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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 03-34...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
415 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2003
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS... OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT UPDATED...RESTRUCTURING OF COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
PRODUCT COLLECTIVES AND MODERNIZATION OF COMMUNICATIONS
HEADINGS IN ALASKA...EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 9 2003 AT
4 PM ADT
UPDATED TO CHANGE IMPLEMENTATION DATE FROM SEPTEMBER 3 2003
TO SEPTEMBER 9 2003. NO OTHER INFORMATION IN THE ORIGINAL
SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE FOR THIS CHANGE...ISSUED JULY 2 2003...HAS
CHANGED.
ON TUESDAY...SEPTEMBER 9 2003...AT 4 PM ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME
/ADT/ /8 PM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA WILL
MODIFY THEIR SUITE OF COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS /CWF/.
CURRENTLY...WFO ANCHORAGE ISSUES CWF PRODUCTS UNDER 4 UNIQUE WMO
HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS TO COVER THE COASTAL MARINE ZONES WITHIN
THEIR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. THIS CHANGE WILL CONSOLIDATE THOSE
ZONES INTO 2 PRODUCT COLLECTIVES INSTEAD OF 4. SEE TABLE 1 FOR A
COMPLETE LISTING OF THE PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE AND THE
NEW PRODUCTS.
IN ADDITION TO THE COLLECTIVE RESTRUCTURING...THE WMO HEADINGS
FOR THE CWF PRODUCTS WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE MODERNIZED
OFFICE ID FOR WFO ANCHORAGE /PAFC/. AWIPS IDS WILL ALSO BE
UPDATED. SEE TABLE 2 FOR A COMPLETE LISTING OF OLD AND NEW WMO
HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS.
THE FORMAT OF THE FORECASTS AND WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY PRODUCTS
WILL NOT CHANGE...BUT THE LENGTH OF THE PRODUCTS WILL INCREASE
DUE TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE ZONES.
TABLE 1. WFO ANCHORAGE CWF PRODUCTS BEING CONSOLIDATED.
OLD OLD
WMO HEADING PRODUCT
FZAK62 PANC MARINE FORECAST FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST WATERS
FZAK63 PANC MARINE FORECAST FOR KODIAK ISLAND WATERS AND COOK
INLET
FZAK64 PANC MARINE FORECAST FOR BRISTOL BAY AND THE ALASKA
PENINSULA WATERS
FZAK65 PANC MARINE FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA COASTAL
WATERS
NEW NEW
WMO HEADING PRODUCT
FZAK51 PAFC MARINE FORECAST FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK
ISLAND AND COOK INLET
FZAK52 PAFC MARINE FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL
BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN
ISLANDS
TABLE 2. WMO HEADING AND AWIPS ID CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH MARINE
COLLECTIVE CONSOLIDATION.
OLD OLD NEW NEW
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
FZAK62 PANC CWF062 FZAK51 PAFC CWFAER
FZAK63 PANC CWF063 FZAK51 PAFC CWFAER
FZAK64 PANC CWF064 FZAK52 PAFC CWFALU
FZAK65 PANC CWF065 FZAK52 PAFC CWFALU
A WEB PAGE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO ALLOW USERS TO VIEW SAMPLE
PRODUCTS EXHIBITING THESE CHANGES. SEE EXAMPLES AT /USE LOWER
CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.ARH.NOAA.GOV/MARCHG.PHP
ALL OTHER ALASKA REGION WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES WILL MODERNIZE
THEIR WMO HEADINGS FOR THE COASTAL MARINE FORECASTS AND OFFSHORE
MARINE FORECASTS LATER THIS YEAR. FUTURE CHANGES WILL ALSO
INCLUDE THE TRANSFER OF SOME ZONES TO ADJACENT WFOS...
MODIFICATIONS TO SOME MARINE ZONE BOUNDARIES... AND A MAJOR
CHANGE TO THE FORMAT OF ALL ALASKA REGION CWF PRODUCTS. LOOK FOR
FUTURE SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES REGARDING THESE CHANGES.
PARTNERS/CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOTIFY THE FOLLOWING POINT OF CONTACT
IF THEY BELIEVE THE CHANGES WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT THEIR
OPERATIONS
BOB HOPKINS
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ANCHORAGE AK
PHONE 907.266.5120
E-MAIL BOB.HOPKINS@xxxxxxxx
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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