[nws-changes] 20121213: marine zones chgs Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20121213: marine zones chgs Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:16:53 -0700

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NOUS41 KWBC 131503
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Service Change Notice 11-40 Corrected
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1003 AM EST Thu Dec 13 2012

TO:      Subscribers:
         - Family of Services
         - NOAA Weather Wire Service
         - Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
         - NOAAPort
         Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees

FROM:    Mark Tew
         Chief, Marine and Coastal Services Branch

SUBJECT: Corrected: Changes in Offshore Waters Marine Zones
         For the Caribbean and Southwest North Atlantic
         and the Gulf of Mexico Effective April 3, 2012

NWS created an Offshore Marine Waters shape file for the Gulf of
Mexico, Caribbean, and Atlantic waters that incorrectly
eliminated the NWS Eastern Region (ER) coastal marine zones,
20-40 nautical miles (nm) from shore, from the shape file. These
20-40 nm zones extend from Weather Forecast Office (WFO)
Charleston, SC, marine area of responsibility northward to WFO
Caribou, ME, marine area of responsibility.  This incorrect
shapefile was implemented operationally on April 3, 2012.

The corrected zone map shape file is available for download from
the following web site:

www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/marinezones.htm

For long term warning and forecast purposes, these areas are
shared with the NWS Ocean Prediction Center (OPC) offshore marine
zones.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/south/stheastmz.htm

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/east/ermzn.htm for

graphic locations of these 20-40 nm zones from shore:

for graphic images of the offshore marine zones.

If you have any questions or comments about this shape file
please contact:

Richard May/OS21
Marine Meteorologist
National Weather Service
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-713-1677 x 127
richard.may@xxxxxxxx

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