20070504: drought issuances

[Linda Miller]

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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-22...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
105 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2007

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:    ROBERT E. LIVEZEY
         CHIEF...CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION
                    
SUBJECT: CORRECTED: INCREASED FREQUENCY OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES 
         OF U.S. DROUGHT OUTLOOKS: EFFECTIVE JUNE 7 2007

CORRECTED TO CHANGE THE AWIPS ID FOR THE U.S. SEASONAL DROUGHT 
OUTLOOK DISCUSSION TEXT PRODUCT FROM MDDRK TO PMDDRK.

THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER /CPC/ WILL INCREASE THE FREQUENCY 
OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES OF THE U.S. DROUGHT OUTLOOK EFFECTIVE JUNE 
7 2007. CURRENTLY THE SCHEDULED U.S. DROUGHT OUTLOOK IS ISSUED 
ONCE A MONTH ON THE THIRD THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 8:30 A.M. 
EASTERN TIME WITH A VALID PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 3 1/2 MONTHS 
AFTER ISSUANCE.

BEGINNING ON THURSDAY JUNE 7 2007...CPC WILL ALSO ISSUE THE U.S. 
DROUGHT OUTLOOK ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH AT 8:30 A.M. 
EASTERN TIME WITH A VALID TIME COVERING THE REST OF THE MONTH 
PLUS THE NEXT TWO MONTHS /I.E. JUST UNDER THREE MONTHS AFTER 
ISSUANCE/. 

THE VALID TIME OF THE U.S. DROUGHT OUTLOOK ISSUED ON THE THIRD 
THURSDAY OF THE MONTH /AT 8:30 A.M. EASTERN TIME/ WILL CONTINUE 
TO BE APPROXIMATELY 3 1/2 MONTHS AFTER ISSUANCE.  

THIS SECOND SCHEDULED RELEASE WILL BE IN LIEU OF RARELY ISSUED 
UNSCHEDULED RELEASES. THIS WILL PROVIDE AN IMPROVED AND MORE 
CONSISTENT LEVEL OF SERVICE. 

THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE:

GRAPHIC:

U.S. DROUGHT OUTLOOK /CONTIGUOUS U.S...ALASKA...AND HAWAII/.

     WMO HEADING: PMNV88 KWNC	       AWIPS ID:    RBGDRK

WEB /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
 
     HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV 
 
U.S. SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK LINK UNDER DROUGHT ASSESSMENT.

TEXT:

U.S. SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK DISCUSSION /CONTIGUOUS U.S... 
ALASKA...AND HAWAII/.

     WMO HEADING: FXUS22 KWNC        AWIPS ID: PMDDRK

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

     DOUG LECOMTE
     CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER
     5200 AUTH RD                
     CAMP SPRINGS MD 20746-4304
     PH.301-763-8000 EXT 7567
     DOUGLAS.LECOMTE at NOAA.GOV

THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

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