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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EST TUE NOV 30 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 FIRE WEATHER FORECASTS IN NEW JERSEY TO BE PRODUCED BY 2
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES...EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1 2000
EFFECTIVE AT 9 A.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST)...1400 UNIVERSAL
TIME COORDINATED (UTC)...TUESDAY FEBRUARY 1 2000...ALL FIRE WEATHER
PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES FOR 26 ZONES IN NEW JERSEY (TABLE 1) WILL BE
TRANSFERRED TO THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES IN NEW YORK/UPTON(OKX)...
AND PHILADELPHIA (PHI) PA.
PLEASE REFER TO LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE PUBLIC
INFORMATION STATEMENTS FOR THE OFFICIAL SPECIFIC START DATE OF PRODUCT
ISSUANCES DURING THE UPCOMING FIRE WEATHER SEASON.
BECAUSE OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PROGRAM TRANSFER...SUBSCRIBERS TO
THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE (NWWS) AND THE FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS)
MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO RECEIVE THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 2
FOR THESE 26 ZONES USING THE NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS FROM THE
OKX...AND PHI NWS OFFICES.
TABLE 1: ZONES ASSUMED IN NEW JERSEY BY 2 NWS OFFICES ----- NEW YORK
CITY/OKX; AND PHILADELPHIA/PHI FOR ALL FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS.
UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES (UGC) FOR THESE ZONES (Z) ARE SHOWN IN THE
TABLE.
PARTIAL COUNTY ABBREVIATIONS /N=NORTH ETC /I=INTERIOR /C=COASTAL
/NE=NORTHEAST ETC
ZONE NAME UGC Z OFFICE ZONE NAME UGC Z OFFICE
/BY COUNTY/ /BY COUNTY/
ATLANTIC /E NJZ025- PHI MIDDLESEX NJZ012- PHI
ATLANTIC /W NJZ022- PHI MONMOUTH /E MJZ014- PHI
BERGEN NJZ003- OKX MONMOUTH /W NJZ013- PHI
BURLINGTON NJZ019- PHI MORRIS NJZ008- PHI
CAMDEN NJZ018- PHI OCEAN /E NJZ026- PHI
CAPE MAY /E NJZ024- PHI OCEAN /W NJZ020- PHI
CAPE MAY /W NJZ023- PHI PASSAIC /E NJZ004- OKX
CUMBERLAND NJZ021- PHI PASSAIC /W NJZ002- OKX
ESSEX NJZ005- OKX SALEM NJZ016- PHI
GLOUCESTER NJZ017- PHI SOMERSET NJZ010- PHI
HUDSON NJZ006- OKX SUSSEX NJZ001- PHI
HUNTERDON NJZ009- PHI UNION NJZ011- OKX
MERCER NJZ015- PHI WARREN NJZ007- PHI
TABLE 2: THE FOLLOWING PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS WILL BE USED TO
DISSEMINATE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST PRODUCTS TO THESE 26 ZONES IN NEW
JERSEY.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NWWS ID WMO ID FOR FOS
NORTHEAST NJ FIRE WEATHER FORECAST NYCFWFNYC FNUS51 KOKX
FIRE WEATHER WATCH AND RED FLAG WARNING NYCRFWNYC WWUS81 KOKX
NJ EXCEPT NORTHEAST FIRE WEATHER FORECAST PHLFWFPHL FNUS51 KPHI
FIRE WEATHER WATCH AND RED FLAG WARNING PHLRFWPHL WWUS81 KPHI
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
MICHAEL WYLLIE GARY SZATKOWSKI
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NWS FORECAST OFFICE NWS FORECAST OFFICE
NWS-1 732 WOODLANE ROAD
175 BROOKHAVEN AVENUE MT. HOLLY...NJ 08060
UPTON...NY 11973 PHONE: 609-261-6602
PHONE: 516-924-0037
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE URL /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/ AT:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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