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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-75
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON D.C.
135 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 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 CHANGES IN LOCAL FORECAST PRODUCTS AND ZONE PRODUCTS IN
ALASKA...EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 27 2000
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 27 2000...AT 4:00 A.M. ALASKA DAYLIGHT
TIME/1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE AT ANCHORAGE WILL MAKE THE FOLLOWING
CHANGES TO THEIR PUBLIC FORECAST PROGRAM:
1. PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES
ANCHORAGE WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES
FROM 3 TO 11. THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL HEADINGS /WMO/ AND SOME
ZONE NAMES/DESCRIPTORS AND UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES WILL CHANGE.
ZONE NAMES/DESCRIPTORS WILL INCLUDE A LIST OF COMMUNITIES AND ANY
MAJOR HIGHWAY SEGMENTS WITHIN THE ZONE AREA.
THE ZFP WILL BE ISSUED UNDER THREE NEW WMO AND NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS AS FOLLOWS:
NEW WMO HEADING/NEW NWWS ID
FPAK51 PAFC/ANCZFPSWB
CURRENT UGC CURENT ZONE NAME
AKZ011 KUSKOKWIM DELTA
AKZ016 BRISTOL BAY
NEW WMO HEADING/NEW NWWS ID
FPAK52 PAFC/ANCZFPWCM
NEW UGC NEW ZONE NAME/DESCRIPTION
AKZ110 ANCHORAGE MUNICIPALITY TO BIRD CREEK INCLUDING
GLENN HIGHWAY NORTH TO THE FIRST KNIK RIVER BRIDGE
- SEWARD HIGHWAY SOUTH TO BIRD POINT
AKZ111 MATANUSKA VALLEY INCLUDING PALMER - WASILLA -
GLENN HIGHWAY 1ST KNIK RIVER BRIDGE TO CHICKALOON
- PARKS HIGHWAY NORTH TO HOUSTON
AKZ121 KENAI PENINSULA INCLUDING KENAI - SOLDOTNA - HOMER
- STERLING HIGHWAY
NEW WMO HEADING/NWWS ID
FPAK53 PAFC/ANCZFPAFC
NEW UGC NEW ZONE NAME/DESCRIPTION
AKZ125 WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND KENAI MOUNTAINS
INCLUDING WHITTIER - GIRDWOOD - SEWARD - SEWARD
HIGHWAY BIRD POINT TO SEWARD
AKZ131 NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND INCLUDING VALDEZ -
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY NORTH THROUGH THOMPSON PASS
AKZ135 SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND INCLUDING
CORDOVA
AKZ141 COPPER RIVER BASIN INCLUDING GLENNALLEN - GLENN
HIGHWAY CHICKALOON TO GLENNALLEN - TOK CUTOFF
GAKONA JUNCTION TO MENTASTA PASS - RICHARDSON
HIGHWAY THOMPSON PASS TO THE NORTH END OF SUMMIT
LAKE
AKZ145 SUSITNA VALLEY INCLUDING TALKEETNA - WILLOW -
PARKS HIGHWAY HOUSTON TO DENALI PARK ENTRANCE
CURRENT UGC CURRENT ZONE NAME
AKZ012 KUSKOKWIM VALLEY
2. THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE REPLACED AS A RESULT OF THE
CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST PROGRAM.
FPAK11 PANC - ANCHORAGE AND VICINITY INCLUDING PALMER AND
WASILLA FORECAST
FPAK12 PANC - COLLECTIVE OF CITY FORECASTS
FPAK13 PANC - WILLOW AND VICINITY LOCAL FORECAST
FEAK01 PANC - EXTENDED FORECAST FOR ANCHORAGE...PALMER...
AND THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
FPAK11 PAVD - VALDEZ AND VICINITY LOCAL FORECAST
FPAK15 PANC - SEASONAL RECREATION OR MOTORING FORECAST
FPAK58 PAFC - COLLECTIVE OF ZONE FORECASTS
3. THE SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR ANCHORAGE AND VICINITY /FPAK78
PAFC/...WILL BE CHANGED TO ANCHORAGE MUNICIPALITY TO BIRD CREEK
INCLUDING GLENN HIGHWAY NORTH TO THE FIRST KNIK RIVER BRIDGE -
SEWARD HIGHWAY SOUTH TO BIRD POINT...NEW UGC AKZ110.
4. A SHORT TERM FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED BY VALDEZ UNDER:
WMO HEADING NWWS ID UGC
FPAK78 PAVD ANCNOWVWS AKZ131
FPAK11 PAVD - VALDEZ AND VICINITY LOCAL FORECAST...WILL BE
TERMINATED
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT EITHER ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING PERSONS IN ANCHORAGE:
BOB HOPKINS...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE 907-266-5120
DAVE GOLDSTEIN...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST 907-266-5117.
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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