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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
100 PM PDT THU OCT 24 2002
TO: FAMILY SERVICE /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY
MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ELIZABETH A. MORSE
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE SACRAMENTO CA
SUBJECT: INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ZONE FORECAST
PRODUCT CHANGE ADDING SPOT TEMPERATURE AND PROBABILITY OF
PRECIPITATION FORECASTS...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 20 2002
ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20 2002 AT 2330 UTC...EFFECTIVE WITH THE
AFTERNOON FORECAST...THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN SACRAMENTO CA
PLANS TO REINTRODUCE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE AND PROBABILITY OF
PRECIPITATION (POP) FORECASTS FOR 19 SPOT LOCATIONS IN ITS FORECAST
AREA. A ONE-WORD WEATHER AND TEMPERATURE FORECAST TABLE CURRENTLY
APPENDED TO THE END OF THE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT WILL BE REMOVED
WHEN THE SPOTS ARE ADDED. THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE FORMAT
THAT WILL BE USED FOR AN INDIVIDUAL ZONE FORECAST ISSUED AT 330PM
WITH SPOT TEMPERATURES AND POPS INCLUDED:
/BEGINNING OF EXAMPLE/
CAZ015-211130-
NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
INCLUDING REDDING...AND RED BLUFF
330 PM PDT WED NOV 20 2002
.TONIGHT...RAIN LIKELY. LOWS 45 TO 52. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE NORTH.
.THURSDAY...A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS 66 TO 73.
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 38 TO 44.
.FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS 72 TO 79.
.SATURDAY...DRY. LOWS 45 TO 55. HIGHS IN THE 70S.
.SUNDAY...CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE 40S. HIGHS 65
TO 75.
.MONDAY AND TUESDAY...BREEZY. CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS 45 TO 55. HIGHS
IN THE 60S.
.WEDNESDAY...DRY. LOWS IN THE 40S. HIGHS 65 TO 75.
.< TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
REDDING 78 48 71 / 0 70 30
RED BLUFF 79 48 72 / 0 60 30
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/END OF EXAMPLE/
THE FORECAST VALUES FOR TEMPERATURE AND POP CORRESPOND TO THE
FORECAST TIMES IN THE TEXT PORTION OF THE ZONE FORECAST...IN THE
ABOVE EXAMPLE 'TODAY'...'TONIGHT'...AND 'MONDAY'. THE AFTERNOON
FORECAST ISSUED AT 330 PM WILL CONTAIN 4 VALUES EACH FOR TEMPERATURE
AND POP BEGINNING WITH 'TONIGHT' AND COVERING THE NEXT DAY...NEXT
NIGHT...AND THE FOLLOWING DAY. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE TOTAL
LENGTH OF THE INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT
WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY OVER ITS CURRENT LENGTH EVEN WITH THE
DELETION OF THE TABLE CURRENTLY AT THE END OF THE PRODUCT.
/SUMMARY/
WMO HEADER: FPUS56 KSTO
PRODUCT ID: ZFPSTO
PRODUCT NAME: INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ZONE FORECASTS
EFFECTIVE DATE/TIME: WED NOV 20 2002 / 330 PM PST
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
ELIZABETH A. MORSE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
3310 EL CAMINO AVE, #228
SACRAMENTO CA 95821
PHONE: 916-979-3041 EXT. 222
E-MAIL: ELIZABETH.MORSE@xxxxxxxx
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