[nws-changes] 20101123: marine zones-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:39:12 -0700

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Service Change Notice 10-50
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
922 AM EST Tue Nov 23 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:   New Marine Zones for the Niagara River Effective
           April 5, 2011

Effective Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 200 PM Eastern Daylight Time
(EDT) or 1800 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) the NWS Weather
Forecast Office in Buffalo, NY, will segment its current marine
forecast for the Niagara River. This will result in changes to
marine zone boundaries, marine zone names, and marine zone
Universal Geographic Codes (UGC).  These changes will allow WFO
Buffalo to provide more area specific marine weather forecasts,
watches, warnings, and advisories for the Niagara River.

On April 5, 2011, the current marine zone LEZ020 Upper Niagara
River and Buffalo Harbor will be split at Niagara Falls into
Upper Niagara River (marine zone LEZ020) and Lower Niagara River
(marine zone LOZ030).

Table 1.  WFO Buffalo Products Affected by the Changes Effective
April 5, 2011

Product name                    WMO headingAWIPS ID
Nearshore Marine Forecast       FZUS51 KBUF     NSHBUF
Special Marine Warning          WHUS51 KBUFSMWBUF
Marine Weather Statement        FZUS71 KBUFMWSBUF
Marine Weather Message        WHUS71 KBUFMWWBUF
Watch County Notification       WWUS61 KBUFWCNBUF
Hazardous Weather Outlook       FLUS41 KBUF     HWOBUF

Table 2.  WFO Buffalo Marine Zone Changes for the Niagara River
Effective April 5, 2011.

Zone (Z) form of the UGC and marine forecast zone name/numbers
for WFO Buffalo users:

New Zone name         New UGC    Old Zone Name      Old UGC
-----------------------------------------------------------
Upper Niagara River   LEZ020   Upper Niagara River   LEZ020
 and Buffalo Harbor             and Buffalo Harbor
Lower Niagara River   LOZ030   Upper Niagara River   LEZ020
                                and Buffalo Harbor

No other marine zones in WFO Buffalos marine area of
responsibility are affected by this change.

A graphical depiction of the marine forecast zone changes is
online at:

http://www.weather.gov/buf/marine_changes.htm

Customers must reprogram affected hardware and software to
continue to correctly process the products in Table 1.

Customers providing NWS graphic marine forecasts must download
an updated marine zone map shapefile.  The updated shapefile is
available for download from the following website:

www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/marinezones.htm

If you have any questions or comments please contact:

Judy Levan                      Mark Willis
NWS Buffalo                     NWS Eastern Region HQ
587 Aero Drive                  630 Johnson Avenue
Cheektowaga, NY 14225-1405      Bohemia, NY 11716-2618
716-565-0204 x223               631-244-0122
Judith.Levan@xxxxxxxx           Mark.Willis@xxxxxxxx

National Service Change Notices are online at:

http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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