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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 10-09
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1032 AM EST MON FEB 1 2010
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
- FAMILY OF SERVICES
- NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
- EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
- NOAAPORT
- OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES.
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: IMPLEMENTING IMPROVED MARINE ZONE COVERAGE
FOR MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
COASTAL WATERS: EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2010
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JUNE 1 2010 AT 100 PM CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
/CDT/ OR 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE NWS WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA WILL
RECONFIGURE ITS CURRENT COASTAL WATERS ZONES FOR MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THIS RECONFIGURATION WILL PROVIDE BETTER
FORECAST SERVICES BY REALIGNING THE COASTAL ZONES FOR
CLIMATOLOGICAL...GEOGRAPHICAL...AND BATHYMETRIC EFFECTS.
FOUR NEW INNER COASTAL MARINE ZONES WILL BE CREATED TO BETTER
ACCOUNT FOR DIURNAL AND NOCTURNAL WIND FLUCTUATIONS FOUND IN THE
LARGE INNER COASTAL WATERS AS WELL AS SHALLOW WATER WAVE
PROCESSES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO DIFFERING SEA STATES. NEW ZONES
WILL COVER THE FOLLOWING:
-GMZ532 WILL COVER THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND AREA
-GMZ534 WILL COVER LAKE BORGNE
-GMZ536 WILL COVER THE CHANDELEUR SOUND AREA.
-GMZ538 WILL COVER THE BRETON SOUND AREA.
GMZ530 COVERING LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS WILL REMAIN
UNCHANGED. THE REMAINING ORIGINAL ZONES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED AND
REALIGNED TO PROVIDE HIGHER RESOLUTION AND BETTER ACCURACY OF
FORECASTED METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
TABLE 1 LISTS ALL OF THE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY WFO NEW
ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE MARINE ZONE
CHANGES.
TABLE 2 LISTS ALL THE CURRENT MARINE ZONES AND UNIVERSAL
GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/S/ FOR WFO NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE.
TABLE 3 LISTS ALL THE MARINE ZONES AND UGC/S/ FOR WHICH WFO NEW
ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE WILL ISSUE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS EFFECTIVE
JUNE 1 2010.
TABLE 1. WFO NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE
MARINE ZONE CHANGES EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2010.
PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FZUS54 KLIX CWFLIX
MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE WHUS74 KLIX MWWLIX
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WHUS54 KLIX SMWLIX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FZUS74 KLIX MWSLIX
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WTUS84 KLIX HLSLIX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FLUS44 KLIX HWOLIX
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION WWUS64 KLIX WCNLIX
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUS44 KLIX TIDLIX
MISSISSIPPI TIDE FORECAST
TABLE 2. CURRENT MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UNIVERSAL
GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/S FOR WFO NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE.
CURRENT MARINE ZONE NAME CURRENT UGC
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN/LAKE MAUREPAS GMZ530
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTWEST PASS OF GMZ550
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA
RIVER LOUISIANA OUT 20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI GMZ555
TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER OUT 20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF GMZ570
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA
RIVER LOUISIANA FROM 20 TO 60 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI GMZ575
TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM
TABLE 3. MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGC/S/ FOR WHICH WFO NEW
ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE WILL ISSUE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS EFFECTIVE
JUNE 1 2010.
NEW MARINE ZONE NAME NEW UGC
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN/LAKE MAUREPAS GMZ530
MISSISSIPPI SOUND GMZ532
LAKE BORGNE GMZ534
CHANDELEUR SOUND GMZ536
BRETON SOUND GMZ538
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA GMZ557
MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND LOUISIANA
OUT 20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND GMZ555
LOUISIANA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF GMZ552
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON
LOUISIANA OUT 20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON GMZ550
LOUISIANA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
LOUISIANA OUT 20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA GMZ577
MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND LOUISIANA
FROM 20 TO 60 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND GMZ575
LOUISIANA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF GMZ572
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON
LOUISIANA FROM 20 TO 60 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON GMZ570
LOUISIANA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
LOUISIANA FROM 20 TO 60 NM
BECAUSE OF THESE RECONFIGURED MARINE ZONES...NEW MARINE ZONE
NAMES AND NEW UGC/S/ IN TABLE 3...CUSTOMERS MUST REPROGRAM
AFFECTED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO CONTINUE PROCESSING THE
PRODUCTS IN TABLE 1.
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
A MAP SHOWING THE EXISTING AND ADDITIONAL MARINE ZONES THAT
WILL BE EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2010 IS POSTED ON THE WFO
NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE MARINE PAGE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX/?N=MARINEZONECHANGES
FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THESE CHANGES...CONTACT:
TIM ERICKSON MELINDA BAILEY
MARINE FOCAL POINT PUBLIC/MARINE METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
62300 AIRPORT RD 819 TAYLOR ST. RM 10A11
SLIDELL, LA. 70460 FORT WORTH TX 76102
504-522-7330 817-978-1100 X107
TIM.ERICKSON@xxxxxxxx MELINDA.BAILEY@xxxxxxxx
NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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