20050609: fire wx zones-MI-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20050609: fire wx zones-MI-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:14:31 -0600

SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
345 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005

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

FROM:     ELI JACKS
         CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  CHANGE OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES ISSUED BY WFO GAYLORD
         MICHIGAN...EFFECTIVE JULY 5 2005

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JULY 5 AT 0001 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/...1901 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME /CDT/... THE NWS
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN GAYLORD... MICHIGAN /APX/ WILL
RECONFIGURE ITS FIRE WEATHER ZONES TO USE THE ONE COUNTY...ONE
ZONE CONCEPT.

THE PRESENT FIRE WEATHER ZONE NUMBERS AND A DESCRIPTION OF EACH
ARE AS FOLLOWS:

ZONE NUMBERZONE DESCRIPTION

MI ZN 016EMMET...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX...ANTRIM...OTSEGO
               AND MONTMORENCY COUNTIES

MI ZN 020LEELANAU...BENZIE...GRAND TRAVERSE AND KALKASKA
               COUNTIES

MI ZN 031MANISTEE...WEXFORD AND MISSAUKEE COUNTIES...
               INCLUDING THENORTHERN QUARTER OF MANISTEE NF

MI ZN 028CRAWFORD...OSCODA...ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW AND GLADWIN
               COUNTIES...INCLUDING WESTERN HURON NF

MI ZN 018PRESQUE ISLE...ALPENA...ALCONA...IOSCO AND ARENAC
               COUNTIES...INDLUDING EASTERN HURON NF

THE NEW FIRE WEATHER ZONE NUMBERS AND A DESCRIPTION OF EACH WILL
BE AS FOLLOWS:

ZONE NUMBERZONE NAME/DESCRIPTION

MI ZN 016EMMET
MI ZN 017CHEBOYGAN
MI ZN 018PRESQUE ISLE
MI ZN 019CHARLEVOIX
MI ZN 020LEELANAU...INCLUDING THE NORTH PORTION OF THE
                SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NL
MI ZN 021ANTRIM
MI ZN 022OTSEGO
MI ZN 023MONTMORENCY
MI ZN 024ALPENA
MI ZN 025BENZIE...INCLUDING THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE
                SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NL
MI ZN 026GRAND TRAVERSE
MI ZN 027KALKASKA
MI ZN 028CRAWFORD...INCLUDING WESTERN HURON NF
MI ZN 029OSCODA...INCLUDING CENTRAL HURON NF
MI ZN 030ALCONA...COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHEAST HURON NF
MI ZN 031MANISTEE...INCLUDING THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF
                 MANISTEE NF
MI ZN 032WEXFORD...INCLUDING THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF
                 MANISTEE NF
MI ZN 033MISSAUKEE
MI ZN 034ROSCOMMON
MI ZN 035OGEMAW...INCLUDING A SMALL PORTION OF CENTRAL
                 HURON NF
MI ZN 036IOSCO...INCLUDING SOUTHEAST HURON NF
MI ZN 041GLADWIN
MI ZN 042ARENAC

A SHAPEFILE OF THE NEW FIRE WEATHER ZONES FOR WFO GAYLORD IS
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/:

   WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/FIREZONE.HTM

THE REASON FOR THE SHORT ADVANCE LEAD TIME IS BECAUSE
THESE CHANGES ARE NECESSARY IN ANTICIPATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF VTEC/GHG.  THEREFORE...IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE FIRE WEATHER
ZONE CHANGES ARE NECESSARY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WFO
DETROIT...WHICH IS PARTICIPATING IN THE BETA TEST OF
VTEC/GHG...CAN TEST THE CHANGES.

IF YOU QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SERVICE CHANGE AND PRODUCT
ADDITIONS...CONTACT:

    MR. GARY CAMPBELL
    METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
    8800 PASSENHEIM ROAD
    GAYLORD... MI  49735-9454
    PHONE: 989-731-3384
    EMAIL: GARY.CAMPBELL@xxxxxxxx

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

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

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