980402: Michigan Public Zone Fcst prod segmentation-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 980402: Michigan Public Zone Fcst prod segmentation-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 12:04:19 -0700 (MST)

069 
NOUS41 KWBC 021805
PNSWSH
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
100 PM EST THU APR 2 1998
 
TO        FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS
          CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
 
FROM      THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMET SERVICES
 
SUBJECT   MICHIGAN PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT SEGMENTATION...
          EFFECTIVE JUNE 2 1998
   
     EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JUNE 2 1998...AT 4:45 A.M....EASTERN
DAYLIGHT TIME /0945 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE MICHIGAN
PUBLIC ZONE FORECASTS WILL BE SEGMENTED INTO FIVE SEPARATE
PRODUCTS FOR FIVE DISTINCT REGIONS OF THE STATE.
 
     THE MICHIGAN ZONE FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NWS
FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN DETROIT /DTX/ MICHIGAN...IN
COORDINATION WITH WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES /WSO/ IN MARQUETTE
/MQT/...MICHIGAN...NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN /APX/...GRAND
RAPIDS /GRR/ MICHIGAN...AND NORTHERN INDIANA /IWX/.  
 
     ALL ZONE FORECASTS FOR MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED
BY THE WSFO DETROIT AT APPROXIMATELY 445 A.M. AND 445 P.M LOCAL
TIME...USING THE FIVE PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW...INSTEAD OF THE
SINGLE MICHIGAN ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT...ARBZFPMI...WHICH WILL BE
DISCONTINUED.  UPDATES TO THE ZONE FORECASTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
ISSUED AS NEEDED BY THE FIVE NWS OFFICES SERVING THEIR REGION OF
MICHIGAN...USING THE APPROPRIATE PRODUCT...AS INDICATED BELOW.
 
MICHIGAN REGION           NWWS ID    FOS HEADER   UPDATE OFFICE  
 
UPPER PENINSULA /U.P./    ARBZFPMQT  FPUS53 KMQT  WSO MQT
  EXCEPT EXTREME EAST
NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN   ARBZFPAPX  FPUS53 KAPX  WSO APX
  AND EXTREME EAST U.P.
SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN  ARBZFPDTX  FPUS53 KDTX  WSFO DTX
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN  ARBZFPGRR  FPUS53 KGRR  WSO GRR
  EXCEPT EXTREME SOUTHWEST 
EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER   INDZFPIWX  FPUS53 KIWX  WSO IWX
  MICHIGAN          
 
     SEGMENTATION OF THE MICHIGAN ZONE FORECASTS WILL RESULT IN
THE FOLLOWING ZONE ALIGNMENT...WITH THE ZONE /Z/ FORM OF THE
UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE /UGC/ LISTED FOR EACH MICHIGAN ZONE. 
 
U.P. OF MICHIGAN         
EXCEPT EXTREME EAST      ARBZFPMQT / FPUS53 KMQT
 
UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE     UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE   UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE
MIZ001- KEWEENAW        MIZ002- ONTONAGON     MIZ003- HOUGHTON
MIZ004- BARAGA          MIZ005- MARQUETTE     MIZ006- ALGER
MIZ007- LUCE            MIZ009- GOGEBIC       MIZ010- IRON
MIZ011- DICKINSON       MIZ012- MENOMINEE     MIZ013- DELTA
MIZ014- SCHOOLCRAFT     
 
NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
AND EXTREME EAST U.P.     ARBZFPAPX / FPUS53 KAPX:
 
UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE     UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE   UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE
MIZ008- CHIPPEWA        MIZ015- MACKINAC      MIZ016- EMMET
MIZ017- CHEBOYGAN       MIZ018- PRESQUE ISLE  MIZ019- CHARLEVOIX
MIZ020- LEELANAU        MIZ021- ANTRIM        MIZ022- OTSEGO
MIZ023- MONTMORENCY     MIZ024- ALPENA        MIZ025- BENZIE
MIZ026- GRAND TRAVERSE  MIZ027- KALKASKA      MIZ028- CRAWFORD
MIZ029- OSCODA          MIZ030- ALCONA        MIZ031- MANISTEE
MIZ032- WEXFORD         MIZ033- MISSAUKEE     MIZ034- ROSCOMMON
MIZ035- OGEMAW          MIZ036- IOSCO         MIZ041- GLADWIN
MIZ042- ARENAC
 
SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN  ARBZFPDTX / FPUS53 KDTX:
 
UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE     UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE   UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE
MIZ047- MIDLAND         MIZ048- BAY           MIZ049- HURON
MIZ053- SAGINAW         MIZ054- TUSCOLA       MIZ055- SANILAC
MIZ060- SHIAWASSEE      MIZ061- GENESEE       MIZ062- LAPEER
MIZ063- ST. CLAIR       MIZ068- LIVINGSTON    MIZ069- OAKLAND
MIZ070- MACOMB          MIZ075- WASHTENAW     MIZ076- WAYNE
MIZ082- LENAWEE         MIZ083- MONROE
 
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
EXCEPT EXTREME SOUTHWEST   ARBZFPGRR / FPUS53 KGRR:
 
UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE     UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE   UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE
MIZ037- MASON           MIZ038- LAKE          MIZ039- OSCEOLA
MIZ040- CLARE           MIZ043- OCEANA        MIZ044- NEWAYGO
MIZ045- MECOSTA         MIZ046- ISABELLA      MIZ050- MUSKEGON
MIZ051- MONTCALM        MIZ052- GRATIOT       MIZ065- OTTAWA
MIZ057- KENT            MIZ058- IONIA         MIZ059- CLINTON
MIZ064- ALLEGAN         MIZ065- BARRY         MIZ066- EATON
MIZ067- INGHAM          MIZ071- VAN BUREN     MIZ072- KALAMAZOO
MIZ073- CALHOUN         MIZ074- JACKSON       
 
EXTREME SOUTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN             INDZFPIWX / FPUS53 KIWX:
 
 
UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE     UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE   UGC Z   COUNTY ZONE
MIZ077- BERRIEN         MIZ078- CASS-         MIZ079- ST. JOSEPH
MIZ080- BRANCH          MIZ081- HILLSDALE
 
     FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE CHANGES CONTACT THE
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE AT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICES:
 
 
DEAN P. GULEZIAN                   DANIEL G. HOUSER
NWS                                NWS
9200 WHITE LAKE ROAD               4899 SOUTH COMPLEX DRIVE S.E.
WHITE LAKE MI 48386-1126           GRAND RAPIDS MI 49512-4034
248-625-3309 X642                  616-949-0643 X642
 
GARY CAMPBELL                      JOHN F. MACHOWSKI
NWS                                NWS
8800 PASSEMHEIN ROAD               112 AIRPARK DRIVE SOUTH
GAYLORD MI 49735-9454              NEGAUNEE MI 49866
517-731-1194 X642                  906-475-5782 X642
 
MIKE E. SABONES
NWS
7550 E850N
SYRACUSE IN 46567
219-834-5178 X642
 
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE URL /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/ 
 
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
 
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