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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 10-11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
710 AM EST WED FEB 17 2010
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: ELI JACKS
CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: INITIATION OF DAILY UPDATED ISSUANCES OF THE DAY 1 AND
DAY 2 STORM PREDICTION CENTER FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOKS
AND CHANGE IN ISSUANCE TIME FOR THE DAY 3 TO 8 FIRE
WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CONUS ONLY
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY MARCH 23 2010... THE NWS STORM PREDICTION
CENTER /SPC/ WILL MODIFY THE ISSUANCE TIMES OF FIRE WEATHER
OUTLOOK PRODUCTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. AN UPDATE TO THE DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK PRODUCTS WILL BE
ISSUED BY 1700 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ DAILY. THESE
ARE NEW PRODUCTS THAT WILL UPDATE THE INITIAL DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER
OUTLOOK PRODUCTS /CURRENTLY ISSUED BY 0900 UTC DAILY DURING
DAYLIGHT TIME...1000 UTC DURING STANDARD TIME/.
2. AN UPDATE TO THE DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK PRODUCTS WILL BE
ISSUED BY 2000 UTC DAILY. THESE ARE NEW PRODUCTS WHICH WILL
UPDATE THE INITIAL DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK PRODUCTS
/CURRENTLY ISSUED BY 1000 UTC DAILY/.
3. THE ISSUANCE TIME OF THE DAY 3 TO 8 SPC FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
PRODUCTS WILL CHANGE TO 2200 UTC DAILY FROM THE CURRENT ISSUANCE
TIME OF 1100 UTC DAILY. THIS NEW ISSUANCE TIME WILL ALLOW FOR
ENHANCED FORECAST COLLABORATION BETWEEN SPC AND OTHER FEDERAL
AND STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
THESE CHANGES TO THE ISSUANCE TIMES APPLY TO THE FIRE WEATHER
OUTLOOK TEXT FORECAST PRODUCTS...POINTS PRODUCTS...GRIB2 AND
NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE PRODUCTS.
THE AWIPS IDENTIFIERS AND WMO PRODUCT HEADINGS FOR THESE
PRODUCTS DO NOT CHANGE. PARTNERS AND USERS WILL BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE RECEIVING ALL OF THESE PRODUCTS IN THE SAME MANNER AS
THEY DO NOW AT THE MODIFIED ISSUANCE TIMES.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE OR SPC FIRE WEATHER
OUTLOOK PRODUCTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
DR. RUSSELL SCHNEIDER GREGORY GROSSHANS
CHIEF SCIENCE SUPPORT BRANCH METEOROLOGIST
STORM PREDICTION CENTER STORM PREDICTION CENTER
NORMAN OKLAHOMA NORMAN OKLAHOMA
405-325-2066 405-325-2462
RUSSELL.SCHNEIDER@xxxxxxxx <mailto:RUSSELL.SCHNEIDER@xxxxxxxx>
GREGORY.GROSSHANS@xxxxxxxx <mailto:GREGORY.GROSSHANS@xxxxxxxx>
NATIONAL SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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