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PNSWSHSERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-55 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 1117 AM EST MON NOV 19 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/ PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH CHIEF SUBJECT: MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ADDS TWO NEW MARINE ZONES: EFFECTIVE APRIL 1 2008 EFFECTIVE TUESDAY APRIL 1 2008 AT 0000 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...OR 1700 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME /PDT/...THE MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ WILL ADD TWO ADDITIONAL MARINE ZONES: THE COOS BAY BAR AND THE CHETCO RIVER BAR.
THE NEW MARINE ZONES WILL ENABLE THE MEDFORD OREGON WFO TO ISSUE MARINE WEATHER FORECASTS FOR THESE TWO RIVER BARS. THESE FORECASTS WILL INITIALLY BE FOR TWO DAYS. THE NEW ZONES ARE LISTED IN TABLE 3.
TABLE 1. WFO MEDFORD OREGON PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY MARINE ZONE CHANGES EFFECTIVE APRIL 1 2008:
PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FZUS56 KMFR CWFMFR SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WHUS56 KMFR SMWMFR MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FZUS76 KMFR MWSMFR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKFLUS46 KMFRHWOMFR WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATIONWWUS66 KMFRWCNMFRTABLE 2. EXISTING MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/S FOR WFO MEDFORD OREGON. THESE ZONE NAMES AND UGCS WILL NOT CHANGE ON APRIL 1 2008.
MARINE ZONE NAMEUGC COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE PZZ350TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 20 NM
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPEPZZ370BLANCO OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCOPZZ356OR TO PT ST GEORGE CA OUT 20 NM
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO ORPZZ376TO PT ST GEORGE CA FROM 20 TO 60 NM TABLE 3. NEW MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGCS. NWS WILL ADD THESE ZONES TO THE EXISTING ZONES IN TABLE 2 EFFECTIVE APRIL 1 2008.
MARINE ZONE NAMEUGCCOOS BAY BARPZZ310
CHETCO RIVER BARPZZ330BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES CUSTOMERS WHO WISH TO RECEIVE THE MARINE FORECASTS FOR THE COOS BAY BAR /PZZ310/ AND THE CHETCO RIVER BAR /PZZ330/ MUST REPROGRAM AFFECTED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE NEW BOUNDARIES FOR THESE MARINE ZONES IS AVAILABLE FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM A MAP SHOWING THE EXISTING AND ADDITIONAL MARINE ZONES THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE APRIL 1 2008 IS POSTED ON THE WFO MEDFORD OREGON MARINE PAGE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/MARINE/BARZONEMAP.PHP FOR QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT: JOHN LOVEGROVE JEFF LORENS METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGEMARINE PROGRAM LEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWS WESTERN REGION HQ 4003 CIRRUS DRIVE 125 SOUTH STATE STREET MEDFORD OR 97504 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84103 PHONE: 541-776-4303 x 222 PHONE: 801-524-4000 x 265 E MAIL: JOHN.LOVEGROVE@NOAA.GOVJEFFREY.LORENS@xxxxxxxx
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