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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 300 PM EDT WED APRIL 9 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: TRANSFER OF OFFSHORE MARINE FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FROM NWS FIELD OFFICES AS PART OF THE NWS MODERNIZATION...OFFSHORE MARINE FORECASTS /OFF/ WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO ELEMENTS OF THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/. THE FIRST PHASE OF THE TRANSFERS IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 10 1997. ON THAT DATE THE OFF RESPONSIBILITIES FROM NWSFO/S TAUNTON MASSACHUSSETTS... STERLING VIRGINIA...SEATTLE WASHINGTON...AND MONTEREY CALIFORNIA WILL SHIFT TO NCEP/S MARINE PREDICTION CENTER /MPC/... LOCATED IN CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND. PHASE 2 IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR IN THE WINTER OF 1997-1998 AND WILL SHIFT OFF RESPONSIBILITIES FROM NWSFO/S MIAMI FLORIDA AND NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA TO NCEP/S TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER /TPC/...LOCATED IN MIAMI FLORIDA. A LATER ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE WITH THE EXACT DATE WHEN PHASE 2 WILL OCCUR. NEW IDENTIFIERS FOR THE PRODUCTS WILL BE USED WHEN THE TRANSFERS TAKE PLACE. THE OLD AND NEW IDENTIFIERS ARE LISTED IN THE TABLE BELOW. OLD NEW PHASE 1 /JUNE 10 1997/ AFOS WMO AFOS WMO BOSOFFBOS FZUS8 KBOS NFDOFFNT1 FZNT21 KWBC PHASE 2 /WINTER 1997-98/ MIAOFFMIA FZUS8 KMIA MIAOFFNT3 FZNT23 KNHC NEWOFFNEW FZUS8 KNEW MIAOFFNT4 FZNT24 KNHC IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT: MR. KEVIN MCCARTHY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY #14110 SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910 PHONE: /301/ 713-1726 EXTENSION 109 /M-F 730 AM - 400 PM/ THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY/S HOME PAGE IN THE NOTIFICATION SECTION. THE ADDRESS OF THE NOTIFICATION SECTION /IN SMALL CASE/ IS: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM END NNNN
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