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Service Change Notice 12-47
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1250 PM EST Mon Dec 26 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:Place islands in their Correct Marine Zones off
Southern California Coast Effective April 2, 2013
Effective Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at 1100 AM Pacific Daylight
Time (PDT) or 1800 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the NWS
Weather Forecast Office (WFO) in Los Angeles/Oxnard, CA, will
correctthe wording of three of its marine zones. Anacapa and
Santa Barbara Islands were incorrectly placed in marine zones
PZZ650, PZZ655, and PZZ676.Only the names of these marine zones
willbe adjusted. The Universal Geographic Codes (UGC) will not
changeand the marine zone boundaries will not change.All the
otherislands in WFO Los Angeles waters are not affected.
Table 1 lists the current marine zones that include Anacapa and
Santa Barbara Islands.
Table 2 lists the same marine zones with Anacapa and Santa
Barbara Islands placed in their correct zones.
Table 3 lists the products issued by WFO Los Angelesaffected by
placingthe islands in their correct marine zones effective April
2, 2013:
Table 1.Current marine zones that mention Anacapa and Santa
Barbara Islands, and their corresponding UGCs, used by WFO Los
Angeles/Oxnard:
Current Marine ZoneCurrent UGC
East Santa Barbara Channel fromPZZ650
Point Conception to Point Mugu CA
includingSanta Cruz and Anacapa Islands
Inner waters from Point Mugu toPZZ655
San Mateo Point CA including Santa Catalina
andSanta Barbara Islands
Outer waters from Santa Cruz Island toPZZ676
San Clemente Island to 60 NM offshore
includingSan Nicolas Island
Table 2.Same marine zones with Anacapa and Santa Barbara
Islands placed in their correct zones.WFO LosAngeles/Oxnard
willuse these corrected marine zones and islands effective April
2, 2013.Note the UGCs for these zones will not change.
Same Marine Zones with AnacapaUGC
andSanta Barbara Islands placed
intheir correct zones
East Santa Barbara Channel fromPZZ650
Point Conception to Point Mugu CA
includingSanta Cruz Island
Inner waters from Point Mugu toPZZ655
San Mateo Point CA including Santa Catalina
andAnacapa Islands
Outer waters from Santa Cruz Island toPZZ676
San Clemente Island to 60 NM offshore
includingSan Nicolas and Santa Barbara
Islands
Table 3.WFO Los Angeles/Oxnard products affected by placing the
islandsin their correct marine zones effective April 2, 2013:
Product NameWMO HeadingAWIPS ID
Coastal Waters ForecastFZUS56 KLOXCWFLOX
Special Marine WarningWHUS56 KLOXSMWLOX
Marine Weather StatementFZUS76 KLOXMWSLOX
Marine Weather MessageWHUS76 KLOXMWWLOX
Hurricane Local StatementWTUS86 KLOXHLSLOX
Weather Watch ClearanceWWUS66 KLOXWCNLOX
Notification
Users should be aware of these marine zone name changes within
WFO Los Angeles/Oxnard marine area of responsibilityand make
anyadjustments to their systems.
Images depicting the islands in their correct marine zones are
postedat:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/marine/marine_zone_correction_Apr2013.pdf
New shapefiles for WFO Los Angeles/Oxnard zones are available for
downloadfrom the following website:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/marinezones.htm
If you have any questions or comments about this change to the
marinesynopsis name at WFO Los Angeles/Oxnard please contact:
Eric BoldtJeffrey Lorens
National Weather ServiceNational Weather Service
MeteorologistWestern Region Headquarters
520 N Elevar St.125 S State St.
Oxnard, CA 93030Salt Lake City, UT 84138
805-988-6615801-524-5137 x 265
Eric.Boldt@xxxxxxxx <mailto:Eric.Boldt@xxxxxxxx>Jeffrey.Lorens@xxxxxxxx
<mailto:Jeffrey.Lorens@xxxxxxxx>
National Weather Service Change notices are posted at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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