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Service Change Notice 10-50
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
922 AM EST Tue Nov 23 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: New Marine Zones for the Niagara River Effective
April 5, 2011
Effective Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 200 PM Eastern Daylight Time
(EDT) or 1800 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) the NWS Weather
Forecast Office in Buffalo, NY, will segment its current marine
forecast for the Niagara River. This will result in changes to
marine zone boundaries, marine zone names, and marine zone
Universal Geographic Codes (UGC). These changes will allow WFO
Buffalo to provide more area specific marine weather forecasts,
watches, warnings, and advisories for the Niagara River.
On April 5, 2011, the current marine zone LEZ020 Upper Niagara
River and Buffalo Harbor will be split at Niagara Falls into
Upper Niagara River (marine zone LEZ020) and Lower Niagara River
(marine zone LOZ030).
Table 1. WFO Buffalo Products Affected by the Changes Effective
April 5, 2011
Product name WMO headingAWIPS ID
Nearshore Marine Forecast FZUS51 KBUF NSHBUF
Special Marine Warning WHUS51 KBUFSMWBUF
Marine Weather Statement FZUS71 KBUFMWSBUF
Marine Weather Message WHUS71 KBUFMWWBUF
Watch County Notification WWUS61 KBUFWCNBUF
Hazardous Weather Outlook FLUS41 KBUF HWOBUF
Table 2. WFO Buffalo Marine Zone Changes for the Niagara River
Effective April 5, 2011.
Zone (Z) form of the UGC and marine forecast zone name/numbers
for WFO Buffalo users:
New Zone name New UGC Old Zone Name Old UGC
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Upper Niagara River LEZ020 Upper Niagara River LEZ020
and Buffalo Harbor and Buffalo Harbor
Lower Niagara River LOZ030 Upper Niagara River LEZ020
and Buffalo Harbor
No other marine zones in WFO Buffalos marine area of
responsibility are affected by this change.
A graphical depiction of the marine forecast zone changes is
online at:
http://www.weather.gov/buf/marine_changes.htm
Customers must reprogram affected hardware and software to
continue to correctly process the products in Table 1.
Customers providing NWS graphic marine forecasts must download
an updated marine zone map shapefile. The updated shapefile is
available for download from the following website:
www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/marinezones.htm
If you have any questions or comments please contact:
Judy Levan Mark Willis
NWS Buffalo NWS Eastern Region HQ
587 Aero Drive 630 Johnson Avenue
Cheektowaga, NY 14225-1405 Bohemia, NY 11716-2618
716-565-0204 x223 631-244-0122
Judith.Levan@xxxxxxxx Mark.Willis@xxxxxxxx
National Service Change Notices are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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