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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 99-80
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
250 PM EDT TUE SEP 21 1999
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ CUSTOMERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT IMPROVED MARINE ZONES ISSUED BY MIAMI AND KEY
WEST...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 15 1999
EFFECTIVE MONDAY NOVEMBER 15 1999 AT 1200 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD
TIME /EST/... 1700 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/... IMPROVED
MARINE ZONES ISSUED BY THE MIAMI AND KEY WEST OFFICES WILL BECOME
EFFECTIVE. THIS SERVICE IMPROVEMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE NWS MODERNIZATION EFFORT AND WILL
ENABLE THE KEY WEST AND MIAMI NWS OFFICES TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE
OF THEIR INCREASED TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES TO PROVIDE AN
ENHANCED LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.
BECAUSE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS... CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION TO RECEIVE THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 2.
TABLE 1: NEW MARINE ZONES. UNIVERSAL CODES /UGC/ FOR THESE ZONES
/Z/ ARE SHOWN IN THE TABLE.
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST ISSUED BY MIAMI /MIA/
IMPROVED MARINE ZONES UGC ZONE /GMZ/
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AMZ610
JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH OUT 20 NM AMZ650
JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH 20 TO 50 NM OUT AMZ670
BISCAYNE BAY AMZ630
DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF OUT 20 NM AMZ651
DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF 20 TO 50 NM OUT AMZ671
EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE OUT 20 NM GMZ657
CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH OUT 20 NM GMZ656
CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH 20 TO 50 NM OUT GMZ676
OUTLOOK FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE AMZ690
OUTLOOK JUPITER INLET TO OCEAN REEF OUT 50 NM AMZ691
OUTLOOK EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE OUT
20 NM AND CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH
OUT 50 NM GMZ696
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST ISSUED BY KEY WEST /EYW/
IMPROVED MARINE ZONES
UGC ZONE /GMZ/
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM GMZ052
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 50 NM OUT GMZ072
FLORIDA BAY GMZ031
GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM GMZ032
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE
OUT 20 NM GMZ053
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE
20 TO 50 NM OUT GMZ073
WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST
OUT 20 NM GMZ054
WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST
20 TO 50 NM OUT GMZ074
GULF WATERS FROM KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF
DRY TORTUGAS. NORTH 20 NM AND SOUTH 50 NM
FROM DRY TORTUGAS GMZ075
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO
CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 50 NM OUT GMZ033
OUTLOOK FROM OCEAN REEF TO DRY TORTUGAS
OUT 50 NM INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY GMZ095
OUTLOOK FROM KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY
TORTUGAS. NORTH 20 NM AND SOUTH 50 NM
FROM DRY TORTUGAS GMZ096
OUTLOOK FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE
20 TO 50 NM OUT GMZ097
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST HEADERS
ISSUED BY MIAMI AND KEY WEST.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NWWS ID WMO HEADING
COASTAL WATERS MIA MIACWFMIA FZUS52 KMFL
FORECAST EYW MIACWFEYW FZUS52 KEYW
FOR HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL /WSOM/ CHAPTER
THIS CHANGES WSOM CHAPTER D-51 APPENDIX A... PAGE A-4.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT:
RUSTY PFOST KEN GRAHAM
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE PUBLIC/MARINE METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
11691 SW 17TH STREET SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
MIAMI FL 33165-2149 819 TAYLOR ST. RM 10A11
305-229-4522 FORT WORTH TX 76102
817-978-2652 X107
BOBBY MCDANIEL
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
3535 S ROOSEVELT RD SUITE 105
KEY WEST FL 33040
305-295-1316
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