20000608: expanded cities-Greenville-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20000608: expanded cities-Greenville-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 07:05:25 -0600

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NOUS41 KWBC 081205
PNSWSH

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-60
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
830 AM EDT THU JUN 8 2000

TO        FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
          SERVICE/NWWS/SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
          SERVICE/NWS/CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM      THERESE PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES

SUBJECT   EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST FROM NATIONAL WEATHER
          SERVICE IN GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG SC...
          EFFECTIVE JUL 31  2000

ON MONDAY JULY 31 2000...AT 400 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG SC WILL BEGIN ISSUING AN
EXPANDED VERSION OF THE CODED CITIES FORECAST /CCF/.  THE
EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING
PRODUCT FOR DAYS 1 AND 2...BUT WILL INCLUDE FORECASTS OUT TO FIVE
DAYS. THE WMO HEADER WILL BE UNCHANGED AND CONTINUE TO BE FPUS42
KGSP.  THE OLD NWWS HEADER OF CAECCFGSP WILL ALSO REMAIN
UNCHANGED.  CUSTOMERS WILL NOT NEED TO MAKE ANY COMMUNICATION
CHANGES TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THIS PRODUCT.

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE EXPANDED CODED CITIES
FORECAST...

FPUS42 KGSP 311923
CCFGSP

AVL TA  055/074 038/059 038 25375 0000/0000/0000
         ABB     073/048 074/050 070 0000000
CLT TA  055/074 038/059 038 25375 0000/0000/0000
         ABB     073/048 074/050 070 0000000
GSP TA  055/074 038/059 038 25375 0000/0000/0000
         ABB     073/048 074/050 070 0000000
AND TA  055/074 038/059 038 25375 0000/0000/0000
         ABB     073/048 074/050 070 0000000

THE THIRD LINE IS IDENTICAL TO THE OLD CODED CITIES
FORECAST...EXCEPT FOR THE ADDITION OF THREE...FOUR DIGIT
GROUPS...EACH SEPARATED BY A SLANT SYMBOL.  EACH FOUR DIGIT GROUP
REPRESENTS A SNOWFALL RANGE FOR THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD
PERIODS RESPECTIVELY.  SO FOR EXAMPLE...A CODE OF 0001/0306/0204
REPRESENTS A FORECAST OF 0-1 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE FIRST 12
HOURS...3-6 INCHES IN THE SECOND 12 HOUR PERIOD AND
2-4 INCHES IN THE THIRD 12 HOUR PERIOD.

ON THE FOURTH LINE...ABB IS AN EXAMPLE OF A STRING OF THREE ONE-
LETTER WEATHER FORECASTS FOR DAYS 3...4...AND 5...FOLLOWED BY THE
TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR THE LAST FIVE PERIODS. THE STRING OF
ZEROES AT THE END OF THE LINE WILL EVENTUALLY BE REPLACED WITH
PRECIPITATION PROBABILITIES FOR SEVEN PERIODS...BUT THIS WILL NOT
BE AVAILABLE INITIALLY.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...PLEASE
CONTACT VINCE DICARLO AT 848-864-9970 EXTENSION 223 OR JOE
PELISSIER AT EXTENSION 222.

THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET
AT /LOWER CASE/

                            WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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