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PNSWSH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 06-38 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 825 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006 TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHERWIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS... NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH CHIEF
SUBJECT: CHANGES IN COASTAL WATERS MARINE ZONES FOR PORTIONS
OF LONG ISLAND NEW YORK...EFFECTIVE APRIL 3 2007
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY APRIL 3 2007 AT 1300 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/...OR 0900 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME /EDT/...TWO NEW COASTAL
WATERS MARINE FORECAST ZONES WILL BE DESIGNATED ADJACENT TO LONG
ISLAND NEW YORK. THESE ZONES WILL BE CREATED FROM PORTIONS OF
SEVERAL EXISTING MARINE ZONES. THE CHANGES WILL ALLOW FORECASTS
AND SHORT FUSED WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE UPTON NEW YORK WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ TO BE MORE AREA SPECIFIC.
1. CURRENTLY THE COASTAL MARINE ZONE WITH UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE /UGC/ DESIGNATOR OF ANZ330...NAMED LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY...COVERS THE EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND ALONG WITH THE PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS. EFFECTIVE APRIL 3 2007...PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS WILL BE SEPARATED FROM ANZ330. THE NEW COASTAL MARINE ZONE...WITH A UGC DESIGNATION OF ANZ340...WILL BE NAMED PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS.
2. CURRENTLY THERE ARE THREE COASTAL MARINE ZONES ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND AS FOLLOWS: ANZ355...NAMED SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM...ANZ353...NAMED FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM...AND ANZ 350...NAMED MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM. CURRENTLY THE WATERS INSIDE THE BARRIER ISLANDS FROM JONES INLET EASTWARD THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY ARE INCLUDED IN THE FORECASTS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OUT 20 NM. EFFECTIVE APRIL 3 2007...ALL WATERS INSIDE THE BARRIER ISLANDS FROM JONES INLET EASTWARD THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY...INCLUDING SOUTH OYSTER...GREAT SOUTH AND MORICHES BAYS...WILL BE SEPARATED FROM THE EXISTING ATLANTIC OCEAN MARINE ZONES. THE NEW COASTAL MARINE ZONE...WITH A UGC DESIGNATION OF ANZ345...WILL BE KNOWN IN FORECAST PRODUCTS AS SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY.
THE TWO NEW MARINE ZONES ARE LISTED IN TABLE 1. ALL EXISTING MARINE ZONES WILL CONTINUE TO BE UTILIZED...WITH MODIFICATIONS AS DESCRIBED ABOVE TO THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES OF MARINE ZONES ANZ330... ANZ350...ANZ353 AND ANZ355.
BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES...CUSTOMERS WHO WISH TO RECEIVE THE MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT WILL BE PROVIDED FOR NEW MARINE ZONES ANZ340 AND ANZ345 MUST REPROGRAM AFFECTED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. CUSTOMERS RECEIVING INFORMATION FOR THE UNAFFECTED PORTIONS OF EXISTING MARINE ZONES WILL NOT NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION. TABLE 2 SUMMARIZES THE NWS PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE.
TABLE 1. NEW MARINE ZONES EFFECTIVE APRIL 3 2007: ZONE NAME UGC DESIGNATOR PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS ANZ340 SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET ANZ345 THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAYTABLE 2. WFO UPTON PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE MARINE ZONE CHANGES EFFECTIVE APRIL 3 2007:
PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FZUS51 KOKX CWFOKX SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WHUS51 KOKX SMWOKX MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FZUS71 KOKX MWSOKXAN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE NEW BOUNDARIES FOR THESE MARINE ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM
MAPS SHOWING THE CURRENT MARINE ZONES AFFECTED BY THE UPCOMING CHANGES AND THE NEW ZONES ARE POSTED ON THE WFO UPTON MARINE PAGE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/OKX/MARINE.SHTML
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
MICHAEL WYLLIE DON MILLER
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE MARINE PROGRAM LEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
175 BROOKHAVEN AVENUE EASTERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
C/O BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LAB 630 JOHNSON AVENUE
UPTON NY 11973 BOHEMIA NY 11716
631-924-0517 631-244-0122
EMAIL: MICHAEL.WYLLIE@xxxxxxxx DON.MILLER@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT /USE
LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$ -- Linda Miller - lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Community Services, Unidata University Corporation for Atmospheric Research P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307-3000303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690
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