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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
315 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 1994
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES, FAMILY OF
SERVICES (FOS) SUBSCRIBERS, NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
(NWWS) SUBSCRIBERS, OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
FROM: RONALD D. McPHERSON,
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL CENTER
SUBJECT: ELIMINATION OF NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY AND SATELLITE
INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
Due to a shortage in funding in fiscal year 1995, the National
Weather Service's National Severe Storms Forecast Center (NSSFC)
will be unable to fund the five positions in its Severe Local
Storms Unit that are responsible for writing and issuing the
National Weather Summary and the Satellite Interpretation
Message. Beginning on November 1, 1994, these products will no
longer be issued.
The National Weather Summary is currently issued twice a day at
3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., CDT. It has an AFOS/NOAA Weather Wire
Service (NWWS) header of MKCNWX1 and a WMO header of ABUS1 KWBC.
The Satellite Interpretation Message is currently issued three
times a day at 1:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. CDT. It has an
AFOS/NWWS header of MKCSIMMKC and a WMO header of TBXX6 KMKC.
If you have any questions, please contact Frederick P. Ostby,
Director of the NSSFC, or James H. Henderson, Deputy Director, at
(816) 426-5922 or write them at:
National Severe Storms Forecast Center
National Weather Service/NOAA
601 E. 12 Street, Room 1728
Kansas City, MO 64106-2897
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