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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 08-44
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
756 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES.
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT IMPLEMENTATION OF MARINE ZONE COVERAGE FOR INLAND
SABINE LAKE...CALCASIEU LAKE...AND VERMILION BAY:
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 2008
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1 2008 AT 1030 AM CENTRAL DAYLIGHT
TIME /CDT/...1130 AM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME...OR 1530 UNIVERSAL
COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...THE NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN
LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA WILL ISSUE FORECASTS FOR ITS MAJOR INLAND
LAKES AND BAYS AS SEPARATE MARINE ZONES.
THE FIRST CHANGE SPLITS SABINE LAKE FROM MARINE ZONE GMZ450...
WHICH EXTENDS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX...OUT 20 NAUTICAL
MILES. THIS SPLIT WILL OCCUR AT THE MOUTH OF THE SABINE RIVER AT
SABINE TX.
THE SECOND CHANGE IS TO ADD CALCASIEU LAKE AND LOWER CALCASIEU
RIVER TO THE MARINE ZONES...AND PERFORM A SPLIT FROM MARINE ZONE
GMZ450...WHICH EXTENDS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX...OUT
20 NAUTICAL MILES. THIS SPLIT WILL OCCUR AT THE MOUTH OF THE
CALCASIEU RIVER AT CAMERON LA.
THE THIRD CHANGE IS TO SPLIT VERMILION BAY FROM MARINE ZONE
GMZ455...WHICH EXTENDS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA TO
INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES. THIS SPLIT WILL OCCUR
AT THE WESTERN END OF MARSH ISLAND NEAR LIGHTHOUSE POINT...AND
FROM THE EASTERN END OF MARSH ISLAND NEAR LAKE POINT TO MARONE
POINT ACROSS EASTERN VERMILION BAY.
TO VIEW GRAPHICAL IMAGES OF THESE CHANGES...GO TO THE FOLLOWING
WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LCH/MARINE/NEWMARINEZONES2008.PHP
TABLE 1 LISTS ALL OF THE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY WFO LAKE CHARLES THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE MARINE ZONE CHANGES OCTOBER 1 2008.
TABLE 2 LISTS ALL THE CURRENT MARINE ZONES AND UNIVERSAL
GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/S FOR WFO LAKE CHARLES. TABLE 3 LISTS ALL
THE MARINE ZONES AND UGCS FOR WHICH WFO LAKE CHARLES WILL ISSUE
FORECASTS AND WARNINGS OCTOBER 1 2008.
TABLE 1: WFO LAKE CHARLES PRODUCTS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE MARINE
ZONE CHANGES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 2008
PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST CWFLCH FZUS54 KLCH
MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE MWWLCH WHUS74 KLCH
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING SMWLCH WHUS54 KLCH
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT MWSLCH FZUS74 KLCH
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT HLSLCH WTUS84 KLCH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK HWOLCH FLUS44 KLCH
SHORT TERM FORECAST NOWLCH FPUS74 KLCH
WEATHER WATCH CLEARANCE WCNLCH WWUS64 KLCH
NOTIFICATION
TABLE 2: CURRENT MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGCS FOR WHICH
WFO LAKE CHARLES ISSUES FORECASTS AND WARNINGS
CURRENT MARINE ZONE NAME CURRENT UGC
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA GMZ455
RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20 NM
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER GMZ475
TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA EXTENDING FROM
20 TO 60 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO GMZ452
CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO GMZ472
CAMERON LA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO GMZ450
HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM
WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX GMZ470
EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM
TABLE 3: MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGCS FOR WHICH WFO LAKE
CHARLES WILL ISSUE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1
2008.
MARINE ZONE NAME UGC
SABINE LAKE GMZ430 /NEW UGC/
CALCASIEU LAKE GMZ432 /NEW UGC/
VERMILION BAY GMZ435 /NEW UGC/
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA GMZ455
RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20 NM
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER GMZ475
TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA EXTENDING FROM
20 TO 60 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY GMZ452
TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO GMZ472
CAMERON LA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO GMZ450
HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM
WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND GMZ470
TX EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM
BECAUSE OF THESE ADDITIONS AND CHANGES TO MARINE ZONES TAKING
EFFECT OCTOBER 1 2008 AND SHOWN IN TABLE 3...CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CONTINUE CORRECTLY PROCESSING THE PRODUCTS
LISTED IN TABLE 1.
AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE CHANGES TO THESE
MARINE ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEB
SITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
ANDY PATRICK MELINDA BAILEY
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE PUBLIC/MARINE METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWS SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
500 AIRPORT BLVD, #115 819 TAYLOR ST. RM 10A11
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70607 FORT WORTH TX 76102
337-477-5285 817-978-1100 X107
NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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