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NATIONAL TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION MESSAGE 97-23... UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1150 AM EDT FRI JULY 18 1997
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES... DIFAX
CUSTOMERS... NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/
SUBSCRIBERS... FAMILY OF SERVICE /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS WHO RECEIVE NWS GRAPHIC PRODUCTS
FROM: THERESE PIERCE... CHIEF... HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT: MEDIUM RANGE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION PROBABILITY
FORECASTS... PREPARED BY THE NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER /HPC/
...UPDATED FOR ADDITIONAL CITIES...
THE ORIGINAL NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION MESSAGE NUMBER 97-23 DATED
JUNE 20 1997 ANNOUNCING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CORRECTED
VERSION OF MEDIUM RANGE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION PROBABILITY
FORECASTS... IS AMENDED TO ADD ELEVEN NEW STATIONS TO THE
PRODUCTS... EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
THE MEDIUM RANGE TEMPERATURE AND PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION
FORECASTS PREPARED FOR DAYS 3... 4 AND 5... APPEAR ON AFOS UNDER
THE PILS 93P... 94P... AND 95P... RESPECTIVELY. THE DIFAX SLOT
NUMBERS ARE D247... PART1/POPS... DAY 3/AND D162... PART
2/DAY4... DAY 5/. THESE CHARTS NOW DEPICT THE VALUES AND
ANOMALIES OF MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AND 24 HOUR
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION AT APPROXIMATELY 142 STATIONS OVER
THE 48 CONTIGUOUS STATES. HPC FORECASTERS PREPARE FORECASTS FOR
58 CITIES AND FOR THE OTHER LOCATIONS... FORECASTS ARE GENERATED
BY INTERPOLATING THE CORRECTIONS TO MOS FROM NEIGHBORING STATIONS
TO THE MOS AND CLIMATOLOGY OF THE STATIONS.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE 11 NEW STATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED:
AFOS
...STATION... ...ID... ...ZOOM STATION APPEARS...
WILMINGTON NC ILM 9:1
LAKE CHARLES LA LCH 9:1
MACON GA MCN 16:1
ORLANDO FL MCO 9:1
MASON IA MCW 9:1
MONTGOMERY AL MGM 4:1
PALM BEACH FL PBI 9:1
SAVANNAH GA SAV 9:1
SPRINGFIELD IL SPI 9:1
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES NM TCS 9:1
BRISTOL TN TRI 9:1
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION... CONTACT:
ACTING CHIEF... FORECAST OPERATIONS BRANCH
W/NP31... ROOM 410 WORLD WEATHER BUILDING
WASHINGTON... DC 20233
/301/ 763-8000 EXTENSION 7317 OR 7300
THIS AND OTHER 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 IS:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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