20010909: Maine-zone config-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20010909: Maine-zone config-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 19:44:19 -0600 (MDT)

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NOUS41 KWBC 072007
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 01-51
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
410 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2001

TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
          WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
          OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND
          PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     JAMES E. LEE 
          CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  FORECAST ZONE CONFIGURATION IN EASTERN MAINE...
          CREATION OF TWO NEW FORECAST ZONES AND RECONFIGURATION
          OF TWO FORECAST ZONES...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 5 2001

EFFECTIVE MONDAY...NOVEMBER 5 2001 AT 1900 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME /UTC/...2 PM EST...TWO NEW FORECAST ZONES WILL BE CREATED IN
CENTRAL AND DOWN EAST MAINE.  PISCATAQUIS COUNTY WILL BE SPLIT
INTO THREE PORTIONS... NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN.  AS A
RESULT...ZONE MEZ010 /CURRENTLY SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS/ WILL BE
SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS...CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS /MEZ010/ AND SOUTHERN
PISCATAQUIS /MEZ031/.  THE NEW SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY ZONE
WILL HAVE A BREAKPOINT LINE OF 45.12N/69.65W - 45.51N/68.97W. 
ZONE MEZ004 /NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS/ WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
  
LIKEWISE...WASHINGTON COUNTY MAINE WILL BE SPLIT INTO THREE
PORTIONS...NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND COASTAL.  ZONE MEZ017
/CURRENTLY INTERIOR WASHINGTON/ WILL BE SPLIT INTO TWO
PARTS...NORTHERN WASHINGTON /MEZ032/ AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON
/MEZ017/.  THE NEW NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY ZONE WILL HAVE A
BREAKPOINT LINE OF 45.27N/67.94W - 45.33N/67.45W.  COASTAL
WASHINGTON ZONE MEZ030 WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.

THESE CHANGES WILL ALLOW FORECASTS FOR PISCATAQUIS AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES TO BE MORE AREA SPECIFIC...AND AFFECT THE PRODUCTS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/
IN CARIBOU MAINE /CAR/ LISTED IN TABLE 2.  THERE ARE NO CHANGES
TO ANY COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS WITH THESE ZONE RECONFIGURATIONS
AND NO ACTION IS REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED RECEIPT OF PRODUCTS FROM
WFO CARIBOU. 

USERS WHO SELECT INFORMATION FOR SPECIFIC ZONES NEED TO TAKE THE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SO YOUR SYSTEM/S/ RECOGNIZE THE NEW ZONE /Z/
UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/ AND THE NEW ZONE ALIGNMENTS FOR
THESE COUNTIES.   THESE CHANGES DO NOT AFFECT PRODUCTS USING
THE COUNTY /C/ FORM OF UGC.  PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE ARE
LISTED IN TABLE 2.

TABLE 1.  NEW ZONE CONFIGURATION IDENTIFIERS

                                                       UGC /C/
NEW ZONE NAME          UGC /Z/     OLD ZONE NAME       COUNTY
--------------------   ---------  -------------------- ------
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS      MEZ010   SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS MEC021
SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS     MEZ031          N/A           MEC021
CENTRAL WASHINGTON       MEZ017   INTERIOR WASHINGTON  MEC029
NORTHERN WASHINGTON      MEZ032          N/A           MEC029

TABLE 2.  THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THESE
CHANGES:

  PRODUCT NAME                  WMO HEADING    AWIPS ID   PIL ID
                                       
  PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST          FPUS51 KCAR    ZFPCAR    PWMZFPCAR
  FLASH FLOOD WATCH             WGUS61 KCAR    FFACAR    PWMFFACAR
  NON-PRECIPITATION             WWUS71 KCAR    NPWCAR    PWMNPWCAR
    ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING 
  WINTER STORM ADVSY/           WWUS41 KCAR    WSWCAR    PWMWSWCAR
    WATCH/WARNING
  SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     WWUS81 KCAR    SPSCAR    PWMSPSCAR
  SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT      WWUS51 KCAR    SVSCAR    PWMSVSCAR 
  CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE       WOUS41 KCAR    CEMCAR    PWMCEMCAR
  PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  NOUS41 KCAR    PNSCAR    PWMPNSCAR
  SHORT-TERM FORECAST           FPUS71 KCAR    NOWCAR    PWMNOWCAR
  FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT         WGUS71 KCAR    FFSCAR    PWMFFSCAR
  RIVER FLOOD WARNING           WGUS41 KCAR    FLWCAR    PWMFLWCAR
  LOCAL STORM REPORT            WWUS30 KCAR    LSRCAR    PWMLSRCAR

NOTE:  NOAA WEATHER WIRE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS ARE REMINDED THE USE
OF PIL IDENTIFIERS WILL BE DISCONTINUED ON THE NWWS ON 
OCTOBER 1 2001.

IN ADDITION TO THE NEW FORECAST ZONES...THE ZONE CONFIGURATION OF
NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK COUNTIES /ZONES 001 AND 002
RESPECTIVELY/ WILL ALSO CHANGE.  THE NEW BOUNDARY BETWEEN THESE
TWO ZONES WILL HAVE A BREAKPOINT OF 46.57N/68.82W -
47.27N/68.11W.  THIS ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE FOR TOPOGRAPHICAL AND
CLIMATOLOGICAL REASONS.

AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHOWING ALL THE NEW ZONE CONFIGURATIONS WILL
BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE BY 
OCTOBER 5 2001 /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

         HTTP://WSOM.NWS.NOAA.GOV/

     ...CLICK ON PART C...THEN CLICK ON FILE NC110105...

IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

     LARRY GABRIC...METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
 OR  HENDICUS LULOFS...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE         
     810 MAIN STREET          
     CARIBOU MAINE 04736
     PHONE: 207-496-0148

THIS NOTICE AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE
INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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