PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
300 PM EDT WED APRIL 9 1997
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF OFFSHORE MARINE FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FROM
NWS FIELD OFFICES
AS PART OF THE NWS MODERNIZATION...OFFSHORE MARINE FORECASTS /OFF/
WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO ELEMENTS OF THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/. THE FIRST PHASE OF THE TRANSFERS IS
SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 10 1997. ON THAT DATE THE OFF RESPONSIBILITIES FROM
NWSFO/S TAUNTON MASSACHUSSETTS... STERLING VIRGINIA...SEATTLE
WASHINGTON...AND MONTEREY CALIFORNIA WILL SHIFT TO NCEP/S MARINE
PREDICTION CENTER /MPC/... LOCATED IN CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND. PHASE 2
IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR IN THE WINTER OF 1997-1998 AND WILL SHIFT OFF
RESPONSIBILITIES FROM NWSFO/S MIAMI FLORIDA AND NEW ORLEANS
LOUISIANA TO NCEP/S TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER /TPC/...LOCATED IN MIAMI
FLORIDA. A LATER ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE WITH THE EXACT DATE
WHEN PHASE 2 WILL OCCUR.
NEW IDENTIFIERS FOR THE PRODUCTS WILL BE USED WHEN THE TRANSFERS
TAKE PLACE. THE OLD AND NEW IDENTIFIERS ARE LISTED IN THE TABLE
BELOW.
OLD NEW
PHASE 1 /JUNE 10 1997/
AFOS WMO AFOS WMO
BOSOFFBOS FZUS8 KBOS NFDOFFNT1 FZNT21 KWBC
PHASE 2 /WINTER 1997-98/
MIAOFFMIA FZUS8 KMIA MIAOFFNT3 FZNT23 KNHC
NEWOFFNEW FZUS8 KNEW MIAOFFNT4 FZNT24 KNHC
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
MR. KEVIN MCCARTHY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY #14110
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
PHONE: /301/ 713-1726 EXTENSION 109 /M-F 730 AM - 400 PM/
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY/S HOME PAGE IN THE
NOTIFICATION SECTION. THE ADDRESS OF THE NOTIFICATION SECTION /IN
SMALL CASE/ IS: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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