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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-51
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
345 PM EDT THU MAY 18...2000
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 FROM NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA...EFFECTIVE JUNE 5 2000
ON MONDAY JUNE 5 2000...AT 400 AM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA WILL BEGIN ISSUING AN EXPANDED
VERSION OF THE CODED CITIES FORECAST /CCF/.
THE EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE
EXISTING PRODUCT FOR DAYS 1 AND 2...BUT WILL INCLUDE FORECASTS
OUT TO FIVE DAYS. THE WMO HEADER WILL BE UNCHANGED AND CONTINUE
TO BE FPUS41 KCTP. THE OLD NWWS HEADER OF PHLCCFCTP 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 KCTP 050800
CCFCTP
BFD TA 055/074 038/059 038 25375 0000/0000/0000
ABB 073/048 074/050 070 0000000
IPT TA 055/074 038/059 038 25375 0000/0000/0000
ABB 073/048 074/050 070 0000000
JST TA 055/074 038/059 038 25375 0000/0000/0000
ABB 073/048 074/050 070 0000000
MDT TA 055/074 038/059 038 25375 0000/0000/0000
ABB 073/048 074/050 070 0000000
THE THIRD LINE IS IDENTICAL TO THE OLD CODED CITIES
FORECAST...EXCEPT FOR THE ADDITION OF THREE...FOUR DIGIT
GROUPS...EACH SEPARATED BY A SLANT SYMBOL. EACH FOUR DIGIT GROUP
REPRESENTS A SNOWFALL RANGE FOR THE FIRST...SECOND AND THIRD
PERIODS RESPECTIVELY. SO FOR EXAMPLE...A CODE OF 0001/0306/0204
REPRESENTS A FORECAST OF 0-1 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE FIRST 12
HOURS...3-6 INCHES IN THE SECOND 12 HOUR PERIOD AND
2-4 INCHES IN THE THIRD 12 HOUR PERIOD.
ON THE FOURTH LINE...ABB IS A STRING OF THREE ONE-LETTER WEATHER
FORECASTS FOR DAYS 3...4...AND 5...FOLLOWED BY THE TEMPERATURE
FORECAST FOR THE LAST FIVE PERIODS. THE STRING OF ZEROES AT THE
END OF THE LINE WILL EVENTUALLY BE REPLACED WITH PRECIPITATION
PROBABILITIES FOR SEVEN PERIODS...BUT THIS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE
INITIALLY.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...PLEASE
CONTACT BARRY LAMBERT OR BRUCE BUDD AT 814-234-9412.
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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