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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-48
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
930 AM EDT FRI JUL 20 2007
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ CUSTOMERS
FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS
OTHER CUSTOMERS OF NWS AVIATION FORECASTS
FROM: KEVIN L. JOHNSTON
AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH CHIEF
SUBJECT: FORMAT CHANGE FOR OCEANIC SIGMETS ISSUED BY THE
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/: EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 7
2007
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 7 2007 AT 0000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME
/UTC/ THE AWC WILL BEGIN ISSUING SIGMETS FOR OCEANIC FLIGHT
INFORMATION REGIONS USING A NEW FORMAT FOR LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
VALUES. THE CHANGE IS SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS.
1. THE HEMISPHERIC DESIGNATION FOR LATITUDE /N OR S/ AND LONGITUDE /W OR E/ WILL BE SHIFTED TO THE LEFT OF THE NUMERIC VALUE.
2. THE NUMERIC VALUE WILL CONTAIN TWO DIGITS FOR WHOLE DEGREES OF LATITUDE AND THREE DIGITS FOR WHOLE DEGREES OF LONGITUDE FOLLOWED BY TWO DIGITS FOR MINUTES OF LATITUDE OR LONGITUDE.
3. A SPACE-HYPHEN-SPACE WILL BE INSERTED BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE POINTS DELINEATING AN AREA.
AN EXAMPLE OF THE NEW FORMAT IS AS FOLLOWS: N4830 W15500 – N4530 W15030 – N4330 W16000 – N4830 15500THIS FORMAT CHANGE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED TO BRING THE OCEANIC SIGMETS ISSUED BY THE AWC INTO COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICES.
THE FOLLOWING OCEANIC SIGMETS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE. WMO HEADING WMO HEADING WCPN01 KKCI WCNT01 KKCI WCPN02 KKCI WCNT02 KKCI WCPN03 KKCI WCNT03 KKCI WCPN04 KKCI WCNT04 KKCI WCPN05 KKCI WCNT05 KKCI WCPN06 KKCI WCNT06 KKCI WCPN07 KKCI WCNT07 KKCI WCPN08 KKCI WCNT08 KKCI WCPN09 KKCI WCNT09 KKCI WCPN10 KKCI WCNT10 KKCI WCPN11 KKCI WCNT11 KKCI WCPN12 KKCI WCNT12 KKCI WCPN13 KKCI WCNT13 KKCI WSPN01 KKCI WSNT01 KKCI WSPN02 KKCI WSNT02 KKCI WSPN03 KKCI WSNT03 KKCI WSPN04 KKCI WSNT04 KKCI WSPN05 KKCI WSNT05 KKCI WSPN06 KKCI WSNT06 KKCI WSPN07 KKCI WSNT07 KKCI WSPN08 KKCI WSNT08 KKCI WSPN09 KKCI WSNT09 KKCI WSPN10 KKCI WSNT10 KKCI WSPN11 KKCI WSNT11 KKCI WSPN12 KKCI WSNT12 KKCI WSPN13 KKCI WSNT13 KKCI WVPN01 KKCI WVNT01 KKCI WVPN02 KKCI WVNT02 KKCI WVPN03 KKCI WVNT03 KKCI WVPN04 KKCI WVNT04 KKCI WVPN05 KKCI WVNT05 KKCI WVPN06 KKCI WVNT06 KKCI WVPN07 KKCI WVNT07 KKCI WVPN08 KKCI WVNT08 KKCI WVPN09 KKCI WVNT09 KKCI WVPN10 KKCI WVNT10 KKCI WVPN11 KKCI WVNT11 KKCI WVPN12 KKCI WVNT12 KKCI WVPN13 KKCI WVNT13 KKCIALTHOUGH THIS NOTICE IS LESS THAN THE 120 DAYS AS SPECIFIED BY NWSI 10-1805...THE NEW FORMAT FOR OCEANIC SIGMETS WAS REQUESTED THROUGH THE FAA AND HAS BEEN CLOSELY COORDINATED WITH THAT AGENCY TO BE EFFECTIVE ON NOVEMBER 7 2007.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
LARRY BURCH
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
7220 NW 101ST TERRACE
KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 64153
PHONE: 816-584-7203
EMAIL: LARRY.BURCH@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWV.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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