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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
245 PM EST TUE FEB 24 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 REVISED UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES FOR TWO COASTAL
MARINE FORECAST ZONES ALONG ALASKA COAST...EFFECTIVE
MAY 1 1998
EFFECTIVE 300 AM ALASKA STANDARD TIME /OR 1200 UNIVERSAL
COORDINATED TIME/ ON MAY 1 1998...TWO MARINE ZONES OFF THE BERING
SEA COAST OF ALASKA WILL HAVE THEIR UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE
/UGC/ CHANGED... AS INDICATED BELOW:
OLD UGC NEW UGC ..MARINE ZONE..
PKZ910- PKZ091- NORTON SOUND...SLEDGE ISLAND TO NUNAKTUK
ISLAND
PKZ920- PKZ092- DALL POINT TO WALES...INCLUDING ST. LAWRENCE
ISLAND WATERS
MARINE INFORMATION FOR THESE ZONES APPEAR IN THE FOLLOWING
PRODUCTS. FOR CUSTOMERS SELECTING INFORMATION BY UGC CODE...IT
WILL BE NECESSARY TO TAKE ACTION TO RECEIVE MARINE INFORMATION
FOR THESE ZONES USING THE REVISED UGC CODES.
PRODUCT NWWS ID WMO/FOS HEADER ++
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FAICWF066 FZAK66 PAFA ++
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FAISMWFAI FZAK79 PAFG ++
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FAIMWSFAI FZAK59 PAFG ++
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT FAIPNSFAI ABAK34 PAFA ++
++ NOTE - SOME WMO/FOS HEADERS WILL BE CHANGED LATER THIS YEAR.
THE NWS OFFICE OF SYSTEMS OPERATIONS WILL BE SENDING SPECIAL
NOTICES REGARDING SUCH CHANGES. NOTICES FOR WMO HEADER CHANGES
ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING WORLD WIDE WEB SITE /USE LOWER
CASE/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE ZONES...OR WISH TO REQUEST
HARD COPIES OF MARINE ZONE MAPS...YOU MAY CONTACT
LAURA COOK GREG MATZEN
NOAA/NWS W/OM12 NOAA/NWS W/WR1X2
1325 EAST-WEST HWY 222 WEST 7TH AV.
SILVER SPRING MD 20910 NO. 23 ROOM 517
PH. 301-713-1677 X 126 ANCHORAGE AK 99513-7575
PH. 907-271-3507
THIS AND ALL SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING
WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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