20030120: NM headers

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• Subject: 20030120: NM headers
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:05:34 -0700

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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 04-02...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
310 PM EST FRI JAN 16 2004

TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
         WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
         WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
         NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     GLENN AUSTIN
         ACTING CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  CORRECTED...NEW MEXICO STATE FORECAST PRODUCT CHANGE...
         EFFECTIVE APRIL 1 2004

CORRECTED TO CHANGE NEW AWIPS ID SFTELP TO SFTEPZ IN TABLE 1...
LAST PRODUCT ENTRY.

ON THURSDAY...APRIL 1 2004 AT 400 AM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME
/MST/...THE STATE FORECAST PRODUCT /SFP/ FOR NEW MEXICO...ISSUED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /NWS/ IN ALBUQUERQUE...
WILL BE CHANGING FROM A NARRATIVE FORMAT TO A TABULAR FORMAT.
THE TABULAR FORMAT WILL INCLUDE FORECASTS FOR FIFTEEN INDIVIDUAL
CITIES ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

ALSO...NWS OFFICES IN MIDLAND AND EL PASO TX WILL ISSUE A
TABULAR STYLE STATE FORECAST FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST...SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO.

THE FORECAST ELEMENTS IN THE TABULAR STATE FORECAST WILL INCLUDE
THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE...PREDOMINANT WEATHER...AND
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION.  THESE FORECASTS WILL PROJECT OUT
TO SEVEN DAYS.

ALL CUSTOMERS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO RECEIVE THE NEW
PRODUCTS...WHICH ARE LISTED IN TABLE 1.  CUSTOMERS CURRENTLY
RECEIVING STATE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NEW MEXICO IN NARRATIVE
FORMAT UNDER THE CURRENT HEADINGS LISTED IN TABLE 1 SHOULD ENSURE
THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE NEW TABULAR STATE FORECAST HEADINGS SHOWN
IN TABLE 1.

TABLE 1   CURRENT AND NEW WMO HEADINGS AND AWIPS IDS FOR NEW
         MEXICO STATE FORECAST PRODUCTS.

    CURRENT        CURRENT
    WMO HEADING    AWIPS ID  FORECAST REGIONS

    FPUS65 KABQ    SFPNM     NEW MEXICO

    NEW           NEW
    WMO HEADING   AWIPS ID   FORECAST REGIONS

    FPUS65 KABQ   SFTABQ     NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
    FPUS64 KMAF   SFTMAF     WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW
                               MEXICO
    FPUS64 KEPZ   SFTEPZ     SOUTHWEST-SOUTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO-
                             FAR WEST TEXAS

AN EXAMPLE OF THE TABULAR STATE FORECAST PRODUCT ISSUED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE IS AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

         http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/abq/sftabq

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...YOU MAY CONTACT:

    CHARLIE A LILES                   MELINDA BAILEY
    METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE           PUBLIC PROGRAM MGR.
    2341 CLARK CARR LOOP SE           819 TAYLOR ST ROOM 10A03
    ALBUQUERQUE NM 87106              FORT WORTH TEXAS 71602
    PHONE:  505-243-0702              PHONE:  817-978-1100 X 107
    E-MAIL: CHARLIE.LILES@xxxxxxxx    MELINDA.BAILEY@xxxxxxxx

THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

         http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm

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