20020128: HA zones-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 12:49:42 -0700

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 02-08
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
230 PM EST MON JAN 28 2002

TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
          WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
          OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND
          PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     THERESE Z. PIERCE
          CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL BRANCH

SUBJECT:  RECONFIGURATION OF HAWAII MARINE ZONES...EFFECTIVE
          MARCH 28 2002

ON THURSDAY MARCH 28 AT 2100 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...
OR 1100 AM HST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICE IN
HONOLULU HAWAII WILL CHANGE THE OUTWARD EXTENT OF THE HAWAIIAN
COASTAL WATERS AND OFFSHORE WATERS MARINE ZONES.

THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES TO THE UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/
IN THE HAWAII MARINE ZONES.  NO ACTION IS REQUIRED BY THE USERS.
THE FOLLOWING IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

AFFECTED NWS PRODUCT AND ZONES ISSUED BY HONOLULU HI

     PRODUCT NAME:  COASTAL AND OFFSHORE FORECAST FOR HAWAII
     WMO HEADER:    FZHW50 PHFO
     AWIPS ID:      CWFHI

FOR HAWAIIAN COASTAL WATERS MARINE ZONE /PHZ150/ THE OUTWARD
EXTENT WILL CHANGE FROM WITHIN 100 NM OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS TO WITHIN 40 NM OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

FOR OFFSHORE WATERS MARINE ZONE /PHZ180/ THE OUTWARD EXTENT WILL
CHANGE FROM WITHIN 1000 NM OF HONOLULU TO BETWEEN 40 AND 240 NM
OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.  WATERS BETWEEN 240 AND 1000 NM
WILL COME UNDER THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.

AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHOWING THE NEW MARINE ZONES WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE BY
FEBRUARY 19 2002 /USE LOWER CASE/:

     HTTP://ISL1715.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MAPDATA/NEWCAT/WSOM/D51_D52.HTM

IN ADDITION...A SHAPEFILE NOW EXISTS FOR CHANNELS BETWEEN THE
ISLANDS MARINE ZONE /PHZ130/ AND IS AVAILABLE FROM THE ABOVE WEB
SITE.

FOR HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL /WSOM/ CHAPTER
D-51...MARINE SERVICES FOR COASTAL...OFFSHORE...AND HIGH
SEAS...PLEASE REFER TO WSOM ISSUANCE 00-04 APPENDIX B DATED
FEBRUARY 29 2000 AND MAKE APPROPRIATE PEN AND INK CHANGES.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

     THOMAS HEFFNER
     ACTING METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
     2525 CORREA RD
     HONOLULU HI 96822-2219
     PHONE:  808-973-5275

...NOTE TO INTERNET USERS...
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON THE
INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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