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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
800 AM EST THU DEC 2 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 VERMONT TO BE PRODUCED BY 2
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES IN THE NWS EASTERN REGION...
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 14 ZONES IN VERMONT (TABLE 1) WILL BE
TRANSFERRED TO THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES IN BURLINGTON (BTV) VT...
AND ALBANY (ALY) NY.
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 14 ZONES USING THE NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS FROM THE
BTV...AND ALY NWS OFFICES.
TABLE 1: ZONES ASSUMED IN VERMONT BY 2 NWS OFFICES -----
BURLINGTON/BTV; AND...ALBANY/ALY 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/
ADDISON VTZ009- BTV LAMOILLE VTZ006- BTV
BENNINGTON VTZ013- ALB ORANGE VTZ010- BTV
CALEDONIA VTZ007- BTV ORLEANS VTZ003- BTV
CHITTENDEN VTZ005- BTV RUTLAND VTZ011- BTV
ESSEX VTZ004- BTV WASHINGTON VTZ008- BTV
FRANKLIN VTZ002- BTV WINDHAM VTZ014- ALB
GRAND ISLE VTZ001- BTV WINDSOR VTZ012- BTV
TABLE 2: THE FOLLOWING PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS WILL BE USED TO
DISSEMINATE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST PRODUCTS TO THESE 14 ZONES IN
VERMONT.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NWWS ID WMO ID FOR FOS
NORTHERN VT FIRE WEATHER FORECAST ALBFWFBTV FNUS51 KBTV
FIRE WEATHER WATCH AND RED FLAG WARNING ALBRFWBTV WWUS81 KBTV
SOUTHERN VT FIRE WEATHER FORECAST ALBFWFALB FNUS51 KALY
FIRE WEATHER WATCH AND RED FLAG WARNING ALBRFWALB WWUS81 KALY
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
ROBERT BELL EUGENE AUCIELLO
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NWS FORECAST OFFICE NWS FORECAST OFFICE
BURLINGTON INT'L AIRPORT 251 FULLER ROAD...B300
S. BURLINGTON...VT 05403 ALBANY...NY 12203
PHONE: 802-862-8711 PHONE: 518-435-9571
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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