20040424: IDs for Temp & Precip

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• Subject: 20040424: IDs for Temp & Precip
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• Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 20:19:17 -0600

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 04-25
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
300 PM EDT MON APR 19 2004

TO:       FAMILY SERVICE /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...AND NWS EMPLOYEES

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

SUBJECT:  CHANGE IN AWIPS IDS AND WMO IDS FOR TEMPERATURE AND
         PRECIPITATION...WEATHER SUMMARY...AND WEATHER ROUNDUP
         PRODUCTS...EFFECTIVE JULY 01 2004

EFFECTIVE THURSDAY JULY 01 2004...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ WILL CONSOLIDATE ITS PRODUCT SUITE FOR SIMILAR PRODUCTS
WITHIN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION
TABLES...WEATHER SUMMARIES...AND WEATHER ROUNDUPS. THE CONTENT OF
THESE PRODUCTS IS NOT CHANGING...ONLY THE PRODUCT NAME AND...IN
MOST CASES...THE WMO HEADING AND/OR AWIPS ID. DETAILED
DESCRIPTIONS OF THESE PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND IN NWSI 10.501...WFO
STATEMENTS...SUMMARIES...TABLES PRODUCTS SPECIFICATION POSTED ON
THE NWS DIRECTIVES WEB PAGE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

    http://www.nws.noaa.gov/directives/010/pd01005001c.pdf

1. TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLES. WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES
THAT ISSUE A STATE MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION
TABLE /STP/ OR A REGIONAL MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AND
PRECIPITATION TABLE /RTP/ WILL INSTEAD ISSUE A MAXIMUM/MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLE /RTP/. IN MANY CASES WMO
COMMUNICATION HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS ARE ALSO BEING UPDATED.  A
LISTING OF AFFECTED STP AND RTP PRODUCTS WITH THEIR NEW
COMMUNICATION HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

    http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/msd/rtp.pdf

2. WEATHER SUMMARIES. WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES THAT ISSUE AN AREA
WEATHER SUMMARY PRODUCT /AWS/...A STATE WEATHER SUMMARY PRODUCT
/SWS/...OR A REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY PRODUCT /RWS/ WILL INSTEAD
ISSUE A WEATHER SUMMARY PRODUCT /RWS/.  IN MANY CASES WMO
COMMUNICATION HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS ARE ALSO BEING UPDATED.  A
LISTING OF AFFECTED AWS...SWS...AND RWS PRODUCTS WITH THEIR NEW
COMMUNICATION HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

    http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/msd/rws.pdf

3. WEATHER ROUNDUPS. WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES WHICH ISSUE A STATE
WEATHER ROUNDUP PRODUCT /SWR/ OR A REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP
PRODUCT /RWR/ WILL INSTEAD ISSUE A WEATHER ROUNDUP PRODUCT /RWR/.
IN MANY CASES WMO COMMUNICATION HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS ARE ALSO
BEING UPDATED. A LISTING OF AFFECTED SWR AND RWR PRODUCTS WITH
THEIR NEW COMMUNICATION HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS CAN BE FOUND ON
THE WEB AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

    http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/msd/rwr.pdf

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...PLEASE
CONTACT:

           ART THOMAS
           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
           FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
           SILVER SPRING MD
           PHONE: 301.713.1867 EXT. 193
           EMAIL: ART.THOMAS@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

      http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm

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