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NOUS40 KWBC 191452
FOS NOTICE NO. 835 12-19-95
TO - FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM - DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF....CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT - ISSUANCE DATES FOR MONTHLY AND SEASONAL CLIMATE
OUTLOOKS
THE FOLLOWING IS THE SCHEDULE OF ISSUANCE DATES FOR THE MONTHLY
SEASONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOKS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/S/NWS
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER /CPC/. FOR EACH ISSUANCE DATE...THE
MONTHLY OUTLOOK AND 13 SEASONAL OUTLOOKS ARE SHOWN IN THE COLUMN
BELOW THAT DATE. THE 3-MONTH SEASONAL OUTLOOK PERIODS ARE
INDICATED BY 3-LETTER ABBREVIATIONS /E.G. JFM IS
JANUARY-FEBRUARY-MARCH... AMJ IS APRIL-MAY-JUNE ETC./. THE ISSUE
TIME FOR OUTLOOKS IS AROUND 3 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON EITHER THE
SECOND OR THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. THE LEAD TIME...THE TIME
BETWEEN ISSUANCE OF AN OUTLOOK AND THE FIRST DAY OF ITS VALID
PERIOD...IS ABOUT 1/2 MONTH FOR THE MONTHLY OUTLOOK AND
VARIES FROM 1/2 MONTH TO 12 1/2 MONTHS FOR THE 13 SEASONAL
OUTLOOKS.
ISSUANCE DEC. 14 1995
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OUTLOOKS FOR
LEAD TIME .
0.5 MO. JANUARY
0.5 MO. JFM
1.5 MO. FMA
2.5 MO. MAM
3.5 MO. AMJ
4.5 MO. MJJ
5.5 MO. JJA
6.5 MO. JAS
7.5 MO. ASO
8.5 MO. SON
9.5 MO. OND
10.5 MO. NDJ
11.5 MO. DJF
12.5 MO. JFM
Part 2
1996 JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. NOV.
DEC.
DATES OF 18 15 14 18 16 13 18 15 19 17 14
19
ISSUANCE . . . . . . . . . . .