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Service Change Notice 12-44
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1005 AM EST Wed Nov 14 2012
To: Subscribers:
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Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees
From: Mark Tew
Chief, Marine and Coastal Services Branch
Subject: Change in Synopsis Name in Coastal Waters
Forecast (CWF) for WFO Mobile
Effective January 22, 2013
Effective Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at 2 pm Central Daylight
Time (CDT), 2000 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the
NWS Weather Forecast Office (WFO) in Mobile, AL, will change the
name of its Synopsis in its Coastal Waters Forecast (CWF) From
"Synopsis for Destin FL to Pascagoula MS out 60 NM including
Mobile Bay" to "Synopsis for Destin FL to Pascagoula MS out 60 NM
including Bays and Coastal Waterways."
WFO Mobile is changing the name of its synopsis to clarify the
coastal waters forecast includes all the bays and waterways for
its marine area of responsibility.
Current marine synopsis name and corresponding Universal
Geographic Code (UGC) used by WFO Mobile:
Current Marine Synopsis Name UGC
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Synopsis for Destin FL to Pascagoula MS GMZ600
out 60 NM Including Mobile Bay
New marine synopsis name that will be used by WFO Mobile
effective January 22, 2013. Note the UGC for the synopsis will
not change.
New Marine Synopsis Name UGC
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Synopsis for Destin FL to Pascagoula MS GMZ600
out 60 NM including Bays and Coastal
Waterways
WFO Mobile product affected by the marine synopsis name change
effective January 22, 2013:
Product Name WMO Heading AWIPS ID
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Coastal Waters Forecast FZUS54 KMOB CWFMOB
Users should be aware of this synopsis name change within WFO
Mobile Coastal Waters Forecast and make any adjustments to their
systems.
If you have any questions or comments about this change to the
marine synopsis name at WFO Mobile please contact:
John Werner Melinda Bailey
National Weather Service National Weather Service
Marine Focal Point Southern Region Headquarters
8100 Airport Blvd Bldg 11 819 Taylor Street
Mobile, AL 36608 Fort Worth, TX 76102
251 633 6443 817 978 1100 x 107
John.Werner@xxxxxxxx Melinda.Bailey@xxxxxxxx
National Weather Service Change notices are posted at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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