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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-30
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
830 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2000
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND EMWIN CUSTOMERS...OTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS
EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
SERVICES
SUBJECT IMPROVED SERVICES FOR BROWNSVILLE - DIRECT CUSTOMERS
AWAY FROM TIDE PRODUCT FOR MARINE FORECASTS...EFFECTIVE
FEBRUARY 28 2000
EFFECTIVE MONDAY FEBRUARY 28 2000 AT 1100 A.M. CENTRAL STANDARD
TIME /CST/... 1200 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME... OR 1700
UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/... THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE
/WFO/ IN BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WILL IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE BY
DIRECTING WHERE CUSTOMERS RECEIVE MARINE FORECAST INFORMATION.
SINCE BECOMING A WFO... THE BROWNSVILLE OFFICE ISSUES A COASTAL
WATERS FORECAST /TABLE 1/. THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION BEYOND THE CURRENT TIDE INFORMATION PRODUCT /TABLE
2/... THUS MARINE FORECASTS WILL NO LONGER BE INCLUDED IN THE
TIDE INFORMATION PRODUCT. THE TIDE INFORMATION PRODUCT WILL
CONTINUE TO INCLUDE TIDE FORECASTS AND SUNRISE AND SUNSET
INFORMATION.
TABLE 1. PRODUCT TO RECEIVE MARINE FORECASTS FOR THE COASTAL
WATERS FROM THE RIO GRANDE TO BAFFIN BAY OUT 60 NM
PRODUCT NWWS ID WMO HEADER
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST SATCWFBRO FZUS54 KBRO
TABLE 2. TIDE INFORMATION PRODUCT FOR TIDE FORECASTS AND SUNSET
AND SUNRISE INFORMATION ONLY
PRODUCT NWWS ID WMO HEADER
TIDE INFORMATION PRODUCT SATTIDBRO SOUS44 KBRO
RICHARD HAGAN KEN GRAHAM
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE PUBLIC/MARINE METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
20 SOUTH VERMILLION SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
BROWNSVILLE TX 78521-5798 819 TAYLOR ST. RM 10A11
956-504-1432 FORT WORTH TX 76102
817-978-2652 EX107
..NOTE TO INTERNET USERS...
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON /USE
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