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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-33
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1240 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2005
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: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: CHANGES IN COASTAL WATERS MARINE ZONES BETWEEN
FLORENCE AND CAPE BLANCO... OREGON: EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 10 2006
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JANUARY 10 2006 AT 0900 PACIFIC STANDARD
/PST/...1700 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...MARINE ZONE
DESIGNATIONS ISSUED BY THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN
MEDFORD... OREGON WILL BE AMENDED TO IMPROVE CLARITY. THIS
CHANGE INVOLVES THE FOLLOWING TWO IMPROVEMENTS.
CURRENTLY COASTAL MARINE ZONES WITH UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC
COORDINATE /UGC/ DESIGNATORS OF PZZ350 AND PZZ353 EXTEND FROM
FLORENCE TO CAPE ARAGO OR AND FROM CAPE ARAGO TO CAPE BLANCO OR
RESPECTIVELY AND OUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES /NM/. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10
2006...MARINE ZONE PZZ353 WILL BE DELETED. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10
2006 MARINE ZONE PZZ350 WILL ENCOMPASS AND BE KNOWN IN FORECASTS
AS THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR AND OUT
20 NM.
CURRENTLY MARINE ZONES PZZ370 AND PZZ373 EXTEND FROM FLORENCE TO
CAPE ARAGO OR AND FROM CAPE ARAGO TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 20 TO 60
NM RESPECTIVELY. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10 2006...MARINE ZONE PZZ373
WILL BE DELETED. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10 2006 MARINE ZONE PZZ370
WILL ENCOMPASS AND BE KNOWN IN FORECASTS AS THE WATERS FROM
FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
THE NEW MARINE ZONES ARE LISTED IN TABLE 1. THE NWS WILL RETAIN
THE MARINE ZONE UGCS FOR PZZ350 AND PZZ370. THE NWS WILL DELETE
THE MARINE ZONE UGCS FOR PZZ353 AND PZZ373.
BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES...CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION
TO CONTINUE RECEIVING INFORMATION AND SERVICES CURRENTLY PROVIDED
BY WFO MEDFORD FOR MARINE ZONES PZZ353 AND PZZ373. TABLE 2
SUMMARIZES THE NWS PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE.
TABLE 1. NEW MARINE ZONES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10 2006
ZONE NAME UGC ZONE
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE PZZ350
TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 20 NM
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPEPZZ370
BLANCO OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM
TABLE 2. WFO MEDFORD PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE MARINE ZONE CHANGES
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10 2006
PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FZUS56 KMFR CWFMFR
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WHUS56 KMFR SMWMFR
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FZUS76 KMFR MWSMFR
AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE NEW BOUNDARIES FOR
THESE MARINE ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING
WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
JOHN LOVEGROVE JEFF LORENS
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE MARINE PROGRAM LEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
4003 CIRRUS DRIVE WESTERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
MEDFORD OR 97504-4303 125 S. STATE STREET, RM 1311
541-776-4303 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84138
801-524-4000
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT /USE
LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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