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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-48
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
415 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2000
...CORRECTED NUMBER OF NOTICE TO 00-48
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE/NWWS/SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE/NWS/CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST AND NEW DIGITAL FORECAST
PRODUCTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
...EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2000
ON THURSDAY JUNE 1 2000...AT 400 AM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH PA WILL BEGIN ISSUING AN EXPANDED VERSION
OF THE CODED CITIES FORECAST AND A NEW EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT...
CALLED THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST. THE DIGITAL FORMAT OF THESE
PRODUCTS WILL FACILITATE THEIR USE WITH COMPUTERS AND THE
ISSUANCE OF TIMELY UPDATES.
EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST...
THE EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE
EXISTING PRODUCT BUT WILL INCLUDE FORECASTS OUT TO FIVE DAYS AND
FOR TEN ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION TO A FORECAST FOR
PITTSBURGH...FORECASTS FOR THE FOLLOWING NEW LOCATIONS WILL BE
INCLUDED...WHEELING AND MORGANTOWN IN WEST VIRGINIA...NEW
PHILADELPHIA AND ZANESVILLE IN OHIO...OAKLAND IN MARYLAND...AND
FRANKLIN...DUBOIS...LATROBE...BUTLER AND INDIANA IN PENNSYLVANIA.
THE WMO HEADER WILL BE UNCHANGED AND CONTINUE TO BE FPUS41 KPBZ.
THE OLD NWWS HEADER OF PITCCFPIT WILL ALSO REMAIN UNCHANGED.
CUSTOMERS WILL NOT NEED TO MAKE ANY COMMUNICATION CHANGES TO
CONTINUE RECEIVING THIS PRODUCT.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE EXPANDED CODED CITIES
FORECAST...
FPUS41 KPIT 200826
CCFPIT
PIT TT 068/056 057/041 053 087++ 0000/0000/0000
EBB 043/057 040/065 045
7340011
HLG TT 069/056 058/042 054 087++ 0000/0000/0000
EBB 044/058 041/066 046
7340011
MGW TT 070/057 059/043 055 087++ 0000/0000/0000
EBB 045/059 042/068 047
7340011
ZZV TT 070/057 059/043 055 08+++ 0000/0000/0000
EBB 045/059 042/068 047
7340011
PHD TT 068/056 057/041 053 08+++ 0000/0000/0000
EBB 043/057 040/065 045
7340011
FKL TT 065/054 056/039 050 087++ 0000/0000/0000
EBB 040/055 037/062 042
7340011
DUJ TT 064/053 055/038 049 087++ 0000/0000/0000
EBB 039/054 038/060 040
7340011
LBE TT 068/056 057/041 053 087++ 0000/0000/0000
EBB 043/057 040/065 045
7340011
BTP TT 065/054 055/040 050 087++ 0000/0000/0000
EBB 040/055 038/063 042
7340011
IDI TT 064/053 055/037 050 087++ 0000/0000/0000
EBB 040/054 037/062 041
7340011
ODM TT 060/050 052/035 045 087++ 0000/0000/0000
EBB 035/050 033/059 038
7340011
THE THIRD LINE OF THE PRODUCT IS IDENTICAL TO THE OLD CODED
CITIES FORECAST EXCEPT THAT THE LAST THREE NUMBERS ARE FORECASTED
SNOW AMOUNTS FOR DAYS 1...2...AND 3. ON THE FOURTH LINE...EBB IS
THE ONE LETTER WEATHER FORECAST FOR DAYS 3...4...AND 5...FOLLOWED
BY THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR THE LAST FIVE PERIODS. THE LAST 7
NUMBERS ARE PRECIPITATION PROBABILITIES FOR SEVEN PERIODS.
DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST.
THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST IS A NEW PRODUCT WHICH DISPLAYS
FORECASTED WEATHER PARAMETERS IN UP TO 3-HOUR INTERVALS. THE
INFORMATION IN A 3 HOURLY INTERVAL...COMBINED WITH THE MATRIX
FORMAT...CREATES A MORE DETAILED FORECAST AND ALSO MAKES IT
EASIER FOR THE USER TO OBTAIN THE WEATHER PARAMETER/S/ OF CHOICE.
IT IS ESSENTIALLY A DIGITAL DISPLAY OF THE ZONE FORECAST IN MUCH
GREATER DETAIL AND WITH FORECAST PROJECTIONS OUT TO 5 DAYS. THE
NARRATIVE VERSION OF THE ZONE FORECAST /ZFP/ WILL STILL BE
AVAILABLE.
THE WMO HEADER FOR THIS PRODUCT WILL BE FOUS51. THE NWWS HEADER
WILL BE PITRDFPBZ.THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST...
FOUS51 KPBZ 101600
RDFPBZ
DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1019 AM EDT THU APR 20 2000
PAZ021-030-020-029-031-21-210219-
ALLEGHENY-BEAVER-FAYETTE-GREENE-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PITTSBURGH
1019 AM EDT THU APR 20 2000
THU 4/20/00 \ FRI 04/21/00 \ SAT 4/22/00
EDT 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 24 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 24 03 06 09 12 15 18
POP 12HR 70 100 100 70 30
QPF 12HR .25-.49 .50-.99 .25-.49 .10-.24 .10-.24
MAX QPF .50-.99 1.00-1.99 .50-.99 .10-.24 .10-.24
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
MN/MX 68 56 56 41 53
TEMP 48 52 58 64 62 61 56 56 56 56 56 56 52 49 46 44
DEWPT 44 46 49 51 51 51 50 50 50 50 50 49 47 47 46 44
RH 86 80 72 63 67 70 80 80 80 80 80 77 83 93100100
WIND DIR SE SE S S S S S S S S W W NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 10 10 10 20 10 10 10 20 10 10 15 15 10 10 5 5 10 10 10 10
CLOUDS OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK
RAIN SHWRS L L L L L L L L D D D D L L L L C C C C
TSTMS L L L L D D D D C C C C
\SUN 04/23/00\MON 04/24/00\
EDT 21 03 09 15 21 03 09 15 21
POP 12HR 35 0 0 10
MN/MX 43 57 40 65
CLOUDS BK BK BK SC
RAIN SHWRS C
$$
THIS PRODUCT IS CURRENTLY BEING PRODUCED EXPERIMENTALLY.
FURTHER DETAILS ON HOW TO INTERPRET THIS PRODUCT CAN BE FOUND ON
OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PIT/RDFEXPLAIN.HTM
... OR YOU CAN CONTACT THE PITTSBURGH FORECAST OFFICE AT THE
NUMBER LISTED BELOW.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THESE NEW
PRODUCTS...PLEASE CALL 412 262 1591 FOR THERESA ROSSI...EXT 222.
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET
AT /LOWER CASE/
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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