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PUBLIC INFO.STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 99-20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EST MON NOV 8 1999
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 IMPLEMENTATION OF NAVTEX PRODUCT...EFFECTIVE NOVEMEBR
30 1999
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 30 1999 AT 1300 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME...800 AM EASTERN STANDARD TIME...700 AM CENTRAL STANDARD
TIME...500 AM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME THE MARINE PREDICTION CENTER
/MPC/ AND TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER /TPC/ WILL ISSUE A NEW
PRODUCT SPECIFICALLY FOR U.S. COAST GUARD NAVTEX BROADCASTS.
THE NAVTEX PRODUCT COVERAGE AREA WILL BE A COMBINATION OF COASTAL
AND OFFSHORE MARINE ZONES DESIGNED TO FIT THE BROADCAST RANGES OF
THE USCG NAVTEX TRANSMITTERS ON THE CONUS AND PUERTO RICO. THE
NAVTEX PRODUCT WILL CONTAIN WARNINGS...SYNOPSES...AND FORECASTS
FROM THE COASTAL /CWF/ AND OFFSHORE /OFF/ PRODUCTS. UNIVERSAL
GEOGRAPHIC CODES WILL BE ADDED TO SYNOPSIS PORTIONS OF THE CWF
AND OFF TO HELP AUTOMATE THE NAVTEX PRODUCT. TABLE 1 LISTS THE
USCG NAVTEX TRANSMITTER LOCATIONS ON THE CONUS AND PUERTO
RICO...NAVTEX PRODUCT COVERAGE AREAS...COMMUNICATION
IDENTIFIERS...AND ISSUING CENTERS.
TABLE 1. USCG NAVTEX TRANSMITTER LOCATIONS.
ISSUING PRODUCT COVERAGE NWWS ID WMO USCG NAVTEX
CENTER OUT 200 NM HEADER TRANSMITTER
MPC EASTPORT ME TO NFDOFFN01 FZNT23/ BOSTON MA
SANDY HOOK NJ KWNM
MPC SANDY HOOK NJ TO NFDOFFN02 FZNT24/ CHESAPEAKE VA
MURRELLS INLET SC KWNM
MPC MURRELLS INLET SC NFDOFFN03 FZNT25/ SAVANNAH GA
TO FLAGLER BEACH FL KWNM
TPC FLAGLER BEACH FL MIAOFFN04 FZNT25/ MIAMI FL
TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL KNHC
TPC SURROUNDING MIAOFFN05 FZNT26/ SAN JUAN PR
SAN JUAN KNHC
TPC SUWANNEE RIVER FL MIAOFFN06 FZNT27/ NEW ORLEANS LA
TO RIO GRANDE KNHC
MPC MEXICAN BORDER TO NFDOFFN07 FZPN22/ CAMBRIA CA
PT PIEDRAS BLANCAS CA KWNM
MPC PT PIEDRAS BLANCAS NFDOFFN08 FZPN23/ PT REYES CA
CA TO PT ST GEORGE CA KWNM
MPC PT ST GEORGE CA TO NDFOFFN09 FZPN24/ ASTORIA OR
US/CANADIAN BORDER KWNM
TO FIT INTO THE ALLOTTED BROADCAST TIME...THE NAVTEX PRODUCT WILL
NORMALLY BE NO LONGER THAN 89 LINES. THE FORECAST PERIODS AND
RELEASE TIMES OF THE NAVTEX PRODUCT WILL GENERALLY BE THE SAME AS
FOR THE OFFSHORE MARINE FORECASTS. IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
RICHARD MAY...OM12 CDR TIM RULON...OM12
MARINE SERVICES CO-LEADER MARINE DISSEMINATION MNGR
1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY
SILVER SPRING MD 20910 SILVER SPRING MD 20910
301/713-1677 EXT 127 301/713-1677 EXT 128
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