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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...PART 3 OF 3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1155 AM EDT THU OCT 22 1998
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...INTEGRATED
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT: NEW UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS
FORECAST /AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY/
...EFFECTIVE TUESDAY DECEMBER 1 1998
...PART 3 OF 3 PART MESSAGE...
TABLE 2. WFO NEW ORLEANS...OFFSHORE WATERS AREA OF
RESPONSIBILITY
THE GULF OF MEXICO OUTSIDE THE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST AREAS
WARNING AND FORECAST HEADINGS
GULF OF MEXICO BEYOND 50 NM OFFSHORE
NWWS IDENTIFIER...NEWOFFNEW WMO HEADING...FZUS64 KLIX
OFFSHORE AREA UGC AND LOCATION
GMZ080 NORTHWEST GULF NORTH OF 25 NORTH AND
WEST OF 90 WEST
GMZ082 SOUTHWEST GULF SOUTH OF 25 NORTH AND
WEST OF 90 WEST
GMZ084 MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85 WEST AND
90 WEST
GMZ086 EAST GULF BETWEEN 81 WEST AND 85 WEST
GMZ095 OUTLOOK FOR GULF OF MEXICO
TABLE 3. WFO MIAMI...OFFSHORE WATERS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
THE SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN SOUTH OF 31 NORTH LATITUDE
BETWEEN THE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST AND THE 65 WEST LONGITUDE AND
SOUTH OF THE 31 NORTH...AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA
NWWS IDENTIFIER...MIAOFFMIA WMO HEADING...FZUS62 KNHC
OFFSHORE AREA UGC AND LOCATION
AMZ080 SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLANTIC SOUTH OF
31 NORTH AND WEST OF 65 WEST
AMZ090 OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLANTIC
WARNING AND FORECAST HEADING
CARIBBEAN SEA
NWWS IDENTIFIER...MIAOFFMIA WMO HEADING...FZUS62 KNHC
OFFSHORE AREA UGC AND LOCATION
AMZ082 NW CARIBBEAN NORTH OF 15 NORTH AND
WEST OF 75 WEST
AMZ084 SW CARIBBEAN SOUTH OF 15 NORTH AND
WEST OF 75 WEST
AMZ086 EAST CARIBBEAN EAST OF 75 WEST
AMZ090 OUTLOOK FOR CARIBBEAN
TABLE 4. WFO ANCHORAGE...OFFSHORE WATERS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
THE GULF OF ALASKA IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN NORTH OF THE 55
NORTH LATITUDE AND THE BERING SEA EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL
DATELINE OUTSIDE THE COASTAL MARINE FORECAST AREAS.
NWWS IDENTIFIER...ANCOFFANC WMO HEADING...FZAK68 PANC
OFFSHORE AREA UGC AND LOCATION
PKZ385 GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE
PKZ395 OUTLOOK FOR GULF OF ALASKA
PKZ380 BERING SEA OFFSHORE
PKZ390 OUTLOOK FOR BERING SEA
UPON REQUEST...WFO FAIRBANKS WILL PROVIDE FORECASTS FOR OFFSHORE
WATER AREAS OF NORTHERN ALASKA OUTSIDE THE COASTAL MARINE
FORECAST AREAS TO 200 NM FROM SHORE. NO PRODUCT DESIGNATOR IS
GIVEN.
TABLE 5. WFO HONOLULU...OFFSHORE WATERS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
NON-COASTAL WATERS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN WITHIN 1000 NM OF
HONOLULU.
NWWS IDENTIFIER...HNLCWFHI WMO HEADING...FZHW40 PHNL
OFFSHORE AREA UGC AND LOCATION NWWS HEADER
PHZ180 OFFSHORE WATERS WITHIN 1000 NM OF HNLCWFHI
HONOLULU SOUTH OF 30 NORTH
PHZ195 OUTLOOK FOR OFFSHORE WATERS HNLCWFHI
END OF PART 3 OF 3