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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 02-44
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1105 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 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: DIGITAL FORECAST PRODUCT FROM SOUTHERN REGION NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES
SEVERAL SOUTHERN REGION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES
HAVE BEGUN ISSUING AN EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT CALLED THE DIGITAL
FORECAST PRODUCT. THOSE FORECAST OFFICES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
WFO LOCATION ID
AMARILLO TEXAS AMA
ATLANTA GEORGIA FFC
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS BRO
FORT WORTH TEXAS FWD
HOUSTON TEXAS HGX
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE MEG
MIAMI FLORIDA MFL
MORRISTOWN TENNESSEE MRX
NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA LIX
NORMAN OKLAHOMA OUN
SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA SHV
TULSA OKLAHOMA TSA
THE DIGITAL FORECAST PRODUCT DISPLAYS FORECAST WEATHER
PARAMETERS IN 3-HOUR AND 12-HOUR INTERVALS. THE DIGITAL FORMAT
OF THIS PRODUCT PROMOTES QUICK VISUAL SCANNING OF SELECTED
WEATHER ELEMENTS AND FACILITATES EASE OF USE WITH COMPUTERS. IT
ALLOWS THE USER TO OBTAIN THE WEATHER PARAMETER/S/ OF CHOICE.
TABLE 1 BELOW CONTAINS THE WMO HEADING AND AWIPS IDENTIFIER FOR
THIS PRODUCT FROM EACH FORECAST OFFICE. CUSTOMERS WILL NEED TO
ADD THESE IDENTIFIERS TO THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IF THEY WISH
TO RECEIVE THE DIGITAL FORECAST.
TABLE 1: NWS SOUTHERN REGION DIGITAL FORECAST IDENTIFIERS.
OFFICE WMO HEADING AWIPS IDENTIFIER
AMARILLO /AMA/ FOUS54 KAMA RDFAMA
ATLANTA /ATL/ FOUS52 KFFC RDFATL
BROWNSVILLE /BRO/ FOUS54 KBRO RDFBRO
FORT WORTH /FWD/ FOUS54 KFWD RDFFTW
HOUSTON /HGX/ FOUS54 KHGX RDFHGX
MEMPHIS /MEG/ FOUS54 KMEG RDFMEM
MIAMI /MFL/ FOUS52 KMFL RDFMFL
MORRISTOWN /MRX/ FOUS54 KMRX RDFMRX
NEW ORLEANS /LIX/ FOUS54 KLIX RDFNEW
NORMAN /OUN/ FOUS54 KOUN RDFOKC
SHREVEPORT /SHV/ FOUS54 KSHV RDFSHV
TULSA /TSA/ FOUS54 KTSA RDFTUL
THE FOLLOWING LINKS WILL PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF THE DIGITAL FORECAST
PRODUCT:
AMARILLO - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/LBB/RDF/LBBRDFAMA.1.txt
ATLANTA - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/html/rdfexp.htm
BROWNSVILLE- http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/SAT/RDF/SATRDFBRO.1.txt
FORT WORTH -
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/cgi-bin/get_text.pl?+FTWRDFFTW+1
HOUSTON - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/SAT/RDF/SATRDFHGX.1.txt
MEMPHIS - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/MEM/RDF/MEMRDFMEM.1.txt
MIAMI -
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mia/newpage/cgi-bin/master.pl?suite=text&;
prod=MIARDFMFL&hours=12&name=Revised\sDigital\sForecast
MORRISTOWN - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/MEM/RDF/MEMRDFMRX.1.txt
NEW ORLEANS- http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/NEW/RDF/NEWRDFNEW.1.txt
NORMAN - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/products/rdf/oklahoma.php
SHREVEPORT - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/NEW/RDF/NEWRDFSHV.1.txt
TULSA -
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tulsa/cgi-bin/get_text.pl?OKCRDFTUL+1
FURTHER DETAILS ON HOW TO INTERPRET THIS PRODUCT CAN BE FOUND ON
THE ATLANTA WFO WEB SITE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC/HTML/RDFEXP.HTM
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS PRODUCT...PLEASE
CALL MELINDA BAILEY...PUBLIC SERVICE METEOROLOGIST...AT SOUTHERN
REGION HEADQUARTERS IN FORT WORTH TEXAS...AT 817-978-1100 EXT
107.
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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