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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 99-14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1230 PM EDT FRI AUG 27 1999
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT
SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
SUBJECT: THREATS ASSESSMENT PRODUCT AND DROUGHT MONITOR PRODUCT
OPERATIONALLY AVAILABLE AUGUST 31 1999 AND SEPTEMBER 2
1999...RESPECTIVELY...ON NWWS...FOS...NOAAPORT...AND
AWIPS
1 OF 2. THE THREATS ASSESSMENT PRODUCT WILL BECOME AVAILABLE ON
NWWS...FOS...NOAAPORT...AND AWIPS BEGINNING TUESDAY AUGUST 31
1999 AT 400 P.M EASTERN TIME /ET/. IT WILL BE UPDATED EVERY
TUESDAY THEREAFTER AT 400 P.M. ET AND MORE FREQUENTLY AS EVENTS
REQUIRE. THIS PRODUCT IS A FORECAST OF POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 10 DAYS. THIS FORECAST IS
FOR EXTREME CONDITIONS SUCH AS TEMPERATURE...PRECIPITATION...
WIND...AND DROUGHT.
TEXTUAL INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AWIPS...NOAAPORT...
FOS...AND NWWS UNDER THE FOLLOWING:
WMO HEADING NWWS ID
AWIPS ID
PROGNOSTIC DISCUSSION FXUS21 KWNC NMCPMDTHR
PMDTHR
GRAPHICAL INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AWIPS AND NOAAPORT
UNDER THE FOLLOWING:
THREAT ASSESSMENT MAP: WMO HEADING
AWIPS ID
FOR TEMPERATURE/WIND PTIY98 KWNC
RBGTHT
FOR PRECIPITATION PEIY50 KWNC
RBGTHP
FOR SOIL/WILDFIRE PYIY88 KWNC
RBGTHS
2 OF 2. THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR ANALYSIS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE
ON NWWS...FOS...NOAAPORT...AND AWIPS BEGINNING THURSDAY SEPTEMBER
2 1999 AT 1100 A.M. EASTERN TIME AND EVERY TUESDAY THEREAFTER AT
THE SAME TIME. THIS PRODUCT SUMMARIZES THE EXTENT AND INTENSITY
OF DROUGHT NATIONWIDE AND FORECASTS WHETHER DROUGHTS WILL
STRENGTHEN OR WEAKEN IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THE MAP USES A NEW
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM TO SHOW DROUGHT INTENSITY AND TYPE...
SIMILAR TO THOSE FOR HURRICANES AND TORNADOES. THE MAP COMBINES
KEY INDICES OF RAINFALL AND DROUGHT TO PRODUCE THE FINAL DROUGHT
INTENSITY RATING. SINCE DROUGHT OFTEN AFFECTS VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
DIFFERENTLY...THE MAP INDICATES IF DROUGHT IS AFFECTING
AGRICULTURE...FIRE DANGER...OR WATER SUPPLIES.
TEXTUAL INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AWIPS...NOAAPORT...
FOS...AND NWWS UNDER THE FOLLOWING:
WMO HEADING NWWS ID
AWIPS ID
PROGNOSTIC DISCUSSION FXUS25 KWNC NMCPMDDRO
PMDDRO
GRAPHICAL INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON NOAAPORT AND AWIPS
UNDER THE FOLLOWING:
WMO HEADING
AWIPS ID
DROUGHT MONITOR MAP PYIA88 KWNC
RBGDRO
THE THREAT ASSESSMENT AND DROUGHT MONITOR PRODUCTS CAN ALSO BE
ACCESSED VIA INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES: /ALL IN LOWER
CASE/
HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.NOAA.GOV
HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/PREDICTIONS/THREATS
HTTP://WWW.ENSO.UNL.EDU/MONITOR/MONITOR.HTML
FOR FUTHER INFORMATION...CONTACT
NOAA/NWS
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER - W/NP51
5200 AUTH RD
CAMP SPRINGS MD 20746-4304
THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM /LOWER CASE/
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