[nws-changes] 20130930:text marine fcsts- Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20130930:text marine fcsts- Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 08:05:36 -0600

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Service Change Notice 13-66
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1000 AM EDT Mon Sep 30 2013

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 Weather Services Branch

Subject: Extension of Time Period of Text Marine Forecasts
         Effective October 15, 2013

Effective Tuesday, October 15, 2013, at 200 PM Eastern Daylight
Time (EDT) or 1800 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) the NWS
Weather Forecast Office (WFO) in Buffalo, NY, will include
forecasts through Day 5 on all its text marine products.

At present WFO Buffalos Nearshore Marine Forecast extends four
12-hour periods, forecast for the St. Lawrence River three
12-hour periods, and Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario
through Day 5.

On October 15, WFO Buffalo will extend its Nearshore Marine
Forecast (NSH) and Forecast for the St. Lawrence River (GLFSL) to
include a full 5-day forecast.

These changes will allow WFO Buffalo to provide a consistent
forecast between text products and digital marine graphical
products.  This change also will make the NSH and GLFSL
consistent with the text Open Lake Forecast for Lake Ontario.

There will be no changes to marine zone boundaries, names or
Universal Geographic Codes.

Table 1. WFO Buffalo products affected by the changes effective
October 15, 2013

Product name                 WMO headine    AWIPS ID
____________                 ___________    _________
Nearshore Marine Forecast    FZUS51 KBUF     NSHBUF
St. Lawrence Forecast        FZUS61 KBUF     GLFLO

Users do not need to make any changes to their systems to
continue receiving these products.

If you have any questions or comments please contact:

Judy Levan                        Harvey Thurm
NWS Buffalo                       NWS Eastern Region HQ
587 Aero Drive                    630 Johnson Avenue
Cheektowaga , NY 14225-1405       Bohemia , NY 11716-2618
716-565-0204 x223                 631-244-0122
Judith.Levan@xxxxxxxx             Harvey.Thurm@xxxxxxxx

National Service Change Notices are online at:

http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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