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PNSWSH
Public Information Notice
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
728 AM EST Fri FEB 24 2012
To:Subscribers:
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
-Other NWS Partners and NWS Employees
From:David B. Caldwell
Director, NWS Office of Climate, Water and Weather
Services
Subject: Soliciting Interest in Providing a Cold Advisory
Product or Service to the Livestock Industry through
June 22, 2012
Through June 22, 2012, parties who are interested in providing a
Cold Advisory for Newborn Livestock (CANL) product should advise
the NWS of their interest and interest or intent.
From April 2010 through May 2011, the NWSaccepted public comments
regarding an experimental Cold Advisory for Newborn Livestock (CANL)
product. This product, which is a graphical depiction of the
potential for weather related impacts to newborn livestock, is
issued to help users reduce newborn livestock losses due to hazardous
weather. Additional information is online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notification/pns10canl.txt.
The NWS received and evaluated 20 comments regarding this experimental
product. The majority of the comments indicate that this type of cold
advisory is useful to the livestock industry andis a valuable resource.
Some comments, however, did question whether this particular service
should be provided by our partners in theprivate sector rather than
by the NWS.
Based upon this issue, the NWS has decided to survey the weather
enterprise (including the private sector, academia, and other
government agencies) for interest in meeting this need for the
livestock industry.Additional information about the experimental
CANL product is online at:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/ggw/canl/canl.html
For more information, or if you plan to pursue implementation of this
type of service for the livestock industry, please contact:
Eli Jacks
National Weather Service
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
301-713-1858 x110
elliott.jacks@xxxxxxxx <mailto:elliott.jacks@xxxxxxxx>
National Public Information Notices are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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