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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-45
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
345 PM EDT TUE APR 25 2000
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE/NWWS/SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE/NWS/CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST AND DIGITAL FORECAST
PRODUCTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC...
EFFECTIVE MAY 8 2000
ON MONDAY MAY 8 2000...AT 400 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC WILL BEGIN ISSUING AN EXPANDED VERSION OF
THE CODED CITIES FORECAST AND A PRODUCT CALLED THE DIGITAL ZONE
FORECAST. THE DIGITAL FORMAT OF THESE PRODUCTS WILL FACILITATE
THEIR USE WITH COMPUTERS AND THE ISSUANCE OF TIMELY UPDATES.
EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST...
THE EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE
EXISTING PRODUCT FOR DAYS 1 AND 2...BUT WILL INCLUDE FORECASTS
OUT TO FIVE DAYS. THE WMO HEADER WILL BE UNCHANGED AND CONTINUE
TO BE FPUS42 KCAE. THE OLD NWWS HEADER OF CAECCFCAE WILL ALSO
REMAIN UNCHANGED. CUSTOMERS WILL NOT NEED TO MAKE ANY
COMMUNICATION CHANGES TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THIS PRODUCT.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE EXPANDED CODED CITIES
FORECAST...
FPUS42 KCAE 100723
CCFCAE
CAE TA 055/074 038/059 038 25375
ABB 073/048 074/050 070 0000000
THE THIRD LINE IS IDENTICAL TO THE OLD CODED CITIES FORECAST FOR
DAYS 1 AND 2. ON THE FOURTH LINE...ABB IS AN EXAMPLE OF A STRING
OF THREE ONE-LETTER WEATHER FORECASTS FOR DAYS 3...4...AND
5...FOLLOWED BY THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR THE LAST FIVE
PERIODS. THE STRING OF ZEROES WILL EVENTUALLY BE REPLACED WITH
PRECIPITATION PROBABILITIES FOR SEVEN PERIODS...BUT THIS WILL
NOT BE AVAILABLE INITIALLY.
DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST...
THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST IS A PRODUCT WHICH DISPLAYS FORECASTED
WEATHER PARAMETERS IN 3-HOUR INTERVALS. THIS PROVIDES A MORE
DETAILED FORECAST AND ALSO MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE USER TO OBTAIN
THE WEATHER PARAMETER/S/ OF CHOICE. IT IS ESSENTIALLY A DIGITAL
DISPLAY OF THE ZONE FORECAST IN MUCH GREATER DETAIL AND WITH
FORECAST PROJECTIONS OUT TO 5 DAYS. THE NARRATIVE VERSION OF THE
ZONE FORECAST WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE.
THE WMO HEADER FOR THIS PRODUCT WILL BE FOUS52. THE NWWS HEADER
WILL BE CAERDFCAE. INITIALLY THIS PRODUCT WILL BE EXPERIMENTAL
BUT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME PERMANENT ON OR ABOUT JUNE 16.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST...
FOUS52 KCAE 101600
RDFCAE
DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1236 PM EDT MON APR 10 2000
GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-025-030-035-036-041-110736-
AIKEN-BAMBERG-BARNWELL-BURKE-COLUMBIA-EDGEFIELD-LINCOLN-MCCORMICK-MCDUFFIE-
ORANGEBURG-RICHMOND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AIKEN...AUGUSTA...ORANGEBURG
1236 PM EDT MON APR 10 2000
\ TUE 04/11/00 \ WED 04/12/00 \
EDT 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
POP 12HR 0 0 0 10 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0
MAX QPF 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
MN/MX 49 77 54 75 53
TEMP 71 73 69 60 55 52 52 61 71 75 72 64 60 57 61 67 75 72
DEWPT 36 36 39 42 44 45 46 48 49 48 49 51 52 52 55 57 57 57
RH 28 26 33 51 66 77 80 62 46 38 44 63 75 83 81 70 54 59
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
WIND SPD 8 10 5 5 2 2 2 10 12 12 8 5 5 2 2 10 12 12 8 8 8 8
CLOUDS CL CL SC SC BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK
\THU 04/13/00\FRI 04/14/00\SAT 04/15/00
EDT 09 15 21 03 09 15 21 03 09 15 21 03 09
POP 12HR 40 40 40 40 30 30
MN/MX 72 56 77 57 77 57
CLOUDS BK BK BK BK BK BK
RAIN SHWRS C C C C C C
TSTMS C C C C S S
$$
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WV IS ALREADY USING
THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST. FURTHER DETAILS ON HOW TO INTERPRET
THIS PRODUCT CAN BE FOUND ON THEIR INTERNET WEB SITE AT /LOWER
CASE/ WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/RLX/PRODEX/RDFEXPLANATION.HTML
... OR CONTACT THE COLUMBIA FORECAST OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED
BELOW.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS...PLEASE
CALL /803/ 765-5501 FOR STEVE NAGLIC...EXT 223 OR
BERNARD PALMER...EXT 222.
THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET
AT /LOWER CASE/ WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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