PH.702-677-3106 FAX 702-677-3157 PH.607-255-5950 FAX 607-255-2106
E-MAIL RRWRCC@xxxxxxxxxxxx E-MAIL KNAPP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
TN MS AR LA OK TX ND SD NE KS CO WY
SOUTHERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER
DIRECTOR DR. ROBERT MULLER DIRECTOR DR. KENNETH HUBBARD
245 HOWE-RUSSELL COMPLEX L.W. CHASE HALL
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
BATON ROUGE LA 70803 LINCOLN NE 68583-0728
PH.504-388-5021 FAX 504-388-2912 PH.402-472-6709 FAX 402-472-6338
E-MAIL KROBBINS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx E-MAIL AGME006@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
OH KY IN IL MI WI IA MN MO VA NC SC GA AL FL
MIDWEST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER
DIRECTOR DR. KENNETH KUNKEL DIRECTOR DAVID J. SMITH
ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY SOUTH CAROLINA WATER RESOURCES
2204 GRIFFITH DRIVE 1201 MAIN STREET...SUITE 1100
CHAMPAIGN IL 61820-7495 COLUMBIA SC 29201
PH.217-244-8226 FAX 217-244-0220 PH.803-737-0800 FAX 803-765-9080
E-MAIL K-KUNKEL@xxxxxxxx E-MAIL SMITH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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