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PUBLIC INFO STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-52...2ND AMENDMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
130 PM EST MON NOV 13 2000
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ROBERT E. LIVEZEY...CHIEF...CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION
SUBJECT: RELEASE DATE FOR THE WEEKLY DROUGHT MONITOR WHEN
THURSDAY IS A HOLIDAY...EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY
NOVEMBER 22 2000
...THE 2ND REVISION IS FOR A NEW RELEASE DATE WHEN THURSDAY IS A
HOLIDAY. IN SUCH CASES...THE RELEASE WILL BE WEDNESDAY INSTEAD OF
FRIDAY...
THE OFFICIAL RELEASE TIME FOR THE WEEKLY DROUGHT MONITOR AND TEXT
SUMMARY WILL CONTINUE TO BE THURSDAY AT 830 AM EASTERN TIME /ET/.
HOWEVER...IF THURSDAY IS A HOLIDAY...THE RELEASE DAY AND TIME
WILL BE WEDNESDAY AT 830 AM ET. THEREFORE...NEXT WEEK...THE WEEK
OF THANKSGIVING...THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE ON
WEDNESDAY...NOVEMBER 22 2000 AT 830 AM EST.
IF...FOR ANY UNEXPECTED REASON...THE DROUGHT MONITOR CAN NOT BE
RELEASED WITHIN ONE HOUR OF 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 HEADER . . . . . . FXUS25 KWNC
PIL ID . . . . . . . . NMCPMDDRO
AWIPS ID . . . . . . . PMDDRO
GRAPHICAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON NOAAPORT AND AWIPS UNDER THE
FOLLOWING:
DROUGHT MONITOR MAP:
WMO HEADER . . . . . . PYIA88 KWNC
AWIPS ID . . . . . . . RBGDRO
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...CONTACT
DOUG LECOMPTE
NOAA/NWS
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER - W/NP51
5200 AUTH RD...
CAMP SPRINGS...MD 20746-4304
PHONE: 301-763-8000 X 7567
THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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