NOUS41 KWBC DDHHMM PNSWSH PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-85 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 145 PM EDT WED SEP 14 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 DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST PRODUCTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2 2000 ON MONDAY OCTOBER 2 2000...AT 400 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD VIRGINIA WILL BEGIN ISSUING AN EXPANDED VERSION OF THE CODED CITIES FORECAST AND A PRODUCT CALLED THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST. THE DIGITAL FORMAT OF THESE PRODUCTS WILL FACILITATE AUTOMATED PROCESSING BY COMPUTERS. EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST... THE EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING PRODUCT FOR DAYS 1 AND 2...BUT WILL INCLUDE FORECASTS OUT TO FIVE DAYS. IN ADDITION...FORECASTS FOR FARMVILLE VIRGINIA /FVX/...OCEAN CITY MARYLAND /OXB/...NEWPORT NEWS VIRGINIA /PHF/ AND WAKEFIELD VIRGINIA /AKQ/ WILL BE ADDED TO THE CURRENT LIST OF STATIONS. THE WMO HEADER FOR THE CODED CITIES FORECAST WILL CONTINUE TO BE FPUS41 KAKQ. THE NINE CHARACTER PIL IDENTIFIER... WBCCCFAKQ...WILL ALSO BE UNCHANGED. NO COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS NEED TO BE MADE TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THIS PRODUCT. AN EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST ENTRY OF THE EXPANDED CODED CITIES FORECAST FOLLOWS: FPUS41 KAKQ 311945 CCFAKQ RIC EE 071/084 071/086 071 59543 BBB 086/071 086/067 082 0000000 THE THIRD LINE IS IDENTICAL TO THE CURRENT CODED CITIES FORECAST. ON THE FOURTH LINE...ABB 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 ZEROES AT THE END OF THE LINE WILL EVENTUALLY BE REPLACED WITH PRECIPITATION PROBABILITIES FOR SEVEN PERIODS...BUT THIS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE INITIALLY. 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 WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE. THE WMO HEADER FOR THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST WILL BE FOUS52 KAKQ. THE NINE CHARACTER PIL IDENTIFIER WILL BE WBCRDFAKQ. CUSTOMERS WILL NEED TO ADD THESE IDENTIFIERS TO THEIR DATABASE IF THEY WISH TO RECEIVE THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST. THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST... FOUS52 KAKQ 311920 RDFAKQ DIGITAL ZONE FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 318 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2000 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ087-090>098-100-010518- BERTIE-CAMDEN-CHESAPEAKE-CHOWAN-GATES-GREENSVILLE INCLUDING EMPORIA- HERTFORD-ISLE OF WIGHT-JAMES CITY INCLUDING WILLIAMSBURG- MAINLAND CURRITUCK-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH- NORTHAMPTON-NORTHAMPTON-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-PASQUOTANK-PERQUIMANS- SOUTHAMPTON INCLUDING FRANKLIN-SUFFOLK-VIRGINIA BEACH- YORK INCLUDING POQUOSON- 318 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2000 FRI 09/01/00 SAT 09/02/00 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 40 40 30 30 20 QPF 12HR .10-.24 .25-.49 .01-.10 .10-.24 MAX QPF .10-.24 .25-.49 .01-.10 .10-.24 MN/MX 73 87 73 87 71 TEMP 82 81 79 75 73 73 72 76 81 86 86 75 74 74 73 77 82 86 DEWPT 75 74 74 72 71 71 71 75 74 74 74 73 72 72 72 73 74 74 RH 79 79 85 90 93 93 97 97 79 68 68 94 93 93 97 88 77 68 WIND DIR E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S WIND SPD 15 15 10 8 8 10 10 10 12 12 10 8 5 5 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 CLOUDS BK BK BK BK BK BK OV BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK RAIN C C RAIN SHWRS C C C C C C TSTMS C C C C C C C C SUN 09/03/00MON 09/04/00TUE 09/05/00 EDT 09 15 21 03 09 15 21 03 09 15 21 03 09 POP 12HR 20 20 30 30 30 40 MN/MX 86 71 87 71 85 69 CLOUDS BK BK BK BK BK BK RAIN SHWRS C C C C TSTMS C C C C $$ DETAILS ON HOW TO INTERPRET THIS PRODUCT CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET WEB SITE AT /LOWER CASE/ WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/RLX/PRODEX/RDFEXPLANATION.HTML IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS...PLEASE CALL BILL SAMMLER OR TONY SIEBERS AT NWS WAKEFIELD VA...AT 757-899-4200. THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM END NNNN