20070427: drought notifications

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• Subject: 20070427: drought notifications
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:02:09 -0600

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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-22
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
812 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2007

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:    ROBERT E. LIVEZEY
        CHIEF...CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION

        DROUGHT OUTLOOKS: EFFECTIVE JUNE 7 2007

THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER /CPC/ WILL INCREASE THE FREQUENCY
OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES OF THE U.S. DROUGHT OUTLOOK EFFECTIVE JUNE
7 2007. CURRENTLY THE SCHEDULED U.S. DROUGHT OUTLOOK IS ISSUED
ONCE A MONTH ON THE THIRD THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 8:30 A.M.
EASTERN TIME WITH A VALID PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 3 1/2 MONTHS
AFTER ISSUANCE.

BEGINNING ON THURSDAY JUNE 7 2007...CPC WILL ALSO ISSUE THE U.S.
DROUGHT OUTLOOK ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH AT 8:30 A.M.
EASTERN TIME WITH A VALID TIME COVERING THE REST OF THE MONTH
PLUS THE NEXT TWO MONTHS /I.E. JUST UNDER THREE MONTHS AFTER
ISSUANCE/.

THE VALID TIME OF THE U.S. DROUGHT OUTLOOK ISSUED ON THE THIRD
THURSDAY OF THE MONTH /AT 8:30 A.M. EASTERN TIME/ WILL CONTINUE

THIS SECOND SCHEDULED RELEASE WILL BE IN LIEU OF RARELY ISSUED
UNSCHEDULED RELEASES. THIS WILL PROVIDE AN IMPROVED AND MORE
CONSISTENT LEVEL OF SERVICE.

THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE:

GRAPHIC:

U.S. DROUGHT OUTLOOK /CONTIGUOUS U.S...ALASKA...AND HAWAII/.
    WMO HEADING: PMNV88 KWNC              AWIPS ID:    RBGDRK

WEB /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS:

    HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV

U.S. SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK LINK UNDER DROUGHT ASSESSMENT.

TEXT:

U.S. SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK DISCUSSION /CONTIGUOUS U.S...
ALASKA...AND HAWAII/.

    WMO HEADING: FXUS22 KWNC        AWIPS ID: MDDRK

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

    DOUG LECOMTE
    CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER

    PH.301-763-8000 EXT 7567
    DOUGLAS.LECOMTE@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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