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Service Change Notice 11-25
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
830 AM EDT Tue Jul 12 2011
To: Subscribers
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS Partners and Employees
From: Wayne Higgins,
Director, Climate Prediction Center
Subject: U.S. Drought Monitor Impact Type Labels Change
Effective September 29, 2011
The U.S. Drought Monitor impact type labels and drought impact
types key will change. The Agricultural (A) and Hydrological (H)
impact types will become Short-Term (S) and Long-Term (L),
respectively. The drought impact types key will change from
A = Agricultural (Crops, Pastures, Grasslands) to
S = Short-Term, Typically less than 6 months (e.g. Agriculture,
Grasslands), and from:
H = Hydrological (Water) to
L = Long-Term, Typically greater than 6 months (E.G. Hydrology,
Ecology)
The Drought Monitor is online at:
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
If you have any questions or comments, please contact:
Ed OLenic
Operations Branch Chief
Camp Springs, MD 20746
301-763-8000 x7528
Ed.Olenic@xxxxxxxx
National Service Change Notices are online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm
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