20000608: Expanded Coded Cities-Charleston, SC-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: 20000608: Expanded Coded Cities-Charleston, SC-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 07:00:02 -0600

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NOUS41 KWBC 081204
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-59
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
820 AM EDT THU JUN 8 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 FROM NATIONAL WEATHER
          SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC...EFFECTIVE JULY 31 2000

ON MONDAY JULY 31 2000...AT 400 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC WILL BEGIN ISSUING AN EXPANDED VERSION
OF THE CODED CITIES FORECAST /CCF/.  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 KCHS. THE OLD NWWS
HEADER OF CAECCFCHS 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...

FPUS41 KCHS 311923
CCFCHS

CHS TA  055/074 038/059 038 25375 0000/0000/0000
         ABB     073/048 074/050 070 0000000
SAV TA 055/074 038/059 038 25375 0000/0000/0000
         ABB     073/048 074/050 070 0000000
NBC TA  055/074 038/059 038 25375 0000/0000/0000
         ABB     073/048 074/050 070 0000000
RBW TA 055/074 038/059 038 25375 0000/0000/0000
         ABB     073/048 074/050 070 0000000

THE THIRD LINE IS IDENTICAL TO THE OLD CODED CITIES
FORECAST...EXCEPT FOR THE ADDITION OF THREE...FOUR DIGIT
GROUPS...EACH SEPARATED BY A SLANT SYMBOL.  EACH FOUR DIGIT GROUP
REPRESENTS A SNOWFALL RANGE FOR THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD
PERIODS RESPECTIVELY.  SO FOR EXAMPLE...A CODE OF 0001/0306/0204
REPRESENTS A FORECAST OF 0-1 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE FIRST 12
HOURS...3-6 INCHES IN THE SECOND 12 HOUR PERIOD AND
2-4 INCHES IN THE THIRD 12 HOUR PERIOD.

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 AT THE END OF THIS LINE WILL EVENTUALLY BE REPLACED WITH
PRECIPITATION PROBABILITIES FOR SEVEN PERIODS...BUT THIS WILL NOT
BE AVAILABLE INITIALLY.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...PLEASE
CONTACT JERRY HARRISON AT 843-744-3207 EXTENSION 223 OR STEPHEN
RICH AT EXTENSION 222.

THIS AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET AT
/LOWER CASE/

                      WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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