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-------- Original Message -------- 067 NOUS41 KWBC 091313 PNSWSH Service Change Notice 13-50 National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC 912 AM EDT Fri Aug 9 2013To: Subscribers:
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From: Mark Tew
Chief, Marine and Coastal Weather Services Branch
Subject: Minor Changes to High Seas Forecast Areas Effective
December 3, 2013
Effective Tuesday, December 03, 2013, at 1800 Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC), the National Hurricane Center Tropical
Analysis and Forecast Branch will reconfigure its high seas
forecast areas to align with areas of U.S. forecast
responsibility in agreement with the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO).
The high seas forecast area in the Tropical Eastern Pacific
currently described as E PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF
140W will be expanded to include the area south the Equator to
3.4S, east of 120W.
The high seas forecast area in the Tropical Atlantic will be
expanded to include the small triangular area from 7N 48W to the
east coast boundary of Suriname. The description of the area
within the forecast text will not change.
The high seas forecast area near Peru currently described as
S PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 18.5S E OF 120W will be contracted
to exclude the area south of the Equator to 3.4S, east of 120W,
and align with the WMO southern boundary of 18.35S for
METAREA XVI.
Table 1: Products affected by the high seas forecast changes
effective December 03, 2013
Product Name WMO Heading AWIPS ID
------------ ----------- -------- High Seas Forecast FZPN03 KNHC HSFEP2 High Seas Forecast FZPN01 KWBC HSFEP1 Old description used in text forecasts above E PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W. New description E PAC FROM EQ TO 30N E OF 140W AND 3.4S TO EQ E OF 120W High Seas Forecast FZNT02 KNHC HSFAT2 High Seas Forecast FZNT01 KWBC HSFAT1 Old description used in text forecasts above ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA AND GULF OF MEXICO New description, no change ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA AND GULF OF MEXICO High Seas Forecast FZPN04 KNHC HSFEP3 Old description used in text forecast above S PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 18.5S E OF 120W New description S PACIFIC FROM 3.4S TO 18.35S E OF 120W Users must reprogram affected hardware and software to continue processing the products in Table 1. An updated zone map shapefile containing the new boundaries for these marine zones is available for download from the following website: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/marinezones.htm Maps showing the current and future high seas forecast areas may be seen at: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/hsmz.htm For more information, please contact:Hugh D. Cobb Richard May
Chief, TAFB NWS Headquarters National Hurricane Center Marine Services 11691 SW 17th Street 1325 East-West Highway Miami, FL 33165-2149 Silver Spring, MD 20910 305-229-4454 301-713-1677 x 127 Hugh.Cobb@xxxxxxxx Richard.May@xxxxxxxxNational Service Change Notices are online at: http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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