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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 09-01
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1235 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009
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: NWS WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BARROW ALASKA
WILL BEGIN ISSUING SURF ZONE FORECASTS
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY JULY 1 2009
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY JULY 1 2009 AT 1300 COORDINATED
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...OR 0500 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME
/AKDT/...THE NWS WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN BARROW ALASKA
WILL BEGIN ISSUING A SURF ZONE FORECAST /SRF/.
REFER TO NWS INSTRUCTION 10-310 FOR STANDARD PROCEDURE
GOVERNING SURF ZONE FORECASTS AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01003010CURR.PDF
THE SURF ZONE IS THE AREA OF WATER BETWEEN THE HIGH WATER
/OR TIDE/ LEVEL ON THE BEACH AND THE SEAWARD SIDE OF
BREAKING WAVES. THE SRF HAS BEEN ISSUED BY SELECT COASTAL
WFOS SINCE 2002. WSO BARROW WILL BE THE FIRST ALASKA OFFICE
TO ISSUE THE SURF ZONE FORECAST.
TABLE 1 BELOW LISTS THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE
SURF ZONE FORECAST /SRF/ ISSUED BY WSO BARROW.
TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE SURF ZONE
FORECAST /SRF/ ISSUED BY WSO BARROW EFFECTIVE JULY 1 2009.
ISSUING WFO WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
BARROW AK FZAK59 PABR SRFBRW
CUSTOMERS ARE ADVISED TO REPROGRAM THEIR HARDWARE AND
SOFTWARE TO RECEIVE THIS NEW SURF ZONE FORECAST ON JULY 1 2009.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
RICHARD MAY JOHN LINGAAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES FAIRBANKS FORECAST OFFICE
1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY P.O. BOX 757345
SILVER SPRING MD 20910 FAIRBANKS, AK 99775-7345
301-713-1677 EXT. 127 907-458-3712
RICHARD.MAY@xxxxxxxx JOHN.LINGAAS@xxxxxxxx
NATIONAL SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
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