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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1010 AM EDT WED SEP 17 1997
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS... NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS... OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE Z. PIERCE... CHIEF... HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
SERVICES
SUBJECT NEW PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE /NWWS/... WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
/WMO/ AND FAMILY OF SERVICE /FOS/IDENTIFIERS FOR
CALIFORNIA... EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 15 1997
NOTE: THE CHANGE NOTICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MESSAGE /DRG2149/ HAS BEEN
APPROVED BUT DUE TO MINOR DIFFICULTIES WILL NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL MONDAY OR
TUESDAY... SEPTEMBER 22 OR 23 1997.
THE NWS WILL IMPLEMENT NEW NWWS... WMO AND FOS ZONE FORECAST
PRODUCT /ZFP/ IDENTIFIERS FOR USE BY FORECAST OFFICES IN
CALIFORNIA ON OCTOBER 15 1997... AT 1100 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME /UTC/... 4 A.M. PDT. NEW IDENTIFIERS ARE NEEDED IN
PREPARATION FOR WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES TO ASSUME FORECASTING
RESPONSIBILITIES AS PART OF THE NWS MODERNIZATION PLAN. THE NWS
FORECAST OFFICES RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING AND ISSUING THE
PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO BE SAN FRANCISO AND LOS ANGELES.
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NWWS AND THE FOS WILL BE REQUIRED TO INITIATE
ACTION TO ACCOMMODATE THESE CHANGES. THESE PROGRAM CHANGES WILL
REQUIRE PRODUCT IDENTIFIER CHANGES AND ADDITIONS.
TABLE 1 LISTS THE NEW IDENTIFIERS ALONG WITH THE CORRESPONDING
OLD IDENTIFIERS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION YOU MAY CONTACT:
NWS FORECAST OFFICE
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
21 GRACE HOPPER AVE STOP 5
MONTEREY CA 93943
408-656-1710
NWS FORECAST OFFICE
520 N ELEVAR STREET
OXNARD CA 93030
805-988-6615
THIS AND OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
POSTED ON: HTTP//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
TABLE 1. NEW ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS EFFECTIVE
OCTOBER 15 1997 AT 1100 UTC.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA /LOS ANGELES... SAN DIEGO/
...NEW ID... ...OLD ID...
...NWWS... ..WMO/FOS... ...NWWS... ..WMO/FOS...
LAXZFPLOX NO CHANGE LAXZFPCA FPUS56 KLOX
LAXZFPSGX FPUS56 KSGX N/A N/A
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA /SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA... EUREKA... SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY... SACRAMENTO/
SFOZFPMTR NO CHANGE SFOZFPCA FPUS56 KMTR
SFOZFPEKA FPUS56 KEKA N/A N/A
SFOZFPHNX FPUS56 KHNX N/A N/A
SFOZFPSTO FPUS56 KSTO N/A N/A
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