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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 02-12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
01:55 PM EST WED MAR 06 2002
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: NEW RELEASE DATE FOR DROUGHT OUTLOOK...EFFECTIVE
THURSDAY MARCH 14 2002.
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY...MARCH 14 2002...Climate Prediction Center/CPC WILL
RELEASE THE SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK THE SAME DAY AND TIME AS THE LONG-
LEAD SEASONAL OUTLOOKS /I.E. MID MONTH ON A THURSDAY AT 300 PM ET/.
PREVIOUSLY THE DROUGHT OUTLOOK HAD BEEN RELEASED ON THE FOLLOWING
FRIDAY MORNING /830 AM ET/.
THE DROUGHT OUTLOOK IS AVAILABLE ONLY ON THE CPC WEB SITE AT:
HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV /LOWER CASE/
/CLICK ON DROUGHT ASSESSMENT/
THUS...THE RELEASE DATES AND TIMES OF THE SEASONAL DROUGHT
OUTLOOK FOR THE REST OF 2002 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
RELEASE DATE /THU 3PM ET/ DROUGHT OUTLOOK VALID FOR
MARCH 14 MID-MARCH THROUGH JUNE
APRIL 18 MID-APRIL THROUGH JULY
MAY 16 MID-MAY THROUGH AUGUST
JUNE 13 MID-JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER
JULY 18 MID-JULY THROUGH OCTOBER
AUGUST 15 MID-AUGUST THROUGH NOVEMBER
SEPTEMBER 12 MID-SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER
OCTOBER 17 MID-OCTOBER THROUGH JANUARY
NOVEMBER 14 MID-NOVEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY
DECEMBER 12 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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