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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1000 AM EST FRI NOV 13 1998
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
SUBJECT: NEW ZONE FORECAST IDENTIFIERS/HEADERS FOR WASHINGTON
AND OREGON ZONES...EFFECTIVE JANUARY 13 1999
PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST PRODUCTS BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES
IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON WILL BE ISSUED UNDER NEW NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ IDENTIFIERS AND WMO HEADINGS...STARTING
JANUARY 13 1999 AT 1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...5 A.M.
MST...4 A.M. PST.
USING THE NEW IDENTIFIERS AND HEADINGS...PUBLIC ZONE FORECASTS
FOR WASHINGTON AND OREGON...AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF EXTREME
NORTHERN IDAHO AND EXTREME NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...WILL BE
DISSEMINATED IN SEVERAL SHORTER ZONE FORECAST PRODUCTS. THE
CURRENT NWWS IDENTIFIERS SEAZFPWA AND PDXZFPOR WILL BE
DISCONTINUED AFTER 1200 UTC JANUARY 13 1999.
THE INFORMATION BELOW IDENTIFIES THE FORECAST ZONES THAT WILL BE
ISSUED UNDER EACH NEW NWWS IDENTIFIER AND WMO HEADING. A ZONE IS
NAMED EITHER BY COUNTY /OR COUNTIES/ OR OTHER RECOGNIZABLE
GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES. EACH ZONE HAS A UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODE
/UGC/.
A. WESTERN WASHINGTON ZONE FORECASTS
BY NWS OFFICE SEATTLE-TACOMA
NWWS ID - SEAZFPSEW WMO HEADING - FPUS56 KSEW
UGC Z ZONE NAME
WAZ001- SAN JUAN COUNTY
WAZ002- WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY
WAZ003- NORTHERN CASCADE FOOTHILLS
WAZ004- CENTRAL CASCADES FOOTHILLS
WAZ005- NORTHWEST INTERIOR
WAZ006- EVERETT AND VICINITY
WAZ007- SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA
WAZ008- TACOMA AREA
WAZ009- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA
WAZ010- HOOD CANAL/KITSAP PENINSULA
WAZ011- SOUTHWEST INTERIOR
WAZ012- OLYMPICS
WAZ013- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA
WAZ014- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA
WAZ015- NORTH COAST
WAZ016- CENTRAL COAST
WAZ017- WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES
WAZ018- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES
B. EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO ZONE FORECASTS
BY NWS OFFICE SPOKANE
NWWS ID - SEAZFPOTX WMO HEADING - FPUS56 KOTX
UGC Z ZONE NAME
WAZ031- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS
WAZ032- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES
WAZ033- WASHINGTON PALOUSE
WAZ034- MOSES LAKE AREA
WAZ035- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN
WAZ036- SPOKANE AREA
WAZ037- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS
WAZ038- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS
WAZ041- WENATCHEE AREA
WAZ042- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES
WAZ043- OKANOGAN VALLEY
WAZ044- WATERVILLE PLATEAU
IDZ001- NORTHERN PANHANDLE
IDZ002- COEUR D ALENE AREA
IDZ003- IDAHO PALOUSE
IDZ004- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS
IDZ026- LEWISTON AREA
IDZ027- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES
C. NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON ZONE FORECASTS
BY NWS OFFICE PORTLAND
NWWS ID - PDXZFPPQR WMO HEADING - FPUS56 KPQR
UGC Z ZONE NAME
ORZ001- NORTHERN COAST
ORZ002- CENTRAL COAST
ORZ004- NORTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY INCLUDING PORTLAND METRO AREA
ORZ005- CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY INCLUDING SALEM
ORZ006- SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY INCLUDING EUGENE
ORZ009- WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE
ORZ011- NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES
WAZ019- WEST SLOPES SOUTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES
WAZ021- SOUTH COAST
WAZ022- LOWER COLUMBIA
WAZ023- WEST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE
WAZ039- VANCOUVER AREA
WAZ040- SOUTHERN CASCADES FOOTHILLS
D. NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON ZONE FORECASTS
BY NWS OFFICE PENDLETON
NWWS ID - PDXZFPPDT WMO HEADING - FPUS56 KPDT
UGC Z ZONE NAME
ORZ010- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE
ORZ013- NORTH CENTRAL OREGON
ORZ014- CENTRAL OREGON
ORZ016- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN
ORZ017- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
ORZ018- COLUMBIA DESCHUTES PLATEAU
ORZ019- NORTHEAST OREGON
WAZ024- EAST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE
WAZ025- EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN CASCADES
WAZ026- KITTITAS VALLEY
WAZ027- YAKIMA VALLEY
WAZ028- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN
WAZ029- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
WAZ030- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS
E. SOUTHWEST OREGON ZONE FORECASTS INCLUDING SISKIYOU AND
WESTERN MODOC COUNTIES CALIFORNIA BY NWS OFFICE MEDFORD
NWWS ID - PDXZFPMFR WMO HEADING - FPUS56 KMFR
UGC Z ZONE NAME
ORZ003- SOUTHERN COAST
ORZ007- UMPQUA BASIN
ORZ008- ROGUE BASIN
ORZ012- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS
ORZ015- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON
CAZ011- SISKIYOU COUNTY
CAZ012- MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT SURPRISE VALLEY
THIS MESSAGE IS POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING INTERNET ADDRESS:
HTTP//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THESE CHANGES YOU MAY CALL THE
RESPECTIVE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE:
WASHINGTON
NWS SEATTLE-TACOMA NWS SPOKANE
CHRISTOPHER HILL JOHN LIVINGSTON
206-526-6095 509-244-0110
OREGON
NWS PORTLAND NWS MEDFORD NWS PENDLETON
STEVE TODD ROGER WILLIAMS BRUCE BAUCK
503-326-2340 541-776-4303 541-276-4493
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