20020418: Digital Fcsts-

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• Subject: 20020418: Digital Fcsts-
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 14:27:48 -0600

NOUS41 KWBC 182009
PNSWSH

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 02-28
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
415 PM EDT THU APR 18 2002

TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
         WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
         WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
         NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS... OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     JAMES E. LEE
         CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  DIGITAL FORECAST PRODUCT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
         SERVICE OFFICE IN MARQUETTE MICHIGAN...EFFECTIVE
         JUNE 4 2002

ON TUESDAY JUNE 4 2002...AT 400 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MARQUETTE MICHIGAN /MQT/ WILL BEGIN ISSUING AN
EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT CALLED THE DIGITAL FORECAST PRODUCT.

THE DIGITAL FORECAST IS A PRODUCT WHICH DISPLAYS FORECAST WEATHER
PARAMETERS IN 3-HOUR AND 12-HOUR INTERVALS.  THE DIGITAL FORMAT
OF THIS PRODUCT PROMOTES QUICK VISUAL SCANNING OF SELECTED
WEATHER ELEMENTS AND FACILITATES EASE OF USE WITH COMPUTERS.  IT
ALLOWS THE USER TO OBTAIN THE WEATHER PARAMETER/S/ OF CHOICE.

THE WMO HEADER FOR THIS PRODUCT WILL BE FOUS53 KMQT.  THE AWIPS
IDENTIFIER WILL BE RDFMQT.  CUSTOMERS WILL NEED TO ADD THESE
IDENTIFIERS TO THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IF THEY WISH TO
RECEIVE THE DIGITAL FORECAST.

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIGITAL FORECAST PRODUCT...

FOUS53 KMQT 190900
RDFMQT

REVISED DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
400 AM EST TUE MAR 19 2002

MIZ009-192100-
GOGEBIC-
THE CITY OF IRONWOOD
400 AM EST TUE MAR 19 2002

              TUE  03/19/02     \     WED  03/20/02     \     THU  03/21/02
EST         03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18

MX/MN                   37          17          30           2          10
TEMP           26 29 32 36 32 28 26 26 26 27 30 30 27 18 11  5
DEWPT          26 28 29 30 29 27 25 26 26 26 26 28 27 18 11  5
RH            100 96 88 79 88 95 96100100 97 87 91 98100100100
WIND SPD        2  4  5  4  9 10  5  7  6  7  5  2  5 13 17 18 18 19 21 21
WIND DIR       SW SW  W  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E NE  N  N  N NW
WIND CHILL                                               -7-15
CLOUDS         BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK
POP 12HR                70          70          50          90          90
SNOW 12HR                2           1           1
SNOW SHWR       L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  O  O  O  O  O  O  O  O  O

$$
END OF EXAMPLE

FURTHER DETAILS ON HOW TO INTERPRET THIS PRODUCT CAN BE FOUND ON
THE MARQUETTE FORECAST OFFICE WEB SITE AT /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/:

           WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MQT/IFPS/RDFEXPLAIN.HTML

...OR CONTACT THE MARQUETTE MICHIGAN FORECAST OFFICE AT THE
NUMBER LISTED BELOW.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS...PLEASE
CALL /906/ 475-5212 FOR MIKE DUTTER OR TOM HULTQUIST AT THE
MARQUETTE MICHIGAN FORECAST OFFICE.

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

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

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