199907: zone - Alaska

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• Subject: 199907: zone - Alaska
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 13:43:54 -0600

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 99-64
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON D.C.
320 PM EDT FRI JUL 16 1999
 
TO        FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
          SERVICE/NWWS/SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
          SERVICE NWS CUSTOMERS...NEW EMPLOYEES
 
FROM      THERESE PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
 
SUBJECT   CHANGES IN ZONE FORECAST PRODUCTS AND INITIATION OF
          CLIMATE SUMMARIES FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA...EFFECTIVE
          SEPTEMBER 1 1999.
 
          PART 1. REVISION OF PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST PRODUCTS TO
          INCORPORATE SOUTHEAST ALASKA CITIES AND TO ADD EXTENDED
          FORECASTS TO EACH ZONE.
          
          PART 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF DAILY CLIMATE SUMMARIES FOR
          THE CITIES OF JUNEAU...YAKUTAT AND ANNETTE AS NEW
          PRODUCTS.  
                    
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY...SEPTEMBER 1 1999...AT 3:00 A.M. ALASKA
DAYLIGHT TIME /1100 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN JUNEAU...YAKUTAT AND ANNETTE WILL BE
MAKING THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THEIR PUBLIC FORECAST PROGRAMS: 
 
PART 1.   REVISION OF PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST PRODUCTS TO
INCORPORATE SOUTHEAST ALASKA CITIES AND TO ADD EXTENDED FORECASTS
TO EACH ZONE.   
 
FORECAST INFORMATION FOR THE CITIES OF  SKAGWAY...HAINES...
PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...JUNEAU...SITKA...YAKUTAT...KETCHIKAN...
METLAKATLA...CRAIG...AND KLAWOCK WILL BE INCORPORATED IN PUBLIC
ZONE FORECAST COLLECTIVE.../ WMO HEADING  FPAK57 PAJK - NWWS ID 
JNUZFPAJK/...CURRENTLY ISSUED TWICE DAILY.  IN
ADDITION...EXTENDED FORECASTS FOR DAYS 3...4 AND 5 WILL BE ADDED
TO EACH PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST. 
 
WITH THE TRANSFER OF FORECAST INFORMATION FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED
CITIES TO FPAK57 PAJK/JNUZFPAJK... THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE
DISCONTINUED:  
 
 
WMO HEADING/NWWS ID
FPAK12 PAJN/JNULFPSGY    COLLECTIVE OF CITY FORECASTS FOR
                         SKAGWAY...HAINES...PETERSBURG...AND
                         WRANGELL.
FPAK11 PAJN/JNULFPJNU    JUNEAU...SITKA...AND VICINITY FORECAST
FPAK11 PAYA/JNULFPYAK    YAKUTAT AND VICINITY FORECAST
FPAK11 PANT/JNULFPKTN    KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...CRAIG...KLAWOCK
                         AND VICINITY FORECAST
 
WITH THE ADDITION OF EXTENDED FORECASTS INTO ZONE FORECAST
PRODUCTS....THE EXTENDED FORECAST PRODUCT ISSUED UNDER PRODUCT
IDENTIFIER FEAK01 PAJN/JNUEFPAK WILL BE DISCONTINUED.  
 
PART 2.  DAILY CLIMATE SUMMARIES FOR THE CITIES OF JUNEAU...
YAKUTAT AND ANNETTE WILL BE ISSUED AS NEW PRODUCTS.  
 
DAILY CLIMATE SUMMARIES WILL BE INITIATED BY THE WEATHER OFFICES
IN JUNEAU...YAKUTAT...AND ANNETTE.  CLIMATE SUMMARIES WILL BE
PREPARED TWICE DAILY (MORNING...EVENING) UNDER THE FOLLOWING
PRODUCT HEADERS:
     
CITY      WMO HEADING    NWWS ID
 
JUNEAU    CDAK47 PAJK    JNUCLIJNU      
YAKUTAT   CDAK47 PAYA    JNUCLIYAK
ANNETTE   CDAK47 PANT    JNUCLIANN
 
USERS OF DAILY CLIMATE SUMMARY PRODUCTS MUST ADD THESE
IDENTIFIERS TO RECEIVE THESE PRODUCTS.  
 
THE SUMMARIES WILL INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION AS FOLLOWS:
 
OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURE
HIGH TEMPERATURE
HEATING DEGREE DAYS 
NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE
NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURE
RECORD HIGH
RECORD LOW
24 HOUR PRECIPITATION
SUNSET 
SUNRISE 
DAYLIGHT HOURS 
TIDES
 
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 
 
LEIF LIE...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE OR
ROBERT KANAN...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST         
NWS FORECAST OFFICE...NOAA
907 790-6804
 
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
AT THE FOLLOWING URL /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/
 
        HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
 
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