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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 06-20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1100 AM EDT WED MAY 10 2006
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: ELI JACKS
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARIES OF SOME NORTHERN INTERIOR
CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONES: EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2006
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY JUNE 1 2006 AT 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL
TIME /UTC/...NWS SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA /STO/ WILL CHANGE SOME
NORTHERN INTERIOR CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE BOUNDARIES AND
ZONE DESCRIPTOR NAMES.
THE PURPOSE OF THE CHANGE IS TO SUPPORT A MORE EFFICIENT
FORECAST PROCESS AND PROVIDE NWS FIRE WEATHER CUSTOMERS WITH
IMPROVED WATCH...WARNING AND FORECAST PRODUCTS. HISTORICALLY THE
WEST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN
INTERIOR CALIFORNIA HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED BY ONE /1/ LARGE FIRE
WEATHER ZONE /CAZ269/. THIS HAS RESULTED IN BROAD AND GENERIC
FORECASTS. THE CHANGE BEING IMPLEMENTED WILL DIVIDE THIS LARGE
ZONE INTO TWO ZONES MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH FIRE AGENCY
DISPATCH BOUNDARIES AND CLIMATIC REGIMES.
ONCE THIS CHANGE HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED...THE FOLLOWING ZONE NAMES
AND GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTORS WILL BE USED IN ALL FIRE WEATHER
FORECAST PRODUCTS ISSUED FOR NORTHERN INTERIOR CALIFORNIA:
FIRE WEATHER ZONE
NUMBERZONE NAME PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
CAZ269TAHOE AND ELDORADO NATIONALINCLUDES ALL OF TAHOE
FORESTS WEST OF THE SIERRAAND ELDORADO NATIONAL
CRESTFORESTS /NF/ WEST OF THE
SIERRA NEVADA CREST
ABOVE 3000 FEET
CAZ221STANISLAUS NATIONAL FORESTINCLUDES ALL OF THE LAND
WEST OF THE SIERRA CRESTFROM THE STANISLAUS
NATIONAL FOREST WEST OF
THE SIERRA CREST...
BORDERED ON THE NORTH BY
THE ELDORADO NF AND
BORDERED ON THE SOUTH BY
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NWS WATCH...WARNING AND FORECAST PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THESE
CHANGES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
FOR CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONES 269 AND 221
PRODUCTWMO HEADINGAWIPS ID
------------------------------------------------------
FIRE WEATHER WATCHWWUS85 KSTORFWSTO
RED FLAG WARNINGWWUS85 KSTO RFWSTO
FIRE WEATHER PLANNINGFNUS55 KSTOFWFSTO
FORECAST
NATIONAL FIRE DANGER RATINGFNUS85 KSTOFWMSTO
SYSTEM FORECAST
NWS CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOW BEGIN PLANS TO MAKE THE NECESSARY
CHANGES TO THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS TO ACCOMMODATE THESE ZONE
CHANGES.
ALTHOUGH THIS NOTIFICATION IS LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 120 DAYS AS
SPECIFIED BY NWSI 10-1805...THE NEW CONFIGURATION PROPOSED FOR
IMPLEMENTATION ON JUNE 1 WAS REQUESTED BY...AND HAS BEEN CLOSELY
COORDINATED WITH...LOCAL FIRE WEATHER PARTNERS AND CUSTOMERS.
SHAPEFILES OF THE NEW FIRE WEATHER ZONES FOR THE NWS SACRAMENTO
OFFICE ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/FIREZONE.HTM
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE PRODUCT CHANGES...
PLEASE CONTACT:
ELIZABETH MORSE
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
3310 EL CAMINO ROOM 228
SACRAMENTO CA 95821
PHONE: 916-979-3041
EMAIL: ELIZABETH.MORSE@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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