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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-88
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: NEW FORMAT AND WMO HEADER FOR VIRGINIA STATE FORECAST
PRODUCT...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 16 2000
ON MONDAY OCTOBER 16 2000...AT 400 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE AT WAKEFIELD VIRGINIA WILL BEGIN ISSUING A NEW
TYPE OF STATE FORECAST FOR VIRGINIA. THE NEW FORECAST WILL
PROVIDE MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR VARIOUS CITIES AND TOWNS IN
A TABULAR FORMAT...OUT TO FIVE DAYS. A NARRATIVE STATE FORECAST
WILL FOLLOW THE TABULAR DATA FOR 60 DAYS...THEN BE PHASED OUT ON
DECEMBER 16 2000.
FORECASTS FOR ADDITIONAL CITIES OR TOWNS CAN EASILY BE ADDED TO
THE TABULAR VERSION TO SUIT SPECIFIC BROADCAST AREAS...AS CAN
FORECASTS FOR RECREATIONAL AREAS OR OTHER SITES OF WIDESPREAD
INTEREST.
CUSTOMERS CURRENTLY RECEIVING THE STATE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR
VIRGINIA...UNDER WMO HEADER FPUS61 KLWX WILL NEED TO CHANGE TO
FPUS61 KAKQ TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THIS PRODUCT. THE NINE
CHARACTER PIL IDENTIFIER ...WBCSFPVA...REMAINS UNCHANGED.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE NEW STATE FORECAST...
FPUS61 KAKQ 152030
SFPVA
VAZALL-160900-
STATE FORECAST FOR VIRGINIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
430 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2000
ROWS INCLUDE...
PREDOMINANT DAYTIME WEATHER
FORECAST TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME HIGH...NIGHTTIME LOW
DAYTIME PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION
-- INDICATES MISSING VALUES
FCST FCST FCST FCST FCST
WED THU FRI SAT SUN
AUG 16 AUG 17 AUG 18 AUG 19 AUG 20
CITY
...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA INCLUDING RICHMOND AND
HAMPTON ROADS...
FARMVILLE VA PTCLDY SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
85/65 87/65 86/69 83/67 83
POP 40 POP 10 POP 40 POP 10 POP 10
NEWPORT NEWS VA PTCLDY SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
85/69 87/70 86/71 84/70 83
POP 40 POP 10 POP 40 POP 10 POP 10
NORFOLK VA PTCLDY SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
85/69 88/70 87/71 85/70 83
POP 40 POP 10 POP 40 POP 10 POP 10
RICHMOND VA PTCLDY SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
85/66 88/69 86/69 84/67 84
POP 40 POP 10 POP 40 POP 10 POP 10
...NORTHERN VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY...
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
84/63 91/65 90/65 87/64 85
POP 40 POP 0 POP 40 POP 10 POP 10
RESTON VA /DULLES/ PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
81/63 88/63 89/65 86/63 83
POP 40 POP 0 POP 40 POP 10 POP 10
...THE HIGHLANDS...SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY...ROANOKE
VALLEY AND SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA...
BLACKSBURG VA PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
78/65 80/66 84/66 84/65 82
POP 40 POP 10 POP 40 POP 10 POP 10
DANVILLE VA PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
86/64 87/66 88/66 86/67 84
POP 40 POP 10 POP 40 POP 10 POP 10
LYNCHBURG VA PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
84/62 85/63 86/65 86/64 84
POP 40 POP 10 POP 40 POP 10 POP 10
ROANOKE VA PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
85/63 86/64 86/64 86/63 84
POP 40 POP 10 POP 40 POP 10 POP 10
...EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
CLINTWOOD VA TSTMS PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
76/63 78/64 82/64 82/63 80
POP 40 POP 20 POP 40 POP 10 POP 10
NARRATIVE:
.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE 60S.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS LOW TO MID 80S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S
NORTH...MID TO UPPER 60S ELSEWHERE.
.THURSDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S.
.EXTENDED FORECAST...
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS MID 60S TO AROUND 70. HIGHS 85 TO 90.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS MID 60S TO AROUND 70. HIGHS IN
THE MID 80S.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS MID 60S TO AROUND 70. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER TO MID 80S.
END OF EXAMPLE
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS NEW PRODUCT...PLEASE
CALL BILL SAMMLER /757-899-5732 X223/ OR TONY SIEBERS
/757-899-5730 X222/ AT THE NWS OFFICE IN WAKEFIELD.
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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