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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 02-11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
430 PM EST THU FEB 21 2002
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: JAMES E. LEE
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: END-STATE WMO/AWIPS PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS GO INTO EFFECT
FOR WESTERN REGION WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES FIRE
WEATHER PRODUCTS...EFFECTIVE APRIL 2 2002
ON TUESDAY APRIL 2 2002...AT 1 AM PST /2 AM MST/...24 NWS
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES /WFOS/ IN THE WESTERN U.S. WILL COMPLETE
TRANSITION TO END-STATE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/
COMMUNICATION HEADERS FOR THEIR FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS...SEE
TABLE 1. THE SECOND LINE OF THE PRODUCT HEADER...KNOWN AS THE
AWIPS IDENTIFIER...WILL ALSO BE FINALIZED TO REFLECT MODERN SITE
LOCATION IDENTIFIERS /E.G... GTF /GREAT FALLS/ WILL BECOME TFX...
ETC./. THIS WILL AFFECT FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS ISSUED BY OFFICES
IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: OREGON...WASHINGTON...CALIFORNIA...
ARIZONA...NEVADA...UTAH...IDAHO...AND MONTANA.
TABLE 1 - PRODUCTS AFFECTED
FWF ... FIRE WEATHER /PRE-SUPPRESSION/ FORECAST
RFW ... RED FLAG WARNING/FIRE WEATHER WATCH STATEMENT
FWM ... MISCELLANEOUS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT - NATIONAL FIRE
DANGER RATING SYSTEM TREND FORECAST
FWO ... FIRE WEATHER OBSERVATION - NATIONAL FIRE DANGER
RATING SYSTEM OBSERVATIONS
SMF ... SMOKE MANAGEMENT FORECAST
FWS ... SITE SPECIFIC /SPOT/ FORECAST
FWL ... LAND MANAGEMENT FORECAST
RFD ... RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
FWN ... FIRE WEATHER NOTIFICATION MESSAGE
FDI ... FIRE DANGER INDICES - NATIONAL FIRE DANGER RATING
SYSTEM INDICES
TO ASSIST NWS CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES WITH THIS TRANSITION...A
SPECIAL WEB SITE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. THE SITE LISTS ALL OF THE
WESTERN REGION WFO FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS AND THEIR END STATE
HEADERS. THE WEB SITE ADDRESS IS /USE LOWER CASE/:
http://ww2.wrh.noaa.gov/public/wmoheaders/firewx.htm
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT ALL USERS OF NWS FIRE WEATHER
PRODUCTS ORIGINATING FROM THE WESTERN U.S. MAKE SURE THAT THEIR
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DIRECTORIES EXACTLY MATCH THE HEADERS
LISTED...STARTING ON APRIL 2. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL PREVENT HIGH
PRIORITY FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS FROM REACHING THEIR INTENDED
AUDIENCE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS TRANSITION...PLEASE
CALL YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN THE WESTERN
REGION OR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING NWS WESTERN REGION CONTACTS IN
SALT LAKE CITY UTAH:
SCOTT BIRCH 801-524-4000
CRAIG SCHMIDT 801-524-4000
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET
AT /LOWER CASE/
www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm
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