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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-xx
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
900 AM EST WED MAR 1 2000
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA
WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA
PORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMET SERVICES
SUBJECT CHANGE IN THE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FORMAT FOR TWO
NEW MEXICO COUNTIES...EFFECTIVE APRIL 3 2000
EFFECTIVE MONDAY APRIL 3 2000 AT 1200 A.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD
TIME/MST/...0700 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...THE
FOLLOWING CHANGE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE ZONE FORECAST
PRODUCT /NWWS ID LBBZFPMAF...WMO HEADING FPUS54 KMAF/ ISSUED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND TEXAS.
THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PORTION OF THE ZONE FORECAST
PRODUCT /NMZ029-033-034 - LEA COUNTY AND NMZ028 - EDDY
COUNTY/ WILL CHANGE TO INCLUDE TEMPERATURES AND
PROBABILITIES OF PRECIPITATION WITHIN THE TEXT PORTION OF
THE ZONE FORECAST...INSTEAD OF AS A TABLE. THIS IS THE SAME
FORMAT AS THE WEST TEXAS ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT.
-OLD FORMAT-
.TODAY...FORECAST TEXT.
.TONIGHT...FORECAST TEXT.
.SATURDAY...FORECAST TEXT.
TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION
CITY1 TODAY TONIGHT SAT TODAY TONIGHT SAT
CITY2 TODAY TONIGHT SAT TODAY TONIGHT SAT
.EXTENDED FORECAST...
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...FORECAST TEXT.
$$
-NEW FORMAT-
/TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION INCLUDED IN FORECAST TEXT/
.TODAY...FORECAST TEXT.
.TONIGHT...FORECAST TEXT.
.SATURDAY...FORECAST TEXT.
.EXTENDED FORECAST...
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...FORECAST TEXT.
$$
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS FORMAT CHANGE...YOU
MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING PERSONS...
RAY FAGEN
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
-OR-
GEORGE MATHEWS
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
2550 CHALLENGER DRIVE
MIDLAND TX 79706
915-563-5006
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS
ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING URL ADDRESS /IN SMALL CASE
LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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