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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 99-85
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
820 AM EDT THU SEP 23 1999
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ CUSTOMERS..NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT NEW NOAA WEATHER WIRE PRODUCT IDENTIFIER FOR PUBLIC ZONE
FORECASTS FROM THE GRAY (GYX) ME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ FORECAST OFFICE (WFO)...EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1 1999
EFFECTIVE AT 9 A.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME /EST/...1400 UNIVERSAL TIME
COORDINATED /UTC/ WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1 1999...ZONE FORECASTS FOR 29
ZONES IN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL BE ISSUED UNDER A NEW NOAA
WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ PRODUCT IDENTIFER. THIS IDENTIFIER IS
PWMZFPGYX. THE WMO HEADER FOR THESE 29 ZONES WILL REMAIN THE
SAME...FPUS51 KGYX. SEE TABLES 1 AND 2 FOR DETAILS.
THIS ENHANCED PRODUCT WILL PROVIDE FORECASTS OUT TO 5 DAYS.
TABLE 1. ON DECEMBER 1 1999 AT 1400 UTC...ZONE FORECASTS FOR THE 17
MAINE ZONES LISTED BELOW WILL NO LONGER BE ISSUED UNDER THE NWWS ID
PWMZFPME. INSTEAD...NWWS SUBSCRIBERS MUST USE THE PWMZFPGYX
IDENTIFIER TO RECEIVE THESE ZONES.
UGC Z ME ZONE NAME UGC Z ME ZONE NAME UGC Z ME ZONE NAME
/BY COUNTY/ /BY COUNTY/ /BY COUNTY/
MEZ020- ANDROSCOGGIN MEZ024- CSTL CUMBERLAND MEZ019- INT CUMBERLAND
MEZ008- N. FRANKLIN MEZ013- S. FRANKLIN MEZ021- KENNEBEC
MEZ027- KNOX MEZ026- LINCOLN MEZ007- N. OXFORD
MEZ012- S. OXFORD MEZ025- SAGADAHOC MEZ014- S. SOMERSET
MEZ009- CNTRL SOMERSET MEZ022- INT WALDO MEZ028- CSTL WALDO
MEZ018- INT YORK MEZ023- CSTL YORK
TABLE 2. ON DECEMBER 1 1999 AT 1400 UTC...ZONE FORECASTS FOR THE 12
NEW HAMPSHIRE ZONES LISTED BELOW WILL NO LONGER BE ISSUED UNDER THE
NWWS ID PWMZFPNH. INSTEAD...NWWS SUBSCRIBERS MUST USE THE PWMZFPGYX
IDENTIFIER TO RECEIVE THESE ZONES.
UGC Z NH ZONE NAME UGC Z NH ZONE NAME UGC Z NH ZONE NAME
/BY COUNTY/ /BY COUNTY/ /BY COUNTY/
NHZ009- BELKNAP MEZ004- N. CARROLL NHZ006- S. CARROLL
NHZ001- N. COOS NHZ002- S. COOS NHZ003- N. GRAFTON
NHZ005- S. GRAFTON NHZ008- MERRIMACK NHZ013- INT ROCKINGHAM
NHZ010- STRAFFORD NHZ014- CSTL ROCKINGHAM NHZ007- SULLIVAN
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE GRAY, MAINE NWS
OFFICE AT THE FOLLOWING...
AL WHEELER...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE OR
JOHN JENSENIUS...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NWS FORECAST OFFICE
1 WEATHER LANE
P.O. BOX 1208
GRAY, ME 04039-1208
207-688-3216
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON
THE URL /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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