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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
150 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 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 RECONFIGURATION OF PACIFIC COASTAL MARINE FORECAST
ZONES ALONG HAWAII COASTS...NORTHERN MARIANA
ISLANDS...AND AMERICAN SAMOA...EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2
1997
THE NWS WILL RECONFIGURE PACIFIC COASTAL MARINE FORECAST ZONES
ALONG THE HAWAII COASTS...NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS...AND AMERICAN
SAMOA ON DECEMBER 2 1997...AT 1300 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME
/UTC/. THESE RECONFIGURATIONS WILL PROVIDE MARINE WEATHER
FORECASTERS THE ABILITY TO ISSUE MORE SITE-SPECIFIC FORECASTS TO
USERS.
TABLES 1...2...AND 3 LIST THE PRODUCT CATEGORIES AFFECTED FOR THE
FOLLOWING NEW ZONES. MARINE FORECAST ZONES ARE DEFINED BY
RECOGNIZABLE GEOGRAPHIC LANDMARKS (COASTAL CITIES...CAPES...
POINTS...ETC.) AND EXTEND UP TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES /NM/ OFFSHORE.
MARINE FORECAST ZONE IDENTIFIERS FOLLOW THE UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC
CODE /UGC/ CONVENTION SSZNNN WHERE SS IN THESE CASES IS AN
OCEAN AREA AND NNN IS THE ZONE /Z/ NUMBER...WHICH IS DETERMINED
AS FOLLOWS
LEFT N = ISSUING NWS OFFICE FOR WARNINGS
MIDDLE N = TYPE OF BODY OF WATER
RIGHT N = ZONE NUMBER SEQUENCE...INCREASING FROM
NORTH TO SOUTH AND WEST TO EAST.
OTHER PRODUCTS ISSUED /NOT JUST COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS/ WILL BE
AFFECTED BY ZONE RECONFIGURATIONS. THIS IS BECAUSE THE Z FORM OF
THE UGC USED IN CERTAIN PRODUCTS WILL CONTAIN THE NEW ZONE
NUMBERS TO FURTHER IDENTIFY SPECIFIC AREAS BY ZONE. THE MARINE
PRODUCTS THAT USE THE Z FORM OF THE UGC ARE LISTED IN THE TABLES
WITH THEIR NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ IDENTIFIERS. USERS SELECTING INFORMATION FOR
SPECIFIC ZONES WILL NEED TO USE THE NEW UGCS FOR THE RECONFIGURED
ZONES.
+++++++++ NOTE - SOME WMO/FOS HEADERS WILL BE CHANGED SOMETIME
AFTER DECEMBER 2 1997. THE NWS OFFICE OF SYSTEMS OPERATIONS WILL
BE SENDING SPECIAL NOTICES REGARDING SUCH CHANGES. ++++
TABLE 1. PRODUCT CATEGORIES AFFECTED FOR THE FOLLOWING HAWAII
MARINE ZONES /ISSUED BY HONOLULU HI/
++++++++
PRODUCT NWWS ID WMO/FOS HEADER
COASTAL/OFFSHORE MARINE FORECASTS --NONE-- FZHW40 PHNL
SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS...INCLUDED HNLTORHNL WOHW42 PHNL
WITH TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNINGS
SPECIAL MARINE STATEMENTS INCLUDED WITH:
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT HNLSVSHNL WWHW40 PHNL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT HNLSPSHNL WWHW41 PHNL
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT HNLPNSHNL ABHW40 PHNL
..UGC.. ...ZONE...
PHZ150- HAWAIIAN COASTAL WATERS
PHZ130- CHANNELS BETWEEN THE ISLANDS
PHZ190- OUTLOOK FOR HAWAIIAN WATERS
TABLE 2. PRODUCT CATEGORIES AFFECTED FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTHERN
MARIANA ISLAND MARINE ZONE /ISSUED BY GUAM GU/
UGC.. ...ZONE...
PMZ150- MARIANA COASTAL WATERS...GUAM TO SAIPAN INCLUSIVELY
PRODUCT NWWS ID WMO/FOS HEADER++++
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST --NONE-- FZGM40 PGUM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT --NONE FXPQ40 PGUM
TABLE 3. PRODUCT CATEGORIES AFFECTED FOR THE FOLLOWING MARINE
ZONE /ISSUED BY PAGO PAGO...AMERICAN SAMOA/
PRODUCT NWWS ID WMO/FOS HEADER++++
.....CALL OR WRITE MIKE SIERCHIO /ADDRESS AND PHONE NO. BELOW/
FOR PRODUCT INFORMATION...
UGC.. ZONE..
PSZ150- COASTAL WATERS OF TUTUTILA...MANUA...AND SWAIN/S
ISLANDS
THIS INFORMATION UPDATES APPENDICES A AND B OF WEATHER SERVICE
OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER D-51.
UPDATED MARINE ZONE MAPS WILL BE POSTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AT
THE FOLLOWING URL /SMALL CASE/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MODERNIZE/ST-MAPS/MAPS.HTM
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE ZONES...OR WISH TO REQUEST
HARD COPIES OF MARINE ZONE MAPS...YOU MAY CONTACT
LAURA COOK MIKE SIERCHIO
NOAA/NWS W/OM12 NOAA/NWS W/PRX1
1325 EAST-WEST HWY GROSVENOR CENTER...MAUKA TOWER
SILVER SPRING MD 20910 737 BISHOP ST - SUITE 2200
PH. 301-713-1677 X 126 HONOLULU HI 96813
PH. 808-532-6413
BOTH PARTS OF THIS MESSAGE ARE POSTED ON THE FOLLOWING URL /SMALL
CASE/ HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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