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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-52...REVISED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
430 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000
...REVISED FOR NEW RELEASE TIME OF WEEKLY DROUGHT MONITOR...
...RELEASE TIME REVISED TO THURSDAYS AT 830 AM EASTERN TIME...
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
OFFICES...FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS...
NOAAPORT USERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
FROM: ROBERT E. LIVEZEY...CHIEF...CLIMATE SERVICES
DIVISION
SUBJECT: IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW RELEASE TIME FOR THE DROUGHT
MONITOR AND TEXT SUMMARY...EFFECTIVE
THURSDAY...JUNE 1 2000
...WEEKLY RELEASE TIME REVISED TO THURSDAYS AT 830 AM EASTERN
TIME...
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2000...AT 830 AM EASTERN LOCAL TIME /ET/...THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL IMPLEMENT THE NEW OFFICIAL
RELEASE TIME FOR THE WEEKLY DROUGHT MONITOR AND TEXT SUMMARY.
THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE RELEASED EACH THURSDAY AT 830 AM ET. IF
THURSDAY IS A HOLIDAY...THE RELEASE DAY AND TIME WILL BE FRIDAY
AT 830 AM ET. IF...FOR ANY UNEXPECTED REASON...THE DROUGHT
MONITOR CAN NOT BE RELEASED WITHIN ONE HOUR THE OFFICIAL 830 AM
ET RELEASE TIME /I.E. BY 930 AM ET/...THE RELEASE WILL BE DELAYED
UNTIL AT LEAST 300 PM ET.
THIS CHANGE AFFECTS THE FOLLOWING PRODUCT CATEGORIES:
TEXTUAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON AWIPS...NOAAPORT...FOS...AND
NWWS UNDER THE FOLLOWING:
PROGNOSTIC DISCUSSION:
WMO HEADING . . . . . . FXUS25 KWNC
NWWS ID . . . . . . . NMCPMDDRO
AWIPS ID . . . . . . . PMDDRO
GRAPHICAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON NOAAPORT AND AWIPS UNDER THE
FOLLOWING:
DROUGHT MONITOR MAP:
WMO HEADING . . . . . . PYIA88 KWNC
AWIPS ID . . . . . . . RBGDRO
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...CONTACT
NOAA/NWS
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER - W/NP51
5200 AUTH RD...
CAMP SPRINGS...MD 20746-4304
THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM/IN LOWER CASE/
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