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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 01-17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
245 PM EDT FRI APR 20 2001
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...
NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: JAMES E LEE
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: CHANGE IN FORMAT TO THE ALASKA TEMPERATURE AND
PRECIPITATION BULLETIN...EFFECTIVE MAY 21 2001
EFFECTIVE MAY 21 2001...AT 400 A.M. ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME
/1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME...OR UTC/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE AT ANCHORAGE WILL MAKE A FORMAT CHANGE TO
THEIR ALASKA TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION BULLETIN...ISSUED
TWICE DAILY. THE WMO HEADER WILL REMAIN ABAK02 PANC. THE NEW
PIL ID WILL BE ANCSTPAK. THE AWIPS IDENTIFIER WILL BE STPAK.
THE FORMAT CHANGE INCLUDES REPLACING THE WEATHER COLUMN WITH THE
SNOW DEPTH COLUMN AND PREPARING THE BULLETIN IN STANDARD
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL EXCHANGE FORMAT /SHEF/. IN SHEF FORMAT...THE
.B HEADER LINE CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DATA CONTAINED
IN THE BULLETIN...WHERE PAFC IS THE FOUR-LETTER LOCATION
IDENTIFIER FOR THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA. THE
MONTH AND DATE ARE A 4-DIGIT CODE. THE /Z/ INDICATES UTC. THE
DATA HOUR WILL BE DH12 FOR 1200 UTC AND DH24 FOR 2400 UTC. TX IS
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE...TN IS THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE...PPD IS
24 HOUR PRECIPITATION...AND SD IS SNOW DEPTH. DATA VALUES ARE
SEPARATED BY A FORWARD SLASH AND NON-DATA INFORMATION
/COMMENTS...SUCH AS STATION NAMES/ ARE DELINEATED BY /:/
EXAMPLE:
ABAK02 PANC DDHHMM
STPAK
ALASKA TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION BULLETIN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
TIME DAY MONTH YEAR
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY. LOWEST TEMPERATURE LAST 12 HOURS.
A /-/ INDICATES TEMPERATURE BELOW ZERO. PRECIPITATION FOR 24
HOURS ENDING AT 4 AM AST.
.B PAFC 0320 Z DH12/TX/TN/PPD/SD
:
:ID STATION HI LO PCPN SNOW
: DEPTH
PANC : STEVENS ANCHORAGE INTNL: 30/ 18/ 0.00/ 10
PANT : ANNETTE : 42/ 32/ 0.27/
PABR : BARROW : 15/ 9/ T / 11
PABE : BETHEL : 14/ 3/ 0.00/
PABT : BETTLES : 7/ 4/ 0.00/ 13
PABV : BIRCHWOOD : 28/ 10/ 0.00/ 2
PACD : COLD BAY : 37/ 23/ 0.00/
PACV : CORDOVA : 31/ 12/ 0.00/
PADL : DILLINGHAM : 30/ 19/ 0.00/
PADU : DUTCH HARBOR : 36/ 36/ 0.00/
PAFA : FAIRBANKS : 14/ 9/ T / 8
PAGK : GULKANA : 16/ 1/ 0.00/ 15
PAHO : HOMER : 34/ 20/ 0.00/
PAJN : JUNEAU : 23/ 15/ T /
PAEN : KENAI : 30/ 8/ 0.00
PAKN : KING SALMON : 23/ 14/ 0.00/ 4
PADQ : KODIAK : 38/ 24/ 0.00
PAOT : KOTZEBUE : 7/ 4/ T / 11
PAMC : MCGRATH : 16/ 3/ 0.00/ 16
PAOM : NOME : 13/ 11/ 0.01/ 7
PAOR : NORTHWAY : 6/ 3/ 0.00/
PAAQ : PALMER : 27/ 12/ 0.00/
PAPG : PETERSBURG : 30/ / 0.00/
PASN : ST PAUL : 38/ 28/ T /
PAWD : SEWARD : 32/ 23/ 0.00/
PASI : SITKA : 33/ 23/ 0.00/
PATK : TALKEETNA : 30/ 12/ 0.00/ 14
PAVW : VALDEZ : 29/ 21/ 0.00/
WASI : WASILLA : 27/ 18/ 0.00/
PAWR : WHITTIER : 28/ 23/ 0.00/ 19
PAYA : YAKUTAT : 30/ 13/ 0.00/
:
: ALASKA TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
: HIGHEST TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY
: 42 AT ANNETTE AND KETCHIKAN
: LOWEST TEMPEATURE LAST 12 HOURS
: -35 AT ARCTIC VILLAGE AND EAGLE.
:
.END
/END OF EXAMPLE/
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
PERSONS AT THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE IN ANCHORAGE:
BOB HOPKINS...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
907-266-5120
DAVE GOLDSTEIN...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
907-266-5117
CARVEN SCOTT...SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS OFFICER
907-266-5111
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
AT THE FOLLOWING URL /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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