20020221: Western Reg end-state WMO product ids

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• Subject: 20020221: Western Reg end-state WMO product ids
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 14:43:42 -0700

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 02-11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
430 PM EST THU FEB 21 2002

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

FROM:     JAMES E. LEE
         CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  END-STATE WMO/AWIPS PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS GO INTO EFFECT
         FOR WESTERN REGION WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES FIRE
         WEATHER PRODUCTS...EFFECTIVE APRIL 2 2002

ON TUESDAY APRIL 2 2002...AT 1 AM PST /2 AM MST/...24 NWS
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES /WFOS/ IN THE WESTERN U.S. WILL COMPLETE
TRANSITION TO END-STATE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/
COMMUNICATION HEADERS FOR THEIR FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS...SEE
TABLE 1.  THE SECOND LINE OF THE PRODUCT HEADER...KNOWN AS THE
AWIPS IDENTIFIER...WILL ALSO BE FINALIZED TO REFLECT MODERN SITE
LOCATION IDENTIFIERS /E.G... GTF /GREAT FALLS/ WILL BECOME TFX...
ETC./.  THIS WILL AFFECT FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS ISSUED BY OFFICES
IN THE FOLLOWING STATES:  OREGON...WASHINGTON...CALIFORNIA...
ARIZONA...NEVADA...UTAH...IDAHO...AND MONTANA.

    TABLE 1 - PRODUCTS AFFECTED

    FWF ... FIRE WEATHER /PRE-SUPPRESSION/ FORECAST
    RFW ... RED FLAG WARNING/FIRE WEATHER WATCH STATEMENT
    FWM ... MISCELLANEOUS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT - NATIONAL FIRE
            DANGER RATING SYSTEM TREND FORECAST
    FWO ... FIRE WEATHER OBSERVATION - NATIONAL FIRE DANGER
            RATING SYSTEM OBSERVATIONS
    SMF ... SMOKE MANAGEMENT FORECAST
    FWS ... SITE SPECIFIC /SPOT/ FORECAST
    FWL ... LAND MANAGEMENT FORECAST
    RFD ... RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
    FWN ... FIRE WEATHER NOTIFICATION MESSAGE
    FDI ... FIRE DANGER INDICES - NATIONAL FIRE DANGER RATING
            SYSTEM INDICES

TO ASSIST NWS CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES WITH THIS TRANSITION...A
SPECIAL WEB SITE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED.  THE SITE LISTS ALL OF THE
WESTERN REGION WFO FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS AND THEIR END STATE
HEADERS.  THE WEB SITE ADDRESS IS /USE LOWER CASE/:

    http://ww2.wrh.noaa.gov/public/wmoheaders/firewx.htm

IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT ALL USERS OF NWS FIRE WEATHER
PRODUCTS ORIGINATING FROM THE WESTERN U.S. MAKE SURE THAT THEIR
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DIRECTORIES EXACTLY MATCH THE HEADERS
LISTED...STARTING ON APRIL 2.  FAILURE TO DO SO WILL PREVENT HIGH
PRIORITY FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS FROM REACHING THEIR INTENDED
AUDIENCE.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS TRANSITION...PLEASE
CALL YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN THE WESTERN
REGION OR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING NWS WESTERN REGION CONTACTS IN
SALT LAKE CITY UTAH:

    SCOTT BIRCH              801-524-4000
    CRAIG SCHMIDT            801-524-4000

THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET
AT /LOWER CASE/

       www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm

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