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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 09-17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
950 AM EST FRI FEB 27 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 FORECAST OFFICES /WFO/ IN DULUTH
MINNESOTA...CHICAGO ILLINOIS...GRAND RAPIDS
MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA WILL BEGIN ISSUING
SURF ZONE FORECASTS /SRF/ WITH RIP CURRENT INFORMATION
EFFECTIVE MONDAY MAY 18 2009
EFFECTIVE MONDAY MAY 18 2009 AT 1300 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL
TIME /UTC/...0900 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME /EDT/...0800 CENTRAL
DAYLIGHT TIME /CDT/...THE NWS WFOS IN DULUTH MINNESOTA...
CHICAGO ILLINOIS...GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN...AND NORTHERN
INDIANA WILL BEGIN ISSUING THE SRF WITH RIP CURRENT INFORMATION.
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. SELECT COASTAL WFOS HAVE ISSUED THE SRF
SINCE 2002. IN 2008 WFO DULUTH BECAME THE FIRST GREAT
LAKES OFFICE TO ISSUE THE SURF ZONE FORECAST.
TABLE 1 BELOW LISTS THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE
SURF ZONE FORECASTS /SRF/ ISSUED BY THE FOUR GREAT LAKES
WFOS BEGINNING MAY 18 2009.
TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE SURF ZONE
FORECAST /SRF/ ISSUED BY THE FOUR GREAT LAKES WFOS
EFFECTIVE MAY 18 2009.
ISSUING WFO WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
DULUTH MN FZUS53 KDLH SRFDLH
GRAND RAPIDS MI FZUS53 KGRR SRFGRR
NORTHERN INDIANA FZUS53 KIWX SRFIWX
CHICAGO IL FZUS53 KLOT SRFLOT
CUSTOMERS MUST REPROGRAM THEIR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO
RECEIVE THESE NEW SURF ZONE FORECASTS ON MAY 18 2009.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
RICHARD MAY THOMAS TOWNSEND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES CENTRAL REGION
1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY 7220 NW 101ST TERRACE
SILVER SPRING MD 20910 KANSAS CITY MO 64153
301-713-1677 EXT. 127 816-268-3149
RICHARD.MAY@xxxxxxxx TOM.TOWNSEND@xxxxxxxx
TOM.TOWNSEND@xxxxxxxx
NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
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