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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-87
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
320 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2000
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: PAUL STOKOLS...ACTING CHIEF
FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST AND NEW DIGITAL ZONE
FORECAST FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND ME...
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 23 2000
ON MONDAY OCTOBER 23 2000...AT 300 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE WILL BEGIN ISSUING AN EXPANDED VERSION OF
THE CODED CITIES FORECAST AND A NEW PRODUCT CALLED THE DIGITAL
ZONE FORECAST. THE DIGITAL FORMAT OF THESE PRODUCTS WILL
FACILITATE AUTOMATED PROCESSING BY COMPUTERS.
EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST...
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 KGYX. THE NINE-CHARACTER PIL IDENTIFIER...
PWMCCFPWM...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 FIRST ENTRY OF THE EXPANDED
CODED CITIES FORECAST...
FPUS41 KGYX 162030
CCFPWM
PWM TA 055/074 038/059 038 25375
RRR 073/048 074/050 070 0000000
THE THIRD LINE IS IDENTICAL TO THE CURRENT CODED CITIES FORECAST.
ON THE FOURTH LINE...RRR IS AN EXAMPLE OF A STRING OF THREE ONE
LETTER WEATHER FORECAST 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 THE LAST SEVEN PERIODS...BUT THIS
WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE INITIALLY.
DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST...
THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST DISPLAYS FORECASTED WEATHER PARAMETERS
IN UP TO 3-HOUR INTERVALS. THIS PROVIDES 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 THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST WILL BE FOUS51 KGYX.
THE NINE CHARACTER PIL IDENTIFIER WILL BE PWMRDFGYX. CUSTOMERS
WILL NEED TO ADD THESE PRODUCTS TO THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IF
THEY WISH TO RECEIVE THE DIGITAL FORECAST.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST...
FOUS51 KGYX 241846
RDFGYX
DIGITAL ZONE FORECASTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
245 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2000
MEZ007>009-NHZ001>003-240300-
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS-
SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...
AVON...BIGELOW...EUSTIS...RANGELEY...BERLIN...LANCASTER...BINGHAM...JACKMAN...
PITTSTON FARM...COLEBROOK...PITTSBURG...LINCOLN... LITTLETON
245 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2000
\ FRI 08/25/00 \ SAT 08/26/00 \
EDT 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
POP 12HR 0 0 0 10 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0
MAX QPF 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
MN/MX 49 77 54 75 53
TEMP 71 73 69 60 55 52 52 61 71 75 72 64 60 57 61 67 75 72
DEWPT 36 36 39 42 44 45 46 48 49 48 49 51 52 52 55 57 57 57
RH 28 26 33 51 66 77 80 62 46 38 44 63 75 83 81 70 54 59
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
WIND SPD 8 10 5 5 2 2 2 10 12 12 8 5 5 2 2 10 12 12 8 8 8 8
CLOUDS CL CL SC SC BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK
\SUN 08/27/00\MON 08/28/00\TUE 08/29/00
EDT 09 15 21 03 09 15 21 03 09 15 21 03 09
POP 12HR 40 40 40 40 30 30
MN/MX 72 56 77 57 77 57
CLOUDS BK BK BK BK BK BK
RAIN SHWRS C C C C C C
TSTMS C C C C S S
$$
FURTHER DETAILS ON HOW TO INTERPRET THIS PRODUCT CAN BE FOUND ON
THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/RLX/PRODEX/RDFEXPLANATION.HTML
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THESE NEW PRODUCTS...
PLEASE CALL THE NWS OFFICE IN GRAY MAINE AT 207-688-3216...EXT
223 FOR JOHN JENSENIUS...OR EXT 222 FOR AL WHEELER.
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET
AT /USE LOWER CASE/
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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