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PNSWSH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 08-29 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC755 AM EDT THU APR 17 2008
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ELI JACKS
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: DISSEMINATION OF AREAL OUTLINE PRODUCT FOR STORM
PREDICTION CENTER DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
EFFECTIVE MAY 20 2008
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...MAY 20 2008 AT 0400 AM CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
/CDT/...0900 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE NWS STORM
PREDICTION CENTER /SPC/ WILL BEGIN DISSEMINATION OF THE DAY 3-8
FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE PRODUCT /AWIPS ID PFWF38/ FOR
CONUS USE ONLY.
CUSTOMERS WHO WISH TO RECEIVE THIS PRODUCT SHOULD ADD THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIER INDICATED BELOW TO THE APPROPRIATE DATABASES.
PRODUCT WMO HEADER AWIPS ID DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER FNUS38 KWNS PFWF38 OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINETHIS PRODUCT WILL COMPLEMENT THE OTHER SPC FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE PRODUCTS. THE CURRENT SUITE OF FIRE OUTLOOK PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE SPC INCLUDING THE NEW PFWF38 PRODUCT ARE:
PRODUCT WMO HEADER AWIPS ID DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK FNUS21 KWNS FWDDY1 DAY 1 REDBOOK GRAPHIC PMWE98 KWNS RBGFW1 DAY 1 OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE FNUS31 KWNS PFWFD1 DAY 2 FIRE OUTLOOK FNUS22 KWNS FWDDY2 DAY 2 REDBOOK GRAPHIC PMWI98 KWNS RBGFW2 DAY 2 OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE FNUS32 KWNS PFWFD2 DAY 3-8 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK FNUS28 KWNS FWDD38 DAY 3-8 REDBOOK GRAPHIC PGNO98 KWNS RPGFW3 DAY 3-8 OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE FNUS38 KWNS PFWF38THE NEW DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE PRODUCT CONTAINS LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE POINTS DESCRIBING THE AREAS DISCUSSED IN THE DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK PRODUCT AND DEPICTED IN THE DAY 3-8 REDBOOK GRAPHIC PRODUCT /PGNO98/.
LAT/LON VALUES IN THE PRODUCT ARE IN DECIMAL DEGREES. FOR EXAMPLE... 34760394 IS 34.76N AND 103.94W. NOTE: THE LONGITUDE VALUES ARE CODED AS FOUR DIGITS...SO POINTS WEST OF 99.99W ARE CODED WITH THE HUNDREDS DIGIT REMOVED...THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE /1/ IS NOT INCLUDED. IF AN AREA IS CLOSED...THE FIRST AND LAST LAT/LON POINTS ARE THE SAME. ONLY DEFINED AREAS ARE LISTED.
IF THE POTENTIAL OR PREDICTABILITY FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IS TOO LOW FOR A GIVEN DAY...NO AREAL OUTLINE IS LISTED FOR THAT DAY. IF THE POTENTIAL OR PREDICTABILITY FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IS TOO LOW FOR THE ENTIRE 3 TO 8 DAY PERIOD...NO AREAL OUTLINE IS INCLUDED IN THE PRODUCT.
THREE EXAMPLES OF THE PFWF38 PRODUCT ARE SHOWN BELOW.
EXAMPLE 1
DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0500 AM CST TUE JAN 1 2008
VALID TIME 031200Z - 091200Z
FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK POINTS DAY 3-8
... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA ...
D4 41032070 41802015 42531955 43051807 42361703 41411728
40101810 39341871 38641969 39712055 41032070
D5 41981867 43131737 44291614 44551513 44121404 43281393
42381418 41441505 40271548 38271592 36981651 36821742
37851885 38431946 39102006 40092022 40871989 41981867
EXAMPLE 1 ABOVE INDICATES THE VALID TIME OF THE PRODUCT IS FROM
1200 UTC ON JANUARY 3 THROUGH 1200 UTC ON JANUARY 9. IN THIS
EXAMPLE THERE ARE 2 AREAS FOR DAYS 4 AND 5. DAYS 3 AND 6-8 ARE
NOT LISTED SINCE THE POTENTIAL OR PREDICTABILITY FOR CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER AREAS IS TOO LOW FOR DAY 3 OR DAYS 6-8.
EXAMPLE 2
DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0559 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008
VALID TIME 121200Z - 181200Z
FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK POINTS DAY 3-8
... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA ...
D3 48861246 43450967 42571369 43671586 45131691 47211750
48711730 49101469 48861246
D5-7 34241365 36751670 39531920 44111903 44981672 43331202
41020910 38700810 34970901 34241365
IN EXAMPLE 2 THERE ARE 2 AREAS...DAY 3 AND THE COMBINED
DAYS 5 TO 7.
EXAMPLE 3 DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0515 AM CST MON JAN 14 2008 VALID TIME 161200Z - 221200Z FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK POINTS DAY 3-8 ... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA ...IN EXAMPLE 3 THE POTENTIAL OR PREDICTABILITY FOR CRITICAL FIRE AREAS IS TOO LOW FOR THE ENTIRE 3 TO 8 DAY PERIOD AND NO AREAL OUTLINES ARE INCLUDED.
TO FURTHER ILLUSTRATE DECODING THE LAT/LON POINTS...THE DAY 4 AREA FROM EXAMPLE 1 HAS THE FOLLOWING LAT/LON POINTS:
D4 41032070 41802015 42531955 43051807 42361703 41411728
40101810 39341871 38641969 39712055 41032070
WHICH CAN BE DECODED AS:
41.03N 120.70W
41.80N 120.15W
42.53N 119.55W
43.05N 118.07W
42.36N 117.03W
41.41N 117.28W
40.10N 118.10W
39.34N 118.71W
38.64N 119.69W
39.71N 120.55W
41.03N 120.70W
NOTE: THE LAST POINT IS THE SAME AS THE FIRST POINT AND INDICATES
THE AREA IS A CLOSED AREA.
THE FORMAT OF THIS PRODUCT IS SIMILAR TO OTHER SPC AREAL OUTLINE PRODUCTS:
WMO ID AWIPS ID FNUS31 KWNS PFWFD1 FNUS32 KWNS PFWFD2 FNUS38 KWNS PFWF38THIS PRODUCT IS A REPACKAGING OF EXISTING DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK INFORMATION IN A MORE MACHINE READABLE FORMAT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SPC FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND IN NWS DIRECTIVE 10-401 /FIRE WEATHER SERVICES PRODUCT SPECIFICATION/ AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01004001CURR.PDF
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT: DR. RUSSELL SCHNEIDER GREGORY GROSSHANS CHIEF SCIENCE SUPPORT BRANCH METEOROLOGIST STORM PREDICTION CENTER STORM PREDICTION CENTER 120 DAVID L. BOREN BLVD 120 DAVID L. BOREN BLVD SUITE 2500 SUITE 2500 NORMAN OK 73072 NORMAN OK 73072 405-325-2066 405-325-2462RUSSELL.SCHNEIDER@xxxxxxxx GREGORY.GROSSHANS@xxxxxxxx
NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN
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