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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-78...COR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
430 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2000
 
TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
          SERVICE/NWWS/SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
          SERVICE/NWS/CUSTOMERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
 
FROM:     THERESE PIERCE...CHIEF...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
 
SUBJECT:  ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT EXTENDED TO A 7-DAY FORECAST...
          EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1 2000

ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1 2000...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICES WILL BEGIN ISSUING A 7-DAY ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT
/ZFP/.  THIS PRODUCT WILL CONTAIN A DAY 1 AND 2 12-HOUR FORECAST
SECTION FOLLOWED BY A DAY 3 TO 7 24-HOUR EXTENDED FORECAST
SECTION.  THE ZFP WILL BE ROUTINELY ISSUED TWICE DAILY.  OTHER
ISSUANCES WILL BE ON AN EVENT-DRIVEN BASIS.  TABLE 1 SHOWS THE
FORMAT OF THE ROUTINE 7-DAY ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT.

NO COMMUNICATIONS CHANGES ARE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE THE 7-DAY ZFP.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...PLEASE
CONTACT ESTHER ATKINS AT 301-713-1726 EXT. 114 OR JANNIE GIBSON
EXT 149. 

THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET
AT /LOWER CASE/

                WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM


TABLE 1: ROUTINE ISSUANCE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FORMAT

PRODUCT FORMAT                          DESCRIPTION OF ENTRY

FPUS54 KNNN DDHHMM                      WMO HDR+OFC ID+ISSUE TIME
ZFPNNN                                      AWIPS ID
                                            BLANK LINE
ZONE FORECASTS /NAME OF AREA - OPTIONAL/    NWS PRODUCT NAME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CITY STATE         ISSUING OFFICE NAME
TIME DATE                                   ISSUANCE TIME/DATE
                                            BLANK LINE
SSZXXX-XXX>XXX-DDHHMM-                   UGC CODE+EXPIRATION TIME
COUNTY-COUNTY-COUNTY-COUNTY-                COUNTY NAMES
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CITY-CITY-CITY      CITY NAMES
TIME DATE                                   ISSUANCE TIME/DATE

...LONG-FUSED WATCH/WARNING OR SIGNIFICANT CHANGE HEADER IF
NEEDED...
                                            BLANK LINE
.TODAY/RELEASE-6PM/...     .TONIGHT/RELEASE-6AM/...
.TONIGHT/6PM-6AM/...       .TOMORROW/6AM-6PM/...    2 DAY FCST
.TOMORROW/6AM-6PM/...      .TOMORROW NIGHT/6PM-6AM/...
.DAY 2 NIGHT/6PM-6AM/...   .DAY 2/6AM-6PM/...
                           .DAY 2 NIGHT /6PM-6AM/ 

.<        TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION        SPECIFIC SITE
CITY      MAX MIN MAX    POP POP POP         FCST AT REGIONAL
                                             DISCRETION
.EXTENDED FORECAST...                        EXTENDED HEADER
.DAY 3/6AM-6AM/...
.DAY 4/6AM-6AM/...
.DAY 5/6AM-6AM/...                           3 TO 7 DAY
.DAY 6/6AM-6AM/...                           FORECAST SECTION
.DAY 7/6AM-6AM/...

$$                                           THIS CODE ENDS THE 
                                             ZONE SEGMENT

ALL TIMES ARE LOCAL.  ABBREVIATIONS AND CONTRACTIONS...OTHER THAN
PM...AM...MPH AND TIME ZONES /EST...CST...MDT...PST...ETC./ ARE
NOT ALLOWED.

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