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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-92
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1000 AM EDT THU SEP 28 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 BRANCH
SUBJECT: EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST AND NEW DIGITAL ZONE
FORECAST PRODUCTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN BUFFALO NY...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 30 2000
ON MONDAY OCTOBER 30 2000...AT 400 PM EST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BUFFALO NEW YORK 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 KBUF. THE NINE-CHARACTER PIL IDENTIFIER...
BUFCCFBUF...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 KBUF 180830
CCFBUF
BUF WA 070/054 071/050 069 05541
BBB 045/071 046/075 050 0000000
THE THIRD LINE IS IDENTICAL TO THE OLD CODED CITIES FORECAST. ON
THE FOURTH LINE...BBB IS AN EXAMPLE OF 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 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 PRODUCT WILL BE
FOUS51 KBUF. THE NINE CHARACTER PIL IDENTIFIER WILL BE BUFRDFBUF.
CUSTOMERS WILL NEED TO ADD THESE IDENTIFIERS TO THEIR
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IF THEY WISH TO RECEIVE THE DIGITAL
FORECAST.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST...
FOUS51 KBUF 171429
RDFBUF
DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1029 AM EDT THU AUG 17 2000
NYZ001>003-010-011-182029-
ERIE-GENESEE-MONROE-NIAGARA-ORLEANS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATAVIA...BUFFALO...MEDINA...
NIAGARA FALLS...ROCHESTER
1029 AM EDT THU AUG 17 2000
\ FRI 08/18/00 \ SAT 08/19/00 \
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 08/20/00\MON 08/21/00\TUE 08/22/00
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
$$
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 BUFFALO NWS OFFICE AT 716-565-0204...EXT 223 FOR
STAN LEVINE...OR EXT 222 FOR GUY TUCKER.
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE
INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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