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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-33
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
150 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2007
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
MARINE AND COASTAL WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH CHIEF
SUBJECT: RECONFIGURATION OF WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/
MELBOURNE MARINE ZONE BOUNDARIES FOR EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA BETWEEN FLAGLER BEACH AND JUPITER INLET:
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 4 2007
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY DECEMBER 4 2007 AT 300 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME
/EST/ OR 2000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...THE NWS OFFICE IN
MELBOURNE WILL RECONFIGURE ITS CURRENT MARINE ZONES FOR EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA /FL/. THIS RECONFIGURATION WILL INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF ZONE GROUPS FROM FOUR TO SIX... RESULTING IN SMALLER
ZONE GROUPS AND BETTER FORECAST SERVICES FOR BOATERS ON THE
COASTAL WATERS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE NEW MARINE ZONES
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 4 2007 ARE LISTED IN TABLE 3.
TABLE 1. WFO MELBOURNE PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY NEW
MARINE ZONES AND CHANGES TO UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/
PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FZUS52 KMLB CWFMLB
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WHUS52 KMLB SMWMLB
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FZUS72 KMLB MWSMLB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FLUS42 KMLB HWOMLB
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION WWUS62 KMLB WCNMLB
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WTUS82 KMLB HLSMLB
SHORT TERM FORECAST FPUS72 KMLB NOWMLB
TABLE 2. CURRENT MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGC THAT WILL BE
REPLACED EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 4 2007
MARINE ZONE NAME UGC
FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 0-20 NM AMZ550
FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20-60 NM AMZ570
COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 0-20 NM AMZ555
COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20-60 NM AMZ575
TABLE 3. NEW MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGC EFFECTIVE
DECEMBER 4 2007
NEW MARINE ZONE NAME NEW UGC
FLAGLER BEACH TO
VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE 0-20NM AMZ550
FLAGLER BEACH TO
VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20-60NM AMZ570
VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO
SEBASTIAN INLET 0-20NM AMZ552
VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO
SEBASTIAN INLET 20-60NM AMZ572
SEBASTIAN INLET TO
JUPITER INLET 0-20NM AMZ555
SEBASTIAN INLET TO
JUPITER INLET 20-60NM AMZ575
BECAUSE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS...CUSTOMERS WHO WISH TO RECEIVE THE
MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT WILL BE PROVIDED FOR NEW MARINE
ZONES AMZ550...AMZ552...AMZ555...AMZ570...AMZ572...AND AMZ575 MUST
REPROGRAM AFFECTED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE.
AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE RECONFIGURED
BOUNDARIES FOR THE MARINE ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM
THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM
MAPS SHOWING THE CURRENT MARINE ZONE BOUNDARIES AND THE
RECONFIGURED MARINE ZONE BOUNDARIES EFFECTIVE TUESDAY DECEMBER 4
2007 ARE POSTED ONLINE THROUGH THE WFO MELBOURNE WEB PAGE AT /USE
LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB/MARINEZONECHANGES.HTML
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS RECONFIGURATION
OF THESE MARINE ZONES...PLEASE CONTACT:
DENNIS DECKER MELINDA HINOJOSA
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST PUBLIC/MARINE METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
421 CROTON ROAD SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
MELBOURNE FL 32935 819 TAYLOR ST. RM 10A11
321-254-6083 FORT WORTH TX 76102
DENNIS.DECKER@xxxxxxxx 817-978-1100 X107
MELINDA.HINOJOSA@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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