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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-63
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
150 PM 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 NEW FORMAT FOR SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FORECAST
PRODUCT...EFFECTIVE JULY 31 2000
ON MONDAY JULY 31 2000...AT 400 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC WILL BEGIN ISSUING A NEW TYPE OF STATE
FORECAST FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. THE NEW FORECAST WILL PROVIDE MORE
SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR VARIOUS CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE STATE IN
A TABULAR FORMAT VALID FOR FIVE DAYS. THE NARRATIVE STATE
FORECAST WILL ALSO CONTINUE OUT TO FIVE DAYS.
FORECASTS FOR ADDITIONAL CITIES OR TOWNS CAN EASILY BE ADDED TO
SUIT SPECIFIC BROADCAST AREAS.
AN ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW FORMAT IS THAT IT FACILITATES THE
INCLUSION OF SPECIFIC SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WHEN APPROPRIATE.
THE WMO HEADER WILL BE UNCHANGED AND CONTINUE TO BE FPUS62 KCAE.
THE OLD NWWS HEADER OF CAESFPSC WILL ALSO BE UNCHANGED. FAMILY
OF SERVICES AND NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS WILL NOT
HAVE TO MAKE ANY COMMUNICATION HEADER CHANGES TO CONTINUE
RECEIVING THIS PRODUCT.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE NEW STATE FORECAST...
FPUS62 KCAE 170942
SFPSC
SCZALL-172200-
STATE FORECAST FOR SOUTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
600 AM EDT WED MAY 17 2000
ROWS INCLUDE...
PREDOMINANT DAYTIME WEATHER
FORECAST TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME HIGH...NIGHTTIME LOW
/-/ INDICATES TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO
SNOW ACCUMULATION /IF ANY/...TODAY...TONIGHT...TOMORROW
88 INDICATES A TRACE OF SNOWFALL
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION /POP/
/ -/ INDICATES MISSING VALUES
FCST FCST FCST FCST FCST
WED THU FRI SAT SUN
MAY 17 MAY 18 MAY 19 MAY 20 MAY 21
CITY
...CENTRAL SC INCLUDING THE MIDLANDS...
COLUMBIA SC PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
84/63 91/65 90/65 87/64 85
POP 30 POP 0 POP 30 POP 10 POP 10
LANCASTER SC PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
81/63 88/63 89/65 86/63 83
POP 30 POP 0 POP 30 POP 10 POP 10
ORANGEBURG SC PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
85/63 92/65 91/65 88/64 86
POP 30 POP 0 POP 30 POP 10 POP 10
SUMTER SC PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
83/63 90/65 90/65 87/64 85
POP 30 POP 0 POP 30 POP 10 POP 10
...NORTHEAST SC INCLUDING THE PEE DEE REGION AND NORTH COAST...
FLORENCE SC PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
85/63 86/64 86/64 86/63 84
POP 20 POP 10 POP 30 POP 10 POP 10
MYRTLE BEACH SC PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
78/65 80/66 84/66 85/65 82
POP 20 POP 10 POP 20 POP 10 POP 10
...NORTHWEST SC INCLUDING THE UPSTATE AND MOUNTAINS...
ANDERSON SC PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
83/64 86/63 83/62 83/63 81
POP 30 POP 0 POP 20 POP 20 POP 20
GREENVILLE SC PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
82/62 86/62 81/60 81/61 80
POP 30 POP 0 POP 20 POP 20 POP 20
...SOUTHEAST SC INCLUDING THE LOW COUNTRY AND SOUTH COAST...
BEAUFORT SC PTCLDY SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
83/65 87/65 81/67 81/67 81
POP 20 POP 10 POP 10 POP 10 POP 10
CHARLESTON SC PTCLDY SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
82/64 87/64 80/67 81/67 80
POP 20 POP 10 POP 10 POP 10 POP 10
WALTERBORO SC PTCLDY SUNNY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY
85/62 88/62 86/63 84/63 84
POP 20 POP 10 POP 10 POP 10 POP 10
NARRATIVE:
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS UPPER 70S TO MIDDLE 80S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 60 TO 65.
.THURSDAY...PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS NEAR 80 COAST TO AROUND
90 MIDLANDS.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S.
.EXTENDED FORECAST...
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS MIDLANDS AND UPSTATE. HIGHS NEAR 80 COAST TO AROUND
90 MIDLANDS. LOWS IN THE 60S.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE 80S. LOWS IN THE 60S.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE 80S. LOWS IN THE 60S.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS NEW PRODUCT...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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