NOTE: The nws-changes mailing list is no longer active. The list archives are made available for historical reasons.
552
NOUS41 KWBC 201819
PNSWSH
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-44
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON D.C.
150 PM EDT THU APR 20 2000
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 FURTHER IMPLEMENTATION OF SHORT TERM FORECAST /NOW/
PRODUCT IN ALASKA...EFFECTIVE APRIL 21 2000
EFFECTIVE FRIDAY...APRIL 21 2000...AT 8:00 A.M. ALASKA
DAYLIGHT TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN ANCHORAGE AND FAIRBANKS ALASKA
WILL BEGIN ISSUING A SHORT TERM FORECAST /NOW/ UNDER THE
FOLLOWING:
OFFICE WMO HEADING NWWS ID UGC AREA
ANCHORAGE FPAK78 PANC ANCNOWANC AKZ015-
FAIRBANKS FPAK79 PAFA FAINOWFAI AKZ007-
SHORT TERM FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED FOR COMMUNITIES OF ANCHORAGE
AND FAIRBANKS ON AN EVENT DRIVEN BASIS TO ENHANCE THE LOCAL
FORECAST WHENEVER:
1. A WEATHER WARNING...WATCH...OR ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
2. PRECIPITATION IN ANY AMOUNT IS OCCURRING OR CATEGORICALLY
FORECAST TO OCCUR
3. DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITIES OF 1/4 MILE OR LESS.
THE FORECAST WILL CONTAIN CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT ONE TO
SIX HOURS. MORE FREQUENT ISSUANCES MAY OCCUR AS WEATHER
CONDITIONS CHANGE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT EITHER ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING PERSONS IN ANCHORAGE OR FAIRBANKS:
ANCHORAGE
BOB HOPKINS...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE 907 266-5120
DAVE GOLDSTEIN...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST 907 266-5117
FAIRBANKS
KRAIG GILKEY...ACTING METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE 907 458-3704
JOHN LINGAAS...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST 907 458-3712
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
END
---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
nws-changes archives: