NOTE: The nws-changes mailing list is no longer active. The list archives are made available for historical reasons.
926
NOUS41 KWBC 021537 AMD
PNSWSH
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-32...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1000 AM EST WED FEB 2 2000
...UPDATED TO INDICATE THE RELEASE TIME OF THE 6- TO 10-DAY
OUTLOOK WILL BE BETWEEN 300 PM AND 400 PM EASTERN LOCAL
TIME...INSTEAD OF AT 300 PM. UP TO AN HOUR MORE PREPARATION TIME
WILL BE REQUIRED WITH THE ADDITION OF ALASKA OUTLOOK INFORMATION.
ALL OTHER INFORMATION BELOW REMAINS THE SAME...
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF SERVICES
/FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SYSTEM /NWWS/
SUBSCRIBERS... NWS EMPLOYEES...AND OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
FROM: ROBERT E. LIVEZEY
CHIEF...CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION
SUBJECT: 6- TO 10-DAY OUTLOOK TO INCLUDE ALASKA...EFFECTIVE
MONDAY FEBRUARY 28 2000
THE 6- TO 10-DAY OUTLOOK ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER
/CPC/ WILL BE UPGRADED TO INCLUDE ALASKA...EFFECTIVE MONDAY
FEBRUARY 28 2000.
THE TEXTUAL 6- TO 10-DAY OUTLOOK /WMO HEADING FEUS40 KWBC -
NWWS/AFOS ID NMCEONUS/ WILL INCLUDE NARRATIVE INFORMATION ON THE
ALASKA OUTLOOK. ALASKA OUTLOOK INFORMATION...HOWEVER...WILL NOT
BE LISTED IN THE TABULAR FORMAT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PRODUCT DUE
TO THE SIZE AND CLIMATIC VARIATION OF ALASKA.
THE ACCOMPANYING PROGNOSTIC MAP DISCUSSION /WMO HEADING FXUS06
KWBC - AFOS ID NMCPMDMRD/ WILL INCLUDE ANALYSIS FOR ALASKA.
THE 3-PANEL DIGITAL FACSIMILE /DIFAX/ GRAPHIC.../FAX NUMBER 450 -
ID NUMBER 3186/ WILL BE MODIFIED TO ACCOMMODATE ALASKA BY USING A
NORTH AMERICAN MAP BACKGROUND INSTEAD OF THE CONTIGUOUS U.S.
/CONUS/ BACKGROUND FOR THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION ANOMALY
OUTLOOK PANELS. THIS MEANS A GIVEN AREA ON THOSE TWO PANELS WILL
APPEAR SMALLER ON THE MAPS...BUT STILL QUITE READABLE. THE OTHER
/TOP/ PANEL DEPICTING THE PREDICTED 6- TO 10-DAY MEAN 500 MB
HEIGHT AND HEIGHT ANOMALY PATTERN OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN
HEMISPHERE WILL BE MOSTLY UNAFFECTED.
THE OTHER DIFAX GRAPHIC.../FAX NUMBER 454 - ID NUMBER 3220/
DEPICTING THE PREDICTED 6- TO 10-DAY MEAN 500 MB HEIGHT AND
HEIGHT ANOMALY PATTERN OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WILL
BE MOSTLY UNAFFECTED.
THE FOLLOWING GRAPHICS ON AFOS AND AWIPS ARE ON A NORTH AMERICAN
BACKGROUND AND ALREADY CONTAIN CLIMATOLOGY FOR ALASKA.
TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK INFORMATION FOR ALASKA WILL
BE ADDED TO THESE GRAPHICS USING THE SAME FORMAT AS CURRENTLY
USED FOR CONUS 6- TO 10-DAY OUTLOOKS.
6 TO 10-DAY GRAPHIC AFOS ID AWIPS ID WMO HEADING
PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK NMCGPH96E 0101070022 PEIY47 KWBC
TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK NMCGPH96T 0101070023 PTIY51 KWBC
THE FOLLOWING GRAPHICS WILL BE UNCHANGED
6- TO 10-DAY GRAPHIC AFOS ID AWIPS ID WMO HEADING
MEAN 500MB HEIGHT NMCGPH96H 0101700034 PHBV50 KWBC
MEAN 500MB ANOMALY NMCGPH96C 0101700035 PHBV50 KWBC
ALL 6- TO 10- DAY OUTLOOK PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET
AT THE CPC WEB SITE:
HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV /USE LOWER CASE/
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...CONTACT
NOAA/NWS
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER - W/NP51
5200 AUTH RD.
CAMP SPRINGS MD 20746-4304
OR E-MAIL CPC THROUGH THEIR WEB SITE.
THIS AND OTHER NOTIFICATIONS ARE ON THE INTERNET AT:
WWW.NWS.NOAA/GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM /USE LOWER CASE/
END
---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
nws-changes archives: