[nws-changes] 20130402: U.S. drought outlook chgs-6/20/13 Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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NOUS41 KWBC 281948
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Corrected SCN number from 11-26 to 13-26 
Service Change Notice 13-26
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
350 PM EDT Thu Mar 28 2013
To: Subscribers 
          -Family of Services
          -NOAA Weather Wire Service
          -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
          -NOAAPORT
          Other NWS Partners and Employees
From: Mike Halpert, 
          Acting Director, Climate Prediction Center
Subject: U.S. Drought Outlook Changes Effective June 20, 2013 The U.S. Drought Outlooks will change both their forecast time 
period and categories. The U.S. Drought Outlooks will now forecast
a Seasonal (3-month) and Monthly time period instead of an Initial
and Updated Seasonal (3-month) time frame. The new Seasonal
(3-month) Drought Outlook (SDO) will be released on the third
Thursday of the month and the Monthly Drought Outlook (MDO) will
be released on the last day of the month.
The U.S. Drought Outlooks (SDO and MDO) will change some of their 
categories. The Some Improvement will be replaced by Improvement
(at least a 1-category improvement in the USDM intensity level
by the end of the period, although drought will remain), and the
original Improvement will be replaced by Removal (drought removal
by the end og the period [D0 or wetter]). The No Drought, Persistence,
and Development categories will not change.

The U.S. Drought Outlooks will no longer be available on AWIPS.
NWS is discontinuing the AWIPS Map ID, RBGDRK, and AWIPS Discussion
ID, PMDDRK, are discontinued. The best source for the SDO and MDO
maps and narratives are online on the CPC Webpage.
The Drought Outlooks (SDO and MDO) are online at: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Drought/ If you have any questions or comments, please contact: Jon Gottschalck 
Acting Operations Branch Chief
College Park, MD 20740
301-683-3449
Jon.Gottschalck@xxxxxxxx
National Service Change Notices are online at: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm $$
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