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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
230 PM EST MON NOV 3 1997
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...HYDROMET SERVICES
SUBJ COLORADO ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT SEGMENTATION...EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 7 1998
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY...JANUARY 7 1998...AT 4:00 A.M....MOUNTAIN
STANDARD TIME /1100 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER COLORADO /NWSFO DEN/ WILL BEGIN
SEGMENTATION OF THE COLORADO ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT /ZFP/. THE
COLORADO ZFP WILL BE SEGMENTED INTO THREE DISTINCT REGIONS. THE ZONE
FORECAST PRODUCT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF COLORADO WILL BE ISSUED USING
A NEW PRODUCT HEADER...DENZFPGJT. THE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR THE
NORTHEAST 1/4 OF COLORADO INCLUDING THE DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA WILL
BE ISSUED USING A NEW PRODUCT HEADER...DENZFPBOU. THE ZONE FORECAST
PRODUCT FOR THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF COLORADO INCLUDING COLORADO SPRINGS
AND PUEBLO WILL USE A NEW PRODUCT HEADER...DENZFPPUB.
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND THE FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ WILL BE REQUIRED TO INITIATE ACTION TO ACCOMMODATE
THESE CHANGES. THESE PROGRAM CHANGES WILL REQUIRE PRODUCT IDENTIFIER
CHANGES...E.G....DENZFPBOU.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DENVER WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE
ALL SCHEDULED ZONE FORECAST PRODUCTS /ZFP/ FOR COLORADO AT
APPROXIMATELY 400 A.M. AND 400 P.M. MST. HOWEVER...RATHER THAN ONE
PRODUCT /DENZFPCO/ THERE WILL THREE SEPARATE FORECAST PRODUCTS FOR
COLORADO /DENZFPBOU...DENZFPPUB AND DENZFPGJT/. UPDATES TO THE ZONE
FORECAST PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED AS NEEDED BY THE THREE NWS
FORECAST OFFICES IN COLORADO...PUEBLO /PUB/...GRAND JUNCTION
/GJT/...AND DENVER /DEN/.
SEGMENTATION OF THE COLORADO ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT WILL RESULT IN THE
FOLLOWING ALIGNMENT:
NORTHEAST COLORADO ZONES SEGMENTED TO DENZFPBOU FPUS55 KBOU
ZONE NO. ZONE NAME
COZ030- NORTH PARK
COZ032- MIDDLE PARK
COZ033- RABBIT EARS & MEDICINE BOW RANGES/
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
COZ034- SUMMIT COUNTY / MOSQUITO RANGE /INDIAN PEAKS
COZ035- NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS /
UPPER LARAMIE AND CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER BASINS
COZ036- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS /CLEAR CREEK BASIN
COZ037- SOUTH PARK
COZ038- EASTERN LARIMER AND NORTHWESTERN WELD COUNTIES /
FORT COLLINS AND VICINITY
COZ039- EASTERN BOULDER COUNTY / BOULDER AND VICINITY
COZ040- DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA
COZ041- EASTERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES /
CASTLE ROCK AND VICINITY
COZ042- NORTHEASTERN WELD COUNTY
COZ043- SOUTHERN WELD COUNTY /GREELEY AND VICINITY
COZ044- MORGAN COUNTY / FORT MORGAN AND VICINITY
COZ045- EASTERN ADAMS AND EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTIES
COZ046- EASTERN ELBERT AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES /
LIMON AND VICINITY
COZ047- SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY
COZ048- LOGAN COUNTY / STERLING AND VICINITY
COZ049- WASHINGTON COUNTY / AKRON AND VICINITY
COZ050- SEDGWICK AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES
SOUTHEAST COLORADO ZONES SEGMENTED TO DENZFPPUB FPUS55 KPUB:
COZ060- LAGARITA MOUNTAINS
COZ061- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
COZ062- NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY /DEL NORTE AND VICINITY
COZ063- ALAMOSA COUNTY / ALAMOSA AND VICINITY
COZ064- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY
COZ065- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS
COZ066- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS
COZ067- TELLER COUNTY / RAMPART RANGE / PIKES PEAK
COZ068- WESTERN FREMONT AND NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTIES
COZ069- UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY / SALIDA AND VICINITY
COZ070- WET MOUNTAINS
COZ071- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY / COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY
COZ072- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY / MONUMENT RIDGE
COZ073- PUEBLO AND EASTERN FREMONT COUNTIES / PUEBLO AND VICINITY
COZ074- UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN / WALSENBURG AND VICINITY
COZ075- UPPER PURGATOIRE RIVER BASIN /TRINIDAD AND VICINITY
COZ076- CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES/ LA JUNTA AND VICINITY
COZ077- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
COZ078- KIOWA COUNTY
COZ079- BENT COUNTY / LAS ANIMAS AND VICINITY
COZ080- PROWERS COUNTY / LAMAR AND VICINITY
COZ081- BACA COUNTY / SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY
WESTERN COLORADO ZONES SEGMENTED TO DENZFPGJT FPUS55 KGJT:
COZ001- LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN /RANGELY AND VICINITY
COZ002- CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN /CRAIG-HAYDEN AND VICINITY
COZ003- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS
COZ004- ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS /FLAT TOPS/ WHITE RIVER PLATEAU
COZ005- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN /STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY
COZ006- GRAND VALLEY / GRAND JUNCTION AND VICINITY
COZ007- DEBEQUE RIFLE GLENWOOD SPRINGS CORRIDOR
COZ008- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN /EAGLE AND VICINITY
COZ009- GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS
COZ010- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/ CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS/
ASPEN AND VICINITY
COZ011- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN/
MONTROSE AND VICINITY
COZ012- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS /TAYLOR PARK
COZ014- UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY /GUNNISON AND VICINITY
COZ015- LEADVILLE AND VICINITY
COZ017- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU
COZ018- NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
COZ019- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
COZ020- PARADOX VALLEY / LOWER DOLORES RIVER
COZ021- FOUR CORNERS /UPPER DOLORES RIVER/CORTEZ AND VICINITY
COZ022- ANIMAS RIVER BASIN/DURANGO AND VICINITY
COZ023- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN / PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY
EASTERN COLORADO ZONES ASSIGNED TO GOODLAND KANSAS /WFO GLD/ TOPZFPGLD
FPUS53 KGLD:
COZ090- YUMA COUNTY
COZ091- KIT CARSON COUNTY
COZ092- CHEYENNE COUNTY
FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE CHANGES CONTACT THE METEOROLOGIST IN
CHARGE AT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICES:
LARRY E. MOONEY WILLIAM F. FORTUNE
NWS NWS
10230 SMITH ROAD 3 EATON WAY
DENVER CO 80239-3238 PUEBLO CO 81001-4856
303-361-0661 719-948-9429
ROBERT W. JACOBSON
NWS
792 EAGLE WAY
GRAND JUNCTION CO 81506-8646
970-256-9463
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE URL /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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