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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 99-05
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
900 AM EST FRI FEB 5 1999
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE/NWWS/SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE/NWS/CUSTOMERS...NEW EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT: ADDITION OF UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES TO MARINE FORECAST
AREAS FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA...EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 12 1999
...CORRECTED FOR UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODING /UGC/...AS INDICATED
BELOW...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JUNEAU WILL BE INCLUDING
NEW UGCS IN THE MARINE FORECASTS FOR THE EASTERN GULF /OF ALASKA/
COAST AND SOUTHEAST ALASKA...EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 12 1999 AT 1200
UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME...OR 300 AM ALASKA STANDARD TIME. THIS
PRODUCT IS UNDER THE WMO HEADING FZAK61 PAJN AND THE NWWS ID OF
JNUCWF061.
THE NEW UGCS WILL OFFICIALLY SEPARATE ZONES IN THIS COLLECTIVE AS
FOLLOWS AND AS SHOWN IN THE GENERIC EXAMPLE BELOW.
UGC MARINE ZONE
PKZ113- /CORRECTED/ AREA 1A1: LYNN CANAL AND GLACIER BAY
PKZ114- /CORRECTED/ AREA 1A2: ICY STRAIT AND CROSS SOUND
PKZ115- /CORRECTED/ AREA 1A3: STEPHENS PASSAGE...CHATHAM
STRAIT...FREDRICK SOUND...SUMNER
STRAIT...
PKZ190- EXTENDED FORECAST ZONE/EXTENDED FORECAST FOR
EASTERN GULF COAST AND SOUTHEASTAK
GENERIC EXAMPLE:
CORRECTION: THE UGC PKZ110- FOR AREA 1A WILL BE DROPPED... AS IN
THE GENERIC EXAMPLE
FZAK61 PAJN 011200
CWF061
MARINE FORECAST FOR EASTERN GULF COAST AND SOUTHEAST AK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
3 AM AST MON MO. 01 1999
FORECAST VALID TO 5 AM TUE AND OUTLOOK TO 5 AM WED.
DO NOT USE AFTER 3 PM.
AREA 1A. SOUTHEAST ALASKA INSIDE WATERS DIXON ENTRANCE TO SKAGWAY
SYNOPSIS A. ---SYNOPSIS TEXT FOR AREA 1A---
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PKZ113-020000-
AREA 1A1. LYNN CANAL
AND GLACIER BAY
---MARINE FORECAST TEXT FOR LYNN CANAL AND GLACIER BAY---
$$
PKZ114-020000-
AREA 1A2. ICY STRAIT
---MARINE FORECAST TEXT FOR ICY STRAIT---
CROSS SOUND
---MARINE FORECAST TEXT FOR CROSS SOUND---
$$
PKZ115-020000-
AREA 1A3. STEPHENS PASSAGE
AND CHATHAM STRAIT
AND FREDERICK SOUND
---MARINE FORECAST EXT FOR STEPHENS PASSAGE...CHATHAM
STRAIT...AND FREDERICK SOUND---
SUMNER STRAIT
AND CLARENCE STRAIT
---MARINE FORECAST TEXT FOR SUMNER STRAIT AND CLARENCE STRAIT---
$$
PKZ120-020000-
AREA 1B. SOUTHEAST ALASKA OUTSIDE WATERS DIXON ENTRANCE TO
CAPE FAIRWEATHER
---MARINE FORECAST TEXT FOR AREA 1B---
$$
PKZ210-020000-
AREA 2A. EASTERN GULF COAST CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING
GALE WARNING
---MARINE FORECAST FOR AREA 2A.---
$$
PKZ190-020000
EXTENDED FORECAST FOR EASTERN GULF COAST AND SOUTHEAST AK
FROM WED MO. 03 THROUGH FRI MO. 05
---EXTENDED FORECAST TEXT---
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 3 PM AST MON.
$$
..........END OF GENERIC EXAMPLE.................
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS...PLEASE CONTACT
GREG MATZEN ROBERT KANAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
222 W. 7TH AVENUE #23 8500 MENDENHALL LOOP ROAD
ANCHORAGE AK 99513-7575 JUNEAU AK
PH: 907 271-3507 PH 907-790-6803
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