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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 01-12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
220 PM EST TUE MAR 13 2001
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...
NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ROBERT E. LIVEZEY
CHIEF...CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION
SUBJECT: SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK ISSUANCES ON THE INTERNET FOR
THE REST OF 2001
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER /CPC/ ISSUES A SEASONAL DROUGHT
OUTLOOK EACH MONTH NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH...AFTER THE
ISSUANCE OF THE LONG-LEAD MONTHLY AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURE AND
PRECIPITATION OUTLOOKS. THIS DROUGHT OUTLOOK IS AVAILABLE ONLY ON
THE CPC WEB SITE AT:
HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV /CLICK ON DROUGHT ASSESSMENT/
THE DROUGHT OUTLOOK IS NORMALLY RELEASED ON A FRIDAY IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE MONTH AT 830 AM EASTERN TIME /ET/. BUT IN
MARCH...APRIL...AND MAY OF 2001...CPC PLANS TO RELEASE THE
SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK THE SAME DAY AND TIME AS THE LONG-LEAD
OUTLOOKS /I.E. THURSDAY AT 300 PM ET/ TO CONFORM WITH PRESS
RELEASE SCHEDULES. THESE THURSDAY DATES ARE MARCH 15...
APRIL 12... AND MAY 17.
THUS...THE RELEASE DATES AND TIMES OF THE SEASONAL DROUGHT
OUTLOOK FOR THE REST OF 2001 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
RELEASE RELEASE DROUGHT OUTLOOK FOR
DATE TIME /ET/
THURSDAY MARCH 15 300 PM MID-MARCH THROUGH JUNE
THURSDAY APRIL 12 300 PM MID-APRIL THROUGH JULY
THURSDAY MAY 17 300 PM MID-MAY THROUGH AUGUST
FRIDAY JUNE 15 830 AM MID-JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER
FRIDAY JULY 13 830 AM MID-JULY THROUGH OCTOBER
FRIDAY AUGUST 17 830 AM MID-AUGUST THROUGH NOVEMBER
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14 830 AM MID-SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER
FRIDAY OCTOBER 19 830 AM MID-OCTOBER THROUGH JANUARY
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16 830 AM MID-NOVEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY
FRIDAY DECEMBER 14 830 AM MID-DECEMBER THROUGH MARCH
FOR MORE INFORMATION...CONTACT:
DOUG LECOMTE...SENIOR METEOROLOGIST
NOAA/CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER W/NP53
5200 AUTH RD
CAMP SPRINGS MD 20746-4304
PHONE: 301-763-8000 EXT 7567
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES CAN BE FOUND ON THE
INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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