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NOUS41 KWBC DDHHMM PNSWSH Service Change Notice 12-47 National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC 1250 PM EST Mon Dec 26 2012 To:Subscribers: -Family of Services -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network -NOAAPORT Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees From:Mark Tew Chief, Marine and Coastal Services Branch Subject:Place islands in their Correct Marine Zones off Southern California Coast Effective April 2, 2013 Effective Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at 1100 AM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) or 1800 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the NWS Weather Forecast Office (WFO) in Los Angeles/Oxnard, CA, will correctthe wording of three of its marine zones. Anacapa and Santa Barbara Islands were incorrectly placed in marine zones PZZ650, PZZ655, and PZZ676.Only the names of these marine zones willbe adjusted. The Universal Geographic Codes (UGC) will not changeand the marine zone boundaries will not change.All the otherislands in WFO Los Angeles waters are not affected. Table 1 lists the current marine zones that include Anacapa and Santa Barbara Islands. Table 2 lists the same marine zones with Anacapa and Santa Barbara Islands placed in their correct zones. Table 3 lists the products issued by WFO Los Angelesaffected by placingthe islands in their correct marine zones effective April 2, 2013: Table 1.Current marine zones that mention Anacapa and Santa Barbara Islands, and their corresponding UGCs, used by WFO Los Angeles/Oxnard: Current Marine ZoneCurrent UGC East Santa Barbara Channel fromPZZ650 Point Conception to Point Mugu CA includingSanta Cruz and Anacapa Islands Inner waters from Point Mugu toPZZ655 San Mateo Point CA including Santa Catalina andSanta Barbara Islands Outer waters from Santa Cruz Island toPZZ676 San Clemente Island to 60 NM offshore includingSan Nicolas Island Table 2.Same marine zones with Anacapa and Santa Barbara Islands placed in their correct zones.WFO LosAngeles/Oxnard willuse these corrected marine zones and islands effective April 2, 2013.Note the UGCs for these zones will not change. Same Marine Zones with AnacapaUGC andSanta Barbara Islands placed intheir correct zones East Santa Barbara Channel fromPZZ650 Point Conception to Point Mugu CA includingSanta Cruz Island Inner waters from Point Mugu toPZZ655 San Mateo Point CA including Santa Catalina andAnacapa Islands Outer waters from Santa Cruz Island toPZZ676 San Clemente Island to 60 NM offshore includingSan Nicolas and Santa Barbara Islands Table 3.WFO Los Angeles/Oxnard products affected by placing the islandsin their correct marine zones effective April 2, 2013: Product NameWMO HeadingAWIPS ID Coastal Waters ForecastFZUS56 KLOXCWFLOX Special Marine WarningWHUS56 KLOXSMWLOX Marine Weather StatementFZUS76 KLOXMWSLOX Marine Weather MessageWHUS76 KLOXMWWLOX Hurricane Local StatementWTUS86 KLOXHLSLOX Weather Watch ClearanceWWUS66 KLOXWCNLOX Notification Users should be aware of these marine zone name changes within WFO Los Angeles/Oxnard marine area of responsibilityand make anyadjustments to their systems. Images depicting the islands in their correct marine zones are postedat: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/marine/marine_zone_correction_Apr2013.pdf New shapefiles for WFO Los Angeles/Oxnard zones are available for downloadfrom the following website: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/marinezones.htm If you have any questions or comments about this change to the marinesynopsis name at WFO Los Angeles/Oxnard please contact: Eric BoldtJeffrey Lorens National Weather ServiceNational Weather Service MeteorologistWestern Region Headquarters 520 N Elevar St.125 S State St. Oxnard, CA 93030Salt Lake City, UT 84138 805-988-6615801-524-5137 x 265Eric.Boldt@xxxxxxxx <mailto:Eric.Boldt@xxxxxxxx>Jeffrey.Lorens@xxxxxxxx <mailto:Jeffrey.Lorens@xxxxxxxx>
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