[nws-changes] 20120214: comments-marine wx web portal

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20120214: comments-marine wx web portal
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:20:05 -0700

NOUS41 KWBC 141200*//*

Public Information Statement, Comment Request*//*

National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC

700 AM EST Tue Feb 14 2012

To:       Subscribers:

         -Family of Services

         -NOAA Weather Wire Service

         -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network

         -NOAAPort

         Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees

FROM:     MarkTew

         Chief, Marine and Coastal Weather Services Branch

         replace  the Southeastern United States and Gulf

         of  Mexico marine weather web portal*//*

NWS is proposing to replace the Southeastern United States
(SERN US) and Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Marine Weather Web Portal:

http://forecast.weather.gov/mwp/

This service is being proposed for replacement because NWS
developers are going to debut a new national and updated
marine weather web portal that will have many morecapabilities
than the SERN US and GOM Marine Weather Web Portal.   While the
existing SERN US and GOM portal is limited to just a portion
of the nation’s coastal waters, the new portal will expand to
cover all U.S. coastal waters. NWS plans to post an experimental

NWS is requesting comments through March 30, 2012, on plans to

replace the Southeastern United States and Gulf of Mexico Marine

Weather Web Portal with a national product. Send comments to:

Richard May/OS21

NWS Headquarters

Marine and Coastal Weather Services Branch

1325 East West Highway

Silver Spring, MD 20910

301-713-1677 X 127

Richard.May@xxxxxxxx <mailto:Richard.May@xxxxxxxx>

If a decision is made to replace the Southeastern United States
and Gulf of Mexico Marine Weather Web Portal, a Service Change
Notice will be issued announcing the effective date.

A Service Change Notice also will be released announcing when
the experimental national marine weather web portal will be
available to all users.

National Public Information Statements are online at:

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

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