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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-55
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1117 AM EST MON NOV 19 2007
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/ PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH CHIEF
SUBJECT: MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ADDS TWO NEW
MARINE ZONES: EFFECTIVE APRIL 1 2008
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY APRIL 1 2008 AT 0000 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/...OR 1700 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME /PDT/...THE MEDFORD OREGON
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ WILL ADD TWO ADDITIONAL MARINE
ZONES: THE COOS BAY BAR AND THE CHETCO RIVER BAR.
THE NEW MARINE ZONES WILL ENABLE THE MEDFORD OREGON WFO TO ISSUE
MARINE WEATHER FORECASTS FOR THESE TWO RIVER BARS. THESE
FORECASTS WILL INITIALLY BE FOR TWO DAYS. THE NEW ZONES ARE
LISTED IN TABLE 3.
TABLE 1. WFO MEDFORD OREGON PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY
MARINE ZONE CHANGES EFFECTIVE APRIL 1 2008:
PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FZUS56 KMFR CWFMFR
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WHUS56 KMFR SMWMFR
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FZUS76 KMFR MWSMFR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKFLUS46 KMFRHWOMFR
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATIONWWUS66 KMFRWCNMFR
TABLE 2. EXISTING MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UNIVERSAL
GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/S FOR WFO MEDFORD OREGON. THESE ZONE NAMES
AND UGCS WILL NOT CHANGE ON APRIL 1 2008.
MARINE ZONE NAMEUGC
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE PZZ350
TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 20 NM
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPEPZZ370
BLANCO OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCOPZZ356
OR TO PT ST GEORGE CA OUT 20 NM
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO ORPZZ376
TO PT ST GEORGE CA FROM 20 TO 60 NM
TABLE 3. NEW MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGCS. NWS WILL ADD
THESE ZONES TO THE EXISTING ZONES IN TABLE 2 EFFECTIVE
APRIL 1 2008.
MARINE ZONE NAMEUGC
COOS BAY BARPZZ310
CHETCO RIVER BARPZZ330
BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES CUSTOMERS WHO WISH TO RECEIVE THE MARINE
FORECASTS FOR THE COOS BAY BAR /PZZ310/ AND THE CHETCO RIVER BAR
/PZZ330/ MUST REPROGRAM AFFECTED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE.
AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE NEW BOUNDARIES FOR
THESE MARINE ZONES IS AVAILABLE FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM
A MAP SHOWING THE EXISTING AND ADDITIONAL MARINE ZONES THAT WILL
BE EFFECTIVE APRIL 1 2008 IS POSTED ON THE WFO MEDFORD OREGON
MARINE PAGE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/MARINE/BARZONEMAP.PHP
FOR QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
JOHN LOVEGROVE JEFF LORENS
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGEMARINE PROGRAM LEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWS WESTERN REGION HQ
4003 CIRRUS DRIVE 125 SOUTH STATE STREET
MEDFORD OR 97504 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84103
PHONE: 541-776-4303 x 222 PHONE: 801-524-4000 x 265
E MAIL: JOHN.LOVEGROVE@NOAA.GOVJEFFREY.LORENS@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT
/USE LOWER CASE/ LETTERS:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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