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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 10-09
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1032 AM EST MON FEB 1 2010
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
- FAMILY OF SERVICES
- NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
- EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
- NOAAPORT
- OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES.
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: IMPLEMENTING IMPROVED MARINE ZONE COVERAGE
FOR MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
COASTAL WATERS: EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2010
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JUNE 1 2010 AT 100 PM CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
/CDT/ OR 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE NWS WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA WILL
RECONFIGURE ITS CURRENT COASTAL WATERS ZONES FOR MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THIS RECONFIGURATION WILL PROVIDE BETTER
FORECAST SERVICES BY REALIGNING THE COASTAL ZONES FOR
CLIMATOLOGICAL...GEOGRAPHICAL...AND BATHYMETRIC EFFECTS.
FOUR NEW INNER COASTAL MARINE ZONES WILL BE CREATED TO BETTER ACCOUNT FOR DIURNAL AND NOCTURNAL WIND FLUCTUATIONS FOUND IN THE LARGE INNER COASTAL WATERS AS WELL AS SHALLOW WATER WAVE PROCESSES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO DIFFERING SEA STATES. NEW ZONES WILL COVER THE FOLLOWING:
-GMZ532 WILL COVER THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND AREA-GMZ534 WILL COVER LAKE BORGNE -GMZ536 WILL COVER THE CHANDELEUR SOUND AREA. -GMZ538 WILL COVER THE BRETON SOUND AREA. GMZ530 COVERING LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. THE REMAINING ORIGINAL ZONES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED AND REALIGNED TO PROVIDE HIGHER RESOLUTION AND BETTER ACCURACY OF FORECASTED METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
TABLE 1 LISTS ALL OF THE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY WFO NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE MARINE ZONE CHANGES. TABLE 2 LISTS ALL THE CURRENT MARINE ZONES AND UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/S/ FOR WFO NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE. TABLE 3 LISTS ALL THE MARINE ZONES AND UGC/S/ FOR WHICH WFO NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE WILL ISSUE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2010.
TABLE 1. WFO NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE MARINE ZONE CHANGES EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2010.
PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FZUS54 KLIX CWFLIX MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE WHUS74 KLIX MWWLIX SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WHUS54 KLIX SMWLIX MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FZUS74 KLIX MWSLIX HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WTUS84 KLIX HLSLIX HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FLUS44 KLIX HWOLIX WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION WWUS64 KLIX WCNLIX SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUS44 KLIX TIDLIX MISSISSIPPI TIDE FORECASTTABLE 2. CURRENT MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/S FOR WFO NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE.
CURRENT MARINE ZONE NAME CURRENT UGC LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN/LAKE MAUREPAS GMZ530 COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTWEST PASS OF GMZ550 THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LOUISIANA OUT 20 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI GMZ555 TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF GMZ570 THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LOUISIANA FROM 20 TO 60 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI GMZ575 TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NMTABLE 3. MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGC/S/ FOR WHICH WFO NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE WILL ISSUE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2010.
NEW MARINE ZONE NAME NEW UGC
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN/LAKE MAUREPAS GMZ530 MISSISSIPPI SOUND GMZ532 LAKE BORGNE GMZ534 CHANDELEUR SOUND GMZ536 BRETON SOUND GMZ538 COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA GMZ557 MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND LOUISIANA OUT 20 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND GMZ555 LOUISIANA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF GMZ552 THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA OUT 20 NMCOASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON GMZ550 LOUISIANA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LOUISIANA OUT 20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA GMZ577 MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND LOUISIANA FROM 20 TO 60 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND GMZ575 LOUISIANA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF GMZ572 THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA FROM 20 TO 60 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON GMZ570LOUISIANA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LOUISIANA FROM 20 TO 60 NM
BECAUSE OF THESE RECONFIGURED MARINE ZONES...NEW MARINE ZONE NAMES AND NEW UGC/S/ IN TABLE 3...CUSTOMERS MUST REPROGRAM AFFECTED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO CONTINUE PROCESSING THE PRODUCTS IN TABLE 1.
AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE NEW BOUNDARIES FOR THESE MARINE ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM A MAP SHOWING THE EXISTING AND ADDITIONAL MARINE ZONES THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 2010 IS POSTED ON THE WFO NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE MARINE PAGE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX/?N=MARINEZONECHANGES FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THESE CHANGES...CONTACT: TIM ERICKSON MELINDA BAILEY MARINE FOCAL POINT PUBLIC/MARINE METEOROLOGIST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS 62300 AIRPORT RD 819 TAYLOR ST. RM 10A11 SLIDELL, LA. 70460 FORT WORTH TX 76102 504-522-7330 817-978-1100 X107 TIM.ERICKSON@xxxxxxxx MELINDA.BAILEY@xxxxxxxx
NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/:HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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