20050831: coastal waters-Florence & Cape Blanco-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20050831: coastal waters-Florence & Cape Blanco-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:42:08 -0600

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NOUS41 KWBC 311640
PNSWSH

SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-33
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1240 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2005

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

SUBJECT:    CHANGES IN COASTAL WATERS MARINE ZONES BETWEEN
           FLORENCE AND CAPE BLANCO... OREGON: EFFECTIVE
   JANUARY 10 2006

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JANUARY 10 2006 AT 0900 PACIFIC STANDARD
/PST/...1700 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...MARINE ZONE
DESIGNATIONS ISSUED BY THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN
MEDFORD... OREGON WILL BE AMENDED TO IMPROVE CLARITY.  THIS
CHANGE INVOLVES THE FOLLOWING TWO IMPROVEMENTS.

CURRENTLY COASTAL MARINE ZONES WITH UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC
COORDINATE /UGC/ DESIGNATORS OF PZZ350 AND PZZ353 EXTEND FROM
FLORENCE TO CAPE ARAGO OR AND FROM CAPE ARAGO TO CAPE BLANCO OR
RESPECTIVELY AND OUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES /NM/. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10
2006...MARINE ZONE PZZ353 WILL BE DELETED.  EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10
2006 MARINE ZONE PZZ350 WILL ENCOMPASS AND BE KNOWN IN FORECASTS
AS THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR AND OUT
20 NM.

CURRENTLY MARINE ZONES PZZ370 AND PZZ373 EXTEND FROM FLORENCE TO
CAPE ARAGO OR AND FROM CAPE ARAGO TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 20 TO 60
NM RESPECTIVELY.  EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10 2006...MARINE ZONE PZZ373
WILL BE DELETED.  EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10 2006 MARINE ZONE PZZ370
WILL ENCOMPASS AND BE KNOWN IN FORECASTS AS THE WATERS FROM
FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

THE NEW MARINE ZONES ARE LISTED IN TABLE 1. THE NWS WILL RETAIN
THE MARINE ZONE UGCS FOR PZZ350 AND PZZ370.  THE NWS WILL DELETE
THE MARINE ZONE UGCS FOR PZZ353 AND PZZ373.

BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES...CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION
TO CONTINUE RECEIVING INFORMATION AND SERVICES CURRENTLY PROVIDED
BY WFO MEDFORD FOR MARINE ZONES PZZ353 AND PZZ373.  TABLE 2
SUMMARIZES THE NWS PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE.

TABLE 1. NEW MARINE ZONES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10 2006

ZONE NAME UGC ZONE

COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE PZZ350
TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 20 NM

WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPEPZZ370
BLANCO OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM

TABLE 2. WFO MEDFORD PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE MARINE ZONE CHANGES
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10 2006

PRODUCT NAME                   WMO HEADING   AWIPS ID

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST        FZUS56 KMFR    CWFMFR
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING         WHUS56 KMFR    SMWMFR
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT       FZUS76 KMFR    MWSMFR

AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE NEW BOUNDARIES FOR
THESE MARINE ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING
WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

 WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

JOHN LOVEGROVE             JEFF LORENS
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE       MARINE PROGRAM LEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE      NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
4003 CIRRUS DRIVE        WESTERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
MEDFORD OR 97504-4303  125 S. STATE STREET, RM 1311
541-776-4303          SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84138
                             801-524-4000

THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT /USE
LOWER CASE/

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

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