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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-34
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
910 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2000
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
SERVICES CORE NWS...OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF OFFSHORE MARINE FORECAST AND WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES IN MIAMI
AND NEW ORLEANS TO THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER EFFECTIVE APRIL 3
2000
ON MONDAY APRIL 3 2000 AT 1530 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME...THE
TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER /TPC/ WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE OFFSHORE MARINE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS CURRENTLY PREPARED BY
THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES /WFO/ IN MIAMI FL /MFL/ AND NEW
ORLEANS LA /LIX/. THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE THE:
2 OFFSHORE MARINE FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLANTIC
SOUTH OF 31 N AND WEST OF 65 W AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA...
ISSUED BY WFO MIAMI.
2 OFFSHORE MARINE FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...ISSUED BY
WFO NEW ORLEANS.
MARINE ZONES...AND THEIR UGC /Z/ CODES...INVOLVED IN THE OFFSHORE
MARINE FORECAST ARE SHOWN BELOW.
MARINE ZONE UGC ZONE /Z/
NW GULF N OF 25N AND W OF 90W GMZ080
SW GULF S OF 25N AND W OF 90W GMZ082
MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W GMZ084
E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W GMZ086
SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO GMZ089
OUTLOOK FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO GMZ095
NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N AND W OF 75W AMZ082
SW CARIBBEAN S OF 15N AND W OF 75W AMZ084
E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W AMZ086
SYNOPSIS FOR THE CARIBBEAN AMZ089
OUTLOOK FOR THE CARIBBEAN AMZ095
SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W AMZ080
SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLANTIC AMZ088
OUTLOOK FOR THE SW N ATLANTIC AMZ090
THE ONLY CHANGE BEING IMPLEMENTED IS THE ISSUING OFFICE OF THE
FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...AND ASSOCIATED CHANGES IN THE WORLD
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ AND AFOS HEADERS. NO CHANGES
WILL BE MADE TO THE AREA COVERED BY ANY OF THE FORECASTS OR
WARNINGS...NOR TO THE ISSUANCE TIMES.
IN THE HEADERS LISTED BELOW...KNHC IS THE FOUR-LETTER IDENTIFIER
FOR THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER...KMFL IS THE FOUR-LETTER
IDENTIFIER FOR WFO MIAMI...AND KLIX IS THE FOUR-LETTER IDENTIFIER
FOR WFO NEW ORLEANS.
THE SPECIFIC PRODUCTS TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM MIAMI AND NEW
ORLEANS TO TPC ON APRIL 3 2000 ARE:
THE OFFSHORE MARINE FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLANTIC
SOUTH OF 31 N AND WEST OF 65 W AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA:
CURRENT NEW WMO CURRENT NEW
WMO HEADER HEADER AFOS PIL AFOS PIL
FZUS62 KMFL FZNT23 KNHC MIAOFFMIA MIAOFFNT3
THE OFFSHORE MARINE FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO:
CURRENT NEW WMO CURRENT NEW
WMO HEADER HEADER AFOS PIL AFOS PIL
FZUS64 KLIX FZNT24 KNHC NEWOFFNEW MIAOFFNT4
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF THE OFFSHORE
MARINE FORECAST FROM WFO MIAMI AND WFO NEW ORLEANS TO THE
TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER...PLEASE CONTACT:
MR. PAUL TROTTER MR. CHRISTOPHER BURR
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE CHIEF - TROPICAL ANALYSIS
WFO NEW ORLEANS LA AND FORECAST BRANCH
PHONE:504-522-7330 X 222 TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER
PHONE: 305-229-4430
MR. RUSSELL PFOST
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
WFO MIAMI FL
PHONE: 305-229-4500 X 222
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
AT THE FOLLOWING URL /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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