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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-82
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EDT WED SEP 13 2000
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: PAUL STOKOLS...ACTING CHIEF
FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST AND DIGITAL ZONE
FORECAST PRODUCTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TAUNTON MA....EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 11 2000
ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 11 2000...AT 400 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS WILL 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 AUTOMATED PROCESSING BY COMPUTERS.
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 FPUS41 KBOX. THE NWWS HEADER... BOSCCFBOS...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 FIRST ENTRY OF THE EXPANDED
CODED CITIES FORECAST...
FPUS41 KBOX 082000
CCFBOS
BOS TA 055/074 038/059 038 25375
ABB 073/048 074/050 070 0000000
THE THIRD LINE IS IDENTICAL TO THE CURRENT CODED CITIES FORECAST.
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 THE LINE WILL EVENTUALLY BE REPLACED WITH
PRECIPITATION PROBABILITIES FOR SEVEN PERIODS...BUT THIS WILL NOT
BE AVAILABLE INITIALLY.
DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST...
THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST DISPLAYS FORECASTED WEATHER PARAMETERS
IN UP TO 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 /ZFP/ WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE.
THE WMO HEADER FOR THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST WILL BE FOUS51 KBOX.
THE NWWS HEADER WILL BE BOSRDFBOX. CUSTOMERS WILL NEED TO ADD
THESE IDENTIFIERS TO THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IF THEY WISH TO
RECEIVE THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST...
FOUS51 KBOX 101736
RDFBOX
DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
136 PM EDT MON APR 10 2000
MAZ014>016-090300-
EXTREME EASTERN NORFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX-SUFFOLK-
136 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 04/13/00FRI 04/14/00SAT 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
$$
DETAILS ON HOW TO INTERPRET THIS PRODUCT CAN BE FOUND ON THE
INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/RLX/PRODEX/RDFEXPLANATION.HTML
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS...PLEASE
CONTACT NWS TAUNTON...ROBERT THOMPSON /METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE/
OR GLENN FIELD /WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST/ AT
508-823-1900.
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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