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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 10-16
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
245 PM EST MON MAR 1 2010
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: TEMPORARY MARINE ZONE CHANGES FOR COASTAL
WATERS FROM WASHINGTON TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TO
BECOME PERMANENT APRIL 1 2010
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY APRIL 1 2010 AT 500 AM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT
TIME /PDT/...1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE
NWS WILL MAKE PERMANENT MARINE ZONE CHANGES FOR WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/S EUREKA AND MONTEREY CALIFORNIA...
SEATTLE WASHINGTON...PORTLAND AND MEDFORD OREGON.
THE MARINE ZONES CHANGES WERE TEMPORARY IN ORDER TO
EVALUATE THE USE OF SMALLER MARINE ZONES...SPECIFICALLY
NEAR THE COASTLINE. THE CHANGES WERE MADE BECAUSE USER
FEEDBACK HAS BEEN FAVORABLE. REFER TO SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE
/SCN/ 08-38 AND SCN 08-61 WHICH CONTAIN DESCRIPTIONS OF THE
OLD AND NEW MARINE ZONES FOR MORE INFORMATION. BOTH SCN/S/
ARE POSTED AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/LIST.PHP
CUSTOMERS WHO REPROGRAMMED THEIR AFFECTED HARDWARE AND
SOFTWARE FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF SCN/S/ 08-38 AND 08-61 DO
NOT NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION. THE ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE IS
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AT /USE LOWERCASE/.
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM
MAPS SHOWING THE CURRENT MARINE ZONES THAT WILL BECOME
PERMANENT APRIL 1 2010 ARE POSTED AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/MARINE/ZONE/WEST/WESTMZ.HTM
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
RICHARD MAY
METEOROLOGIST
NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20906
301-713-1677 X 127
RICHARD.MAY@xxxxxxxx
JEFFREY LORENS
WESTERN REGION MARINE PROGRAM LEADER
NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
125 S STATE STREET
SALT LAKE CITY UTAH 84138
801-524-4000 X 265
JEFFREY.LORENS@xxxxxxxx
NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
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