20061130: marine zone coverage

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• Subject: 20061130: marine zone coverage
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:13:31 -0700

NOUS41 KWBC 301950

SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 06-44
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
250 PM EST THU NOV 30 2006

   MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
   SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND
   PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:    THERESE Z. PIERCE
   MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH CHIEF

SUBJECT:IMPLEMENTING IMPROVED MARINE ZONE COVERAGE
   ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY APRIL 3 2007 AT 0930 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT
TIME /CDT/...1030 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME /EDT/...1530 COORDINATED
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...MARINE FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA WILL BE IMPROVED TO
ACCOUNT FOR CLIMATOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY.

THE NEW ZONE CONFIGURATIONS WILL ACCOUNT FOR FETCH AND DEPTH
LIMITATIONS IN STRONG EASTERLY AND WESTERLY FLOW REGIMES AS WELL
AS WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION DIFFERENCES DURING SEA AND LAND
BREEZES. THE NEW CONFIGUREATIONS WILL PROVIDE MORE DETAILED AND
REPRESENTATIVE FORECASTS FOR MARINERS IN THE BUSY APALACHEE BAY.

CURRENTLY MARINE ZONE GMZ755 EXTENDS FROM THE SUWANNEE RIVER
TO APALACHICOLA FLORIDA OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES /NM/. EFFECTIVE
APRIL 3 2007 CURRENT MARINE ZONE GMZ755 WILL BE DIVIDED INTO
THREE NEW INDIVIDUAL MARINE ZONES.  THE COASTLINE SPLITS FOR THE

EFFECTIVE APRIL 3 2007 THE MARINE ZONE GMZ755 WILL BECOME A NEW
MARINE ZONE FROM THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FLORIDA
OUT TO 20 NM. A NEW MARINE ZONE /GMZ765/ WILL EXTEND FROM THE
SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH FLORIDA OUT TO 20 NM. A THIRD
MARINE ZONE /GMZ730/ WILL EXTEND FROM KEATON BEACH TO THE
OCHLOCKONEE RIVER OUT 20 NM AND WILL BE REFERRED TO AS THE
APALACHEE BAY.

THESE NEW MARINE ZONES ARE LISTED IN TABLE 1. WFO TALLAHASSEE IS
NOT CHANGING THE MARINE ZONE NAMES OR UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC
COORDINATE /UGC/ DESIGNATORS FOR THE ADJACENT ZONES OF
GMZ750...GMZ770...OR GMZ775.

BECAUSE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION TO RECEIVE ALL WFO PRODUCTS USING UGC/S.  SEE TABLE 2 FOR

TABLE 1. MARINE ZONE IMPROVEMENTS FOR WFO TALLAHASSEE MARINE
FORECAST AREA EFFECTIVE APRIL 3 2007

NEW MARINE ZONE                     UGC    COMMENT

APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS        GMZ730     NEW UGC
FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM

COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE     GMZ755
RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO

TO KEATON BEACH OUT TO 20 NM.

TABLE 2. WFO TALLAHASSEE PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE MARINE ZONE
CHANGES EFFECTIVE APRIL 3 2007

PRODUCT NAME            WMO HEADING    AWIPS ID

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST        FZUS52 KTAE    CWFTAE
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING        WHUS52 KTAE    SMWTAE
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT    FZUS72 KTAE    MWSTAE
SURF ZONE FORECAST        FZUS52 KTAE    SRFTAE

AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE NEW BOUNDARY FOR
THE NEW AND CHANGED MARINE ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM
THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

MAPS SHOWING THE CURRENT MARINE ZONE AFFECTED BY THE UPCOMING
CHANGES AND THE NEW ZONES ARE POSTED ONLINE THROUGH THE WFO
TALLAHASSEE WEB PAGE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/MARINEZONECHANGES.HTML

FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS NOTICE CONTACT:

PAUL DUVAL            MELINDA HINOJOSA
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE        PUBLIC/MARINE METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
LOVE BLDG            SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY    819 TAYLOR ST RM 10A11

/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

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