NOUS41 KWBC DDHHMM PNSWSH PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-113 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 345 PM EST WED NOV 22 2000 TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES FROM: PAUL STOKOLS...ACTING CHIEF FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES SUBJECT: EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST AND NEW DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH... EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1 2000 ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1 2000...AT 300 PM EST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OHIO BEGAN ISSUING AN EXPANDED VERSION OF THE CODED CITIES FORECAST AND A NEW PRODUCT CALLED THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST. THE DIGITAL FORMAT OF THESE PRODUCTS FACILITATE AUTOMATED PROCESSING BY COMPUTERS. EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST... THE EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST IS SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING PRODUCT FOR DAYS 1 AND 2...BUT WILL INCLUDE FORECASTS OUT TO FIVE DAYS. THE WMO HEADING WILL BE UNCHANGED...AND REMAINS FPUS41 KILN. THE NINE-CHARACTER PIL IDENTIFIER... CLECCFILN...WILL ALSO REMAIN UNCHANGED. CUSTOMERS WILL NOT NEED TO MAKE ANY NOTIFICATION CHANGES TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THIS PRODUCT. THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST ENTRY OF THE EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST... FPUS41 KILN 162030 CCFILN CVG TA 055/074 038/059 038 25375 RRR 073/048 074/050 070 0000000 THE THIRD LINE OF TEXT IS IDENTICAL TO THE OLD CODED CITIES FORECAST. ON THE FOURTH LINE...RRR IS AN EXAMPLE OF A STRING OF THREE ONE LETTER WEATHER FORECASTS FOR DAYS 3...4...AND 5...FOLLOWED BY THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR THE LAST FIVE PERIODS. THE STRING OF SEVEN ZEROS AT THE END OF THE FOURTH LINE REPRESENTS PLACE HOLDERS FOR SEVEN ADDITIONAL 12 HOUR PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION PROBABILITIES. DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST... THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST DISPLAYS FORECASTED WEATHER PARAMETERS IN UP TO 3-HOUR INTERVALS. THIS PROVIDES A MORE DETAILED FORECAST AND ALSO MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE USER TO OBTAIN THE WEATHER PARAMETER/S/ OF CHOICE. IT IS ESSENTIALLY A DIGITAL DISPLAY OF THE ZONE FORECAST IN MUCH GREATER DETAIL AND WITH FORECAST PROJECTIONS OUT TO 5 DAYS. THE NARRATIVE VERSION OF THE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT /ZFP/ IS STILL AVAILABLE. THE WMO HEADER FOR THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST IS FOUS51 KILN. THE NINE-CHARACTER PIL IDENTIFIER WILL BE CLERDFILN. CUSTOMERS NEED TO ADD THESE IDENTIFIERS TO THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IF THEY WISH TO RECEIVE THE DIGITAL FORECAST. THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST... FOUS51 KILN 271932 RDFILN DIGITAL ZONE FORECASTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 327 PM EDT WED SEP 27 2000 OHZ026-034-035-043-044-280727- AUGLAIZE OH-HARDIN OH-LOGAN OH-MERCER OH-SHELBY OH- INCLUDING THE CITY OF ...WAPAKONETA OH 327 PM EDT WED SEP 27 2000 \ THU 09/28/00 \ FRI 09/29/00 \ EDT 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 POP 12HR 0 0 0 10 20 QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 MAX QPF 0 0 0 0 SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00 MN/MX 49 77 54 75 53 TEMP 71 73 69 60 55 52 52 61 71 75 72 64 60 57 61 67 75 72 DEWPT 36 36 39 42 44 45 46 48 49 48 49 51 52 52 55 57 57 57 RH 28 26 33 51 66 77 80 62 46 38 44 63 75 83 81 70 54 59 WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S WIND SPD 8 10 5 5 2 2 2 10 12 12 8 5 5 2 2 10 12 12 8 8 8 8 CLOUDS CL CL SC SC BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK \SAT 09/30/00\SUN 10/01/00\MON 10/02/00\ EDT 09 15 21 03 09 15 21 03 09 15 21 03 09 POP 12HR 40 40 40 40 30 30 MN/MX 72 56 77 57 77 57 CLOUDS BK BK BK BK BK BK RAIN SHWRS C C C C C C TSTMS C C C C S S $$ END OF EXAMPLE FURTHER DETAILS ON HOW TO INTERPRET THIS PRODUCT CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/: WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/RLX/PRODEX/RDFEXPLANATION.HTML IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THESE NEW PRODUCTS... PLEASE CALL THE NWS OFFICE IN WILMINGTON OHIO AT 937-383-0031...EXT 223 FOR MARY JO PARKER...OR EXT 222 FOR KENNETH HAYDU. THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/: WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM END NNNN