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Public Information Statement Comment Request:Amended
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1112 AM EDT Thu May 31 2012
To:Subscribers:
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees
From:Mark Tew
Chief, Marine and Coastal Services Branch
Subject:Amended: Soliciting comments for experimental
graphicast product:Public comment period deadline
extended to December 31, 2012
Comment Period extended to December 31, 2012 to solicit
additionaluser feedback on the utility of the Graphicast.
The NWS is requesting user feedback on an experimental Graphicast
productthrough December 31, 2012.The National Hurricane
Center’s (NHC) Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch (TAFB) is
providingan experimental daily Graphicast of significant marine
weatherfor its offshore and high seas areas of responsibility.
The parameters include:
-Surface (10-m) winds
-Significant wave heights
-Primary swell height, period and direction
-Mean Sea Level Pressure (MSLP) of synoptic scale features
-Fog
-Volcanic ash
-Significant precipitation
This experimental product will be generated by TAFB daily at
approximately0000 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) and posted to
theNational Hurricane Center website:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/marine_forecasts.shtml
A comprehensive description of the gridded marine forecast
productis posted at:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgraphicast.shtml
The catalog entry in the New and Enhanced Products and Services
Catalog is posted at:
http://products.weather.gov
Users are encouraged to provide feedback on this experimental
productby using the brief survey and comment form online at:
http://www.weather.gov/survey/nws-survey.php?code=tafb-
graphicasts
A link to all NHC experimental products is also provided at:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutexperimental.shtml
If you have comments or questions please contact:
Hugh Cobb
Chief, Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch
National Hurricane Center
Hugh.Cobb@xxxxxxxx
305-229-4454
National Public Information Statements are online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm
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