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Service Change Notice 13-48
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
145 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2013
To: Subscribers:
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS Partners and NWS Employees
From: Mark Tew
Chief, Marine and Coastal Weather Services Branch
Subject: Changes in Marine Forecast Zones in the Charlotte
Harbor Area Across Portions of West and Southwest
Florida Effective December 3, 2013
Effective Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at 3:00 PM Eastern Standard
Time (EST), 2000 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), one new marine
zone will be created within the NWS Tampa Bay Area Florida (TBW)
Weather Forecast Office (WFO) area of responsibility. The new
zone will provide more accurate forecasts and greater watch,
warning, advisory flexibility for marine customers. Specifically,
the Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound area will be split
from its current marine zone, GMZ856, to become zone GMZ836.
Table 1: Current marine zones and corresponding Universal
Geographic Codes (UGCs) for WFO Tampa Bay
Current Marine Zone Name UGC
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Waters from Tarpon Springs to GMZ870
Suwannee River FL out 20 to 60 nm
Waters from Englewood to GMZ873
Tarpon Springs FL out 20 to 60 nm
Waters from Bonita Beach GMZ876
to Englewood FL out 20 to 60 nm
Coastal waters from Tarpon Springs to GMZ850
Suwannee River FL out 20 nm
Coastal waters from Englewood to GMZ853
Tarpon Springs FL out 20 nm
Coastal waters from Bonita Beach to GMZ856
Englewood FL out 20 nm
Tampa Bay Waters GMZ830
Table 2: Marine zones and UGCs for which WFO Tampa Bay will
issue forecasts and warnings effective December 3, 2013
Waters from Tarpon Springs to GMZ870
Suwannee River FL out 20 to 60 nm
Waters from Englewood to GMZ873
Tarpon Springs FL out 20 to 60 nm
Waters from Bonita Beach GMZ876
to Englewood FL out 20 to 60 nm
Coastal waters from Tarpon Springs to GMZ850
Suwannee River FL out 20 nm
Coastal waters from Englewood to GMZ853
Tarpon Springs FL out 20 nm
Coastal waters from Bonita Beach to GMZ856
Englewood FL out 20 nm
Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound GMZ836
Tampa Bay Waters GMZ830
Table 3: WFO Tampa Bay products affected by the changes in
marine forecast zones in the Charlotte Harbor Area effective
December 3, 2013.
Product Name WMO Heading AWIPS ID
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Coastal Waters Forecast FZUS52 KTBW CWFTBW
Special Marine Warning WHUS52 KTBW SMWTBW
Marine Weather Statement FZUS72 KTBW MWSTBW
Marine Weather Message WHUS72 KTBW MWWTBW
Hazardous Weather Outlook FLUS42 KTBW HWOTBW
Hurricane Local Statement WTUS82 KTBW HLSTBW
Tsunami Message WEXX20 PAAQ TSUAT1
Watch County Notification WWUS62 KTBW WCNTBW
Please ensure your systems recognize the new UGC and new zone
alignments and names. Updated marine zone maps are online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/marinezones.htm
A graphical depiction of WFO TBWs new marine weather
forecast zones are online at:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/rtimages/tbw/TopNews/TBWzonechanges.pdf
If you have any questions please contact:
Brian LaMarre Melinda Bailey
Meteorologist In Charge Public/Marine Meteorologist
National Weather Service NWS Southern Region Headquarters
Ruskin FL 33570 Fort Worth Tx 76102
813-645-4111 X222 817-978-1100 X107
National service change notices are online at (use lower case):
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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