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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 99-64
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON D.C.
320 PM EDT FRI JUL 16 1999
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE/NWWS/SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE NWS CUSTOMERS...NEW EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT CHANGES IN ZONE FORECAST PRODUCTS AND INITIATION OF
CLIMATE SUMMARIES FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA...EFFECTIVE
SEPTEMBER 1 1999.
PART 1. REVISION OF PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST PRODUCTS TO
INCORPORATE SOUTHEAST ALASKA CITIES AND TO ADD EXTENDED
FORECASTS TO EACH ZONE.
PART 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF DAILY CLIMATE SUMMARIES FOR
THE CITIES OF JUNEAU...YAKUTAT AND ANNETTE AS NEW
PRODUCTS.
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY...SEPTEMBER 1 1999...AT 3:00 A.M. ALASKA
DAYLIGHT TIME /1100 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN JUNEAU...YAKUTAT AND ANNETTE WILL BE
MAKING THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THEIR PUBLIC FORECAST PROGRAMS:
PART 1. REVISION OF PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST PRODUCTS TO
INCORPORATE SOUTHEAST ALASKA CITIES AND TO ADD EXTENDED FORECASTS
TO EACH ZONE.
FORECAST INFORMATION FOR THE CITIES OF SKAGWAY...HAINES...
PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...JUNEAU...SITKA...YAKUTAT...KETCHIKAN...
METLAKATLA...CRAIG...AND KLAWOCK WILL BE INCORPORATED IN PUBLIC
ZONE FORECAST COLLECTIVE.../ WMO HEADING FPAK57 PAJK - NWWS ID
JNUZFPAJK/...CURRENTLY ISSUED TWICE DAILY. IN
ADDITION...EXTENDED FORECASTS FOR DAYS 3...4 AND 5 WILL BE ADDED
TO EACH PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST.
WITH THE TRANSFER OF FORECAST INFORMATION FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED
CITIES TO FPAK57 PAJK/JNUZFPAJK... THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE
DISCONTINUED:
WMO HEADING/NWWS ID
FPAK12 PAJN/JNULFPSGY COLLECTIVE OF CITY FORECASTS FOR
SKAGWAY...HAINES...PETERSBURG...AND
WRANGELL.
FPAK11 PAJN/JNULFPJNU JUNEAU...SITKA...AND VICINITY FORECAST
FPAK11 PAYA/JNULFPYAK YAKUTAT AND VICINITY FORECAST
FPAK11 PANT/JNULFPKTN KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...CRAIG...KLAWOCK
AND VICINITY FORECAST
WITH THE ADDITION OF EXTENDED FORECASTS INTO ZONE FORECAST
PRODUCTS....THE EXTENDED FORECAST PRODUCT ISSUED UNDER PRODUCT
IDENTIFIER FEAK01 PAJN/JNUEFPAK WILL BE DISCONTINUED.
PART 2. DAILY CLIMATE SUMMARIES FOR THE CITIES OF JUNEAU...
YAKUTAT AND ANNETTE WILL BE ISSUED AS NEW PRODUCTS.
DAILY CLIMATE SUMMARIES WILL BE INITIATED BY THE WEATHER OFFICES
IN JUNEAU...YAKUTAT...AND ANNETTE. CLIMATE SUMMARIES WILL BE
PREPARED TWICE DAILY (MORNING...EVENING) UNDER THE FOLLOWING
PRODUCT HEADERS:
CITY WMO HEADING NWWS ID
JUNEAU CDAK47 PAJK JNUCLIJNU
YAKUTAT CDAK47 PAYA JNUCLIYAK
ANNETTE CDAK47 PANT JNUCLIANN
USERS OF DAILY CLIMATE SUMMARY PRODUCTS MUST ADD THESE
IDENTIFIERS TO RECEIVE THESE PRODUCTS.
THE SUMMARIES WILL INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION AS FOLLOWS:
OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURE
HIGH TEMPERATURE
HEATING DEGREE DAYS
NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE
NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURE
RECORD HIGH
RECORD LOW
24 HOUR PRECIPITATION
SUNSET
SUNRISE
DAYLIGHT HOURS
TIDES
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE FOLLOWING PERSONS:
LEIF LIE...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE OR
ROBERT KANAN...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NWS FORECAST OFFICE...NOAA
907 790-6804
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
AT THE FOLLOWING URL /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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