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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-38
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1030 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2000
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ CUSTOMERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE PIERCE... CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT IDENTIFIER CHANGE FOR SPANISH TRANSLATION OF TROPICAL
CYCLONE ADVISORIES AND STATE FORECAST DISCUSSION...
EFFECTIVE APRIL 18 2000
EFFECTIVE APRIL 18 2000 AT 12 A.M. ATLANTIC STANDARD TIME
/PST/... 0400 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/... MULTIPLE
HEADERS WILL BE USED FOR SPANISH TRANSLATIONS OF THE PUBLIC
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY /MIATCPAT1-5/ WTNT31-35 KNHC. EACH
SPANISH LANGUAGE PRODUCT HEADER...ISSUED BY THE SAN JUAN WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICE...LISTED IN TABLE ONE WILL MATCH THE
CORRESPONDING PUBLIC ADVISORY HEADER ISSUED BY THE TROPICAL
PREDICTION CENTER. IF THE PUBLIC ADVISORY IS ISSUED UNDER
MIATCPAT1 WTNT31 KNHC...THEN THE CORRESPONDING SPANISH LANGUAGE
PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED UNDER SJUTCPSP1 WTCA40 TJSJ.
THIS WILL IMPROVE SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS DURING SITUATIONS WHERE
MULTIPLE TROPICAL SYSTEM EXIST BY ALLOWING EACH ADVISORY TO BE
PLACED IN A UNIQUE PRODUCT.
TABLE 1. SPANISH TROPICAL CYCLONE IDENTIFIER IMPROVEMENT.
PRODUCT PIL WMO HEADING
SPANISH PUBLIC /NEW/ SJUTCPSP1 WTCA40 TJSJ
TROPICAL CYCLONE /NEW/ SJUTCPSP2 WTCA40 TJSJ
ADVISORY 1 THROUGH 5 /NEW/ SJUTCPSP3 WTCA40 TJSJ
/NEW/ SJUTCPSP4 WTCA40 TJSJ
/NEW/ SJUTCPSP5 WTCA40 TJSJ
/OLD/ SJUTCPSPN WTCA40 TJSJ
ALSO... THE STATE FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE US
VIRGIN ISLANDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE AREA FORECAST
DISCUSSION. SEE /TABLE 2/.
TABLE 2. NEW AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION IDENTIFIER
PRODUCT PIL WMO HEADING
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION /NEW/ SJUAFDSJU FXCA62 TJSJ
/OLD/ SJUSFDSJU FXCA72 TJSJ
..NOTE TO INTERNET USERS...
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON /USE
LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS... PLEASE CONTACT THE
FOLLOWING
ISRAEL MATOS KEN GRAHAM
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE PUBLIC AND MARINE PROGRAM MANAGER
787-253-4586 X222 817-978-2652 X107
ISAEL.MATOS/AT SIGN/NOAA.GOV KENNETH.GRAHAM/AT SIGN/NOAA.GOV
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