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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 03-68
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
215 PM EST TUE OCT 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 GLENN AUSTIN
ACTING CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT WEST TEXAS STATE FORECAST PRODUCT CHANGE...
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 15 2003
ON MONDAY...DECEMBER 15 2003 AT 500 AM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME
/CST/...THE STATE FORECAST PRODUCT /SFP/ FOR WEST TEXAS...ISSUED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /NWS/ IN LUBBOCK...WILL BE
CHANGING FROM A NARRATIVE FORMAT TO A TABULAR FORMAT. THE
TABULAR FORMAT WILL INCLUDE FORECASTS FOR NINE INDIVIDUAL CITIES
ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS...EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND
ROLLING PLAINS.
ALSO...NWS OFFICES IN SAN ANGELO...AMARILLO... MIDLAND...AND
EL PASO WILL ISSUE A TABULAR STYLED STATE FORECAST FOR PORTIONS
OF WEST TEXAS.
THE FORECAST ELEMENTS IN THE TABULAR STATE FORECAST WILL INCLUDE
THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE...PREDOMINANT WEATHER...AND
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION. THESE FORECASTS WILL PROJECT OUT
TO SEVEN DAYS.
CUSTOMERS WHO WISH TO RECEIVE THE TABULAR STATE FORECASTS FOR
WEST TEXAS SHOULD COORDINATE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN TABLE 1
WITH THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
TABLE 1 CURRENT AND NEW WMO HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS FOR WEST
TEXAS STATE FORECAST PRODUCTS
CURRENT WMO HEADING AND AWIPS ID FOR ALL OF THE AFFECTED FORECAST
REGIONS BELOW...
CURRENT CURRENT
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
FPUS64 KLUB SFPTX
NEW NEW
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID FORECAST REGIONS
FPUS64 KLUB SFTLUB SOUTH PLAINS AREA
FPUS64 KAMA SFTAMA TEXAS PANHANDLE
FPUS64 KMAF SFTMAF WEST TEXAS
FPUS64 KEPZ SFTELP FAR WEST TEXAS
FPUS64 KSJT SFTSJT WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
TABLE 2 EXAMPLE OF THE TABULAR STATE FORECAST PRODUCT ISSUED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LUBBOCK
FPUS64 KLUB 210850
SFTLUB
TXZ021>044-212349-
TABULAR STATE FORECAST FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AREA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
349 AM CDT TUE OCT 21 2003
ROWS INCLUDE...
DAILY PREDOMINANT DAYTIME WEATHER 6AM-6PM
FORECAST TEMPERATURES...EARLY MORNING LOW/DAYTIME HIGH
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION 6AM-6PM
- INDICATES TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO
MM INDICATES MISSING DATA
FCST FCST FCST FCST FCST FCST FCST
TODAY WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON
OCT 21 OCT 22 OCT 23 OCT 24 OCT 25 OCT 26 OCT 27
ASPERMONT
SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY MOCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
/90 58/87 56/84 60/90 56/70 48/67 49/70
POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 20 POP 20 POP 0
BROWNFIELD
SUNNY SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY MOCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
/90 53/86 51/86 55/89 50/65 44/66 45/69
POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 20 POP 20 POP 0
CHILDRESS
SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY MOCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
/90 56/87 54/86 56/89 50/62 42/64 47/66
POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 20 POP 20 POP 0
FRIONA
SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY MOCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
/87 49/85 46/87 47/84 43/56 37/58 37/61
POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 20 POP 20 POP 0
LEVELLAND
SUNNY SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY MOCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
/89 52/86 49/86 53/88 49/63 41/64 42/67
POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 20 POP 20 POP 0
LUBBOCK
SUNNY SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY MOCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
/90 54/85 50/85 54/87 50/63 41/64 42/67
POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 20 POP 20 POP 0
PLAINVIEW
SUNNY SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY MOCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
/89 52/85 49/85 52/87 46/60 40/61 41/66
POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 20 POP 20 POP 0
SPUR
SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY MOCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
/90 55/86 54/86 57/91 50/65 45/66 48/68
POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 20 POP 20 POP 0
TULIA
SUNNY SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY MOCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
/89 52/85 49/84 52/85 45/57 38/59 40/64
POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 0 POP 20 POP 20 POP 0
/END OF TABLE 2/
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...YOU MAY CONTACT...
LARRY VANNOZZI MELINDA BAILEY
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE PUBLIC PROGRAM MGR.
2579 SOUTH LOOP 289 SUITE 100 819 TAYLOR ST ROOM 10A03
LUBBOCK TEXAS 79423 FORT WORTH TEXAS 71602
PHONE 806-745-3916 X 222 PHONE 817-978-1100 X 107
E-MAIL LARRY.VANNOZZI@xxxxxxxx E-MAIL MELINDA.BAILEY@xxxxxxxx
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/...
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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