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FOS NOTICE NO. 740 08-04-95
TO FAMILY OF SERVICE /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS AND NOAA WIRE
SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT PUBLIC ZONE RECONFIGURATIONS FOR COLORADO AND
ARIZONA...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 3 1995
...PART 1 OF A 4-PART MESSAGE...
THE NWS WILL RECONFIGURE PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST AREAS IN
COLORADO AND ARIZONA AT 1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME
/UTC/ /6 A.M. MDT... 5 A.M. MST/. THESE RECONFIGURATIONS
WILL PROVIDE BETTER SITE- SPECIFIC FORECASTS SINCE THE NEW
SMALLER ZONES CAN BE GROUPED WITH THE NEEDED FLEXIBILITY TO
MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT THE ONGOING WEATHER. TABLE 1 LISTS
THE PRODUCT CATEGORIES AFFECTED BY THESE RECONFIGURATIONS.
TABLE 2 IS A LIST OF THE NEW ARIZONA ZONES AND TABLE 3 IS A
LIST OF THE NEW COLORADO ZONES. THE NAME OF A ZONE THAT
CONTAINS A SINGLE WHOLE COUNTY WILL USE THE COUNTY NAME.
ZONES THAT CONTAIN PART OF A COUNTY /OR COUNTIES/ AND/OR
SEVERAL COUNTIES WILL USE OTHER RECOGNIZABLE GEOGRAPHICAL
NAMES.
IT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD THAT MANY PRODUCTS ISSUED FOR ALL OR
PARTS OF COLORADO AND ARIZONA /NOT JUST PUBLIC ZONE FCSTS/ WILL
BE AFFECTED BY ZONE RECONFIGURATIONS. THIS IS BECAUSE
THE Z FORM OF THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODE /UGC/ USED IN THESE
PRODUCTS WILL CONTAIN THE NEW ZONE NUMBERS TO FURTHER IDENTIFY
SPECIFIC AREAS BY ZONE WITHIN THE STATE. THE CATEGORIES OF
AFFECTED PRODUCTS THAT USE THE Z FORM OF THE UGC ARE LISTED IN
TABLE 2 WITH THEIR NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ IDENTIFIERS. USERS WHO NORMALLY GET INFORMATION
ONLY FOR SPECIFIC ZONES RATHER THAN THE ENTIRE STATE/S INFORMATION
WILL NEED TO USE THE NEW UGCS FOR THE RECONFIGURED ZONES.
TABLE 1. PRODUCT CATEGORIES AFFECTED BY ZONE RECONFIGURATIONS.
PRODUCT CATEGORIES NWWS/FOS IDS
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT ZFP/FPUS5
SHORT-TERM FORECAST NOW/FXUS21
STATE FORECAST SFP/FPUS1
STATE WEATHER SUMMARY SWS/ABUS30
WINTER WEATHER WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY WSW/WWUS46
NON-PRECIPITATION WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY NPW/WWUS45
END OF PART 1 OF A 4-PART MESSAGE...
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