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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 04-02...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
310 PM EST FRI JAN 16 2004
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: GLENN AUSTIN
ACTING CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: CORRECTED...NEW MEXICO STATE FORECAST PRODUCT CHANGE...
EFFECTIVE APRIL 1 2004
CORRECTED TO CHANGE NEW AWIPS ID SFTELP TO SFTEPZ IN TABLE 1...
LAST PRODUCT ENTRY.
ON THURSDAY...APRIL 1 2004 AT 400 AM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME
/MST/...THE STATE FORECAST PRODUCT /SFP/ FOR NEW MEXICO...ISSUED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /NWS/ IN ALBUQUERQUE...
WILL BE CHANGING FROM A NARRATIVE FORMAT TO A TABULAR FORMAT.
THE TABULAR FORMAT WILL INCLUDE FORECASTS FOR FIFTEEN INDIVIDUAL
CITIES ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.
ALSO...NWS OFFICES IN MIDLAND AND EL PASO TX WILL ISSUE A
TABULAR STYLE STATE FORECAST FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST...SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO.
THE FORECAST ELEMENTS IN THE TABULAR STATE FORECAST WILL INCLUDE
THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE...PREDOMINANT WEATHER...AND
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION. THESE FORECASTS WILL PROJECT OUT
TO SEVEN DAYS.
ALL CUSTOMERS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO RECEIVE THE NEW
PRODUCTS...WHICH ARE LISTED IN TABLE 1. CUSTOMERS CURRENTLY
RECEIVING STATE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NEW MEXICO IN NARRATIVE
FORMAT UNDER THE CURRENT HEADINGS LISTED IN TABLE 1 SHOULD ENSURE
THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE NEW TABULAR STATE FORECAST HEADINGS SHOWN
IN TABLE 1.
TABLE 1 CURRENT AND NEW WMO HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS FOR NEW
MEXICO STATE FORECAST PRODUCTS.
CURRENT CURRENT
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID FORECAST REGIONS
FPUS65 KABQ SFPNM NEW MEXICO
NEW NEW
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID FORECAST REGIONS
FPUS65 KABQ SFTABQ NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
FPUS64 KMAF SFTMAF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW
MEXICO
FPUS64 KEPZ SFTEPZ SOUTHWEST-SOUTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO-
FAR WEST TEXAS
AN EXAMPLE OF THE TABULAR STATE FORECAST PRODUCT ISSUED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE IS AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/abq/sftabq
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...YOU MAY CONTACT:
CHARLIE A LILES MELINDA BAILEY
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE PUBLIC PROGRAM MGR.
2341 CLARK CARR LOOP SE 819 TAYLOR ST ROOM 10A03
ALBUQUERQUE NM 87106 FORT WORTH TEXAS 71602
PHONE: 505-243-0702 PHONE: 817-978-1100 X 107
E-MAIL: CHARLIE.LILES@xxxxxxxx MELINDA.BAILEY@xxxxxxxx
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm
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