20070524: marine zone boundaries

[Linda Miller]

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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-33
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
150 PM EDT WED MAY 23 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:     THERESE Z. PIERCE
	  MARINE AND COASTAL WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH CHIEF

SUBJECT:  RECONFIGURATION OF WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ 
          MELBOURNE MARINE ZONE BOUNDARIES FOR EAST CENTRAL
          FLORIDA BETWEEN FLAGLER BEACH AND JUPITER INLET: 
          EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 4 2007

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY DECEMBER 4 2007 AT 300 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME 
/EST/ OR 2000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...THE NWS OFFICE IN 
MELBOURNE WILL RECONFIGURE ITS CURRENT MARINE ZONES FOR EAST 
CENTRAL FLORIDA /FL/.  THIS RECONFIGURATION WILL INCREASE THE 
NUMBER OF ZONE GROUPS FROM FOUR TO SIX... RESULTING IN SMALLER 
ZONE GROUPS AND BETTER FORECAST SERVICES FOR BOATERS ON THE 
COASTAL WATERS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.  THE NEW MARINE ZONES 
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 4 2007 ARE LISTED IN TABLE 3. 

TABLE 1. WFO MELBOURNE PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY NEW 
MARINE ZONES AND CHANGES TO UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/ 

PRODUCT NAME			WMO HEADING	AWIPS ID

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST         FZUS52 KMLB       CWFMLB
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING          WHUS52 KMLB       SMWMLB
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT        FZUS72 KMLB       MWSMLB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK 	FLUS42 KMLB	  HWOMLB	
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION	WWUS62 KMLB	  WCNMLB	
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT	WTUS82 KMLB	  HLSMLB
SHORT TERM FORECAST		FPUS72 KMLB	  NOWMLB

TABLE 2.  CURRENT MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGC THAT WILL BE 
REPLACED EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 4 2007

MARINE ZONE NAME				UGC

FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 0-20 NM		AMZ550

FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20-60 NM		AMZ570
COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 0-20 NM		AMZ555
COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20-60 NM		AMZ575

TABLE 3.  NEW MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGC EFFECTIVE 
DECEMBER 4 2007

NEW MARINE ZONE NAME 				NEW UGC                                                                                                                 

FLAGLER BEACH TO 
VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE 0-20NM          	AMZ550

FLAGLER BEACH TO 
VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20-60NM         	AMZ570

VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO 
SEBASTIAN INLET 0-20NM				AMZ552

VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO 
SEBASTIAN INLET 20-60NM 			AMZ572

SEBASTIAN INLET TO 
JUPITER INLET 0-20NM 				AMZ555                                       

SEBASTIAN INLET TO 
JUPITER INLET 20-60NM 				AMZ575     

BECAUSE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS...CUSTOMERS WHO WISH TO RECEIVE THE 
MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT WILL BE PROVIDED FOR NEW MARINE 
ZONES AMZ550...AMZ552...AMZ555...AMZ570...AMZ572...AND AMZ575 MUST 
REPROGRAM AFFECTED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE.  

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

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

MAPS SHOWING THE CURRENT MARINE ZONE BOUNDARIES AND THE 
RECONFIGURED MARINE ZONE BOUNDARIES EFFECTIVE TUESDAY DECEMBER 4 
2007 ARE POSTED ONLINE THROUGH THE WFO MELBOURNE WEB PAGE AT /USE 
LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB/MARINEZONECHANGES.HTML

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS RECONFIGURATION 
OF THESE MARINE ZONES...PLEASE CONTACT:

DENNIS DECKER      	            MELINDA HINOJOSA                             
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST  PUBLIC/MARINE METEOROLOGIST				
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE            NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
421 CROTON ROAD                     SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
MELBOURNE FL 32935                  819 TAYLOR ST. RM 10A11
321-254-6083		            FORT WORTH TX 76102
DENNIS.DECKER at NOAA.GOV 		    817-978-1100 X107                                                                
                                    MELINDA.HINOJOSA at NOAA.GOV
                                                         
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT 
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

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

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