NOTE: The nws-changes mailing list is no longer active. The list archives are made available for historical reasons.
031
NOUS41 KWBC 141314
PNSWSH
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-83
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
915 AM EDT THU SEP 14 2000
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: PAUL STOKOLS...ACTING CHIEF
FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST AND NEW DIGITAL ZONE
FORECAST PRODUCTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN MT. HOLLY NJ...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 16 2000
ON MONDAY OCTOBER 16 2000...AT 400 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MT HOLLY NEW JERSEY WILL BEGIN ISSUING AN EXPANDED
VERSION OF THE CODED CITIES FORECAST AND A NEW PRODUCT CALLED THE
DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST. THE DIGITAL FORMAT OF THESE PRODUCTS WILL
FACILITATE AUTOMATED PROCESSING BY COMPUTERS.
EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST...
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 FPUS41 KPHI. THE NWWS HEADER...PHLCCFPHL...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 FIRST ENTRY OF THE EXPANDED
CODED CITIES FORECAST...
FPUS41 KPHI 162030
CCFPHL
ABE TA 055/074 038/059 038 25375
RRR 073/048 074/050 070 0000000
THE THIRD LINE IS IDENTICAL TO THE CURRENT CODED CITIES FORECAST.
ON THE FOURTH LINE...RRR IS AN EXAMPLE OF A STRING OF ONE LETTER
WEATHER FORECAST 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 THE LAST SEVEN PERIODS...BUT THIS
WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE INITIALLY.
DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST...
THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST DISPLAYS FORECASTED WEATHER PARAMETERS
IN UP TO 3-HOUR INTERVALS. THIS PROVIDED A MORE DETAILED
FORECAST AND ALSO MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE USER TO OBTAIN THE
WEATHER PARAMETER/S/ OF CHOICE. IT IS ESSENTIALLY A DIGITAL
DISPLAY OF THE ZONE FORECAST IN MUCH GREATER DETAIL AND WITH
FORECAST PROJECTIONS OUT TO 5 DAYS. THE NARRATIVE VERSION OF THE
ZONE FORECAST /ZFP/ WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE.
THE WMO HEADER FOR THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST WILL BE FOUS51 KPHI.
THE NWWS HEADER WILL BE PHLRDFPHI. CUSTOMERS WILL NEED TO ADD
THESE IDENTIFIERS TO THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IF THEY WISH TO
RECEIVE THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST...
FOUS51 KPHI 101600
RDFPHI
DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT. HOLLY NJ
1035 AM EDT FRI AUG 11 2000
NJZ016019-DEZ001-MDZ008-111930-
BURLINGTON NJ-CAMDEN NJ-CECIL MD-GLOUCESTER NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-SALEM NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILMINGTON
1035 AM EDT FRI AUG 11 2000
\ SAT 08/12/00 \ SUN 08/13/00 \
EDT 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
POP 12HR 0 0 0 10 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0
MAX QPF 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
MN/MX 49 77 54 75 53
TEMP 71 73 69 60 55 52 52 61 71 75 72 64 60 57 61 67 75 72
DEWPT 36 36 39 42 44 45 46 48 49 48 49 51 52 52 55 57 57 57
RH 28 26 33 51 66 77 80 62 46 38 44 63 75 83 81 70 54 59
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
WIND SPD 8 10 5 5 2 2 2 10 12 12 8 5 5 2 2 10 12 12 8 8 8 8
CLOUDS CL CL SC SC BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK
\MON 08/14/00\TUE 08/15/00\WED 08/16/00
EDT 09 15 21 03 09 15 21 03 09 15 21 03 09
POP 12HR 40 40 40 40 30 30
MN/MX 72 56 77 57 77 57
CLOUDS BK BK BK BK BK BK
RAIN SHWRS C C C C C C
TSTMS C C C C S S
$$
DETAILS ON HOW TO INTERPRET THIS PRODUCT CAN BE FOUND ON THE
INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/RLX/PRODEX/RDFEXPLANATION.HTML
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THESE NEW PRODUCTS...
PLEASE CALL THE NWS IN MT. HOLLY AT 609-261-6600...EXT 223 FOR
JOE MIKETTA...OR EXT 222 FOR GARY SZATKOWSKI.
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET
AT /LOWER CASE/
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
END
---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
nws-changes archives: