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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-96
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON D.C.
440 PM EDT TUE OCT 10 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 BRANCH

SUBJECT:  CHANGES IN SHORT-TERM AND LOCAL FORECAST PRODUCTS IN
          ALASKA...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 16 2000

      ...THIS NOTICE SUPERCEDES SCN 00-75 ISSUED 8/21/00...
                 ...SCN 00-75 IS CANCELLED...
    
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 16 2000..AT 300 A.M. ALASKA STANDARD TIME
/1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE AT ANCHORAGE AND THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES AT
VALDEZ...KODIAK...MCGRATH...BETHEL...KING SALMON...COLD BAY...AND
ST PAUL WILL MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THEIR PUBLIC FORECAST
PROGRAMS:

1.  ANCHORAGE WILL CHANGE THEIR SHORT TERM FORECAST /NOW/ AREA OF
COVERAGE.  THE WMO HEADER OF THE ANCHORAGE SHORT-TERM FORECAST IS
FPAK78 PAFC.  THE NINE-CHARACTER PIL IDENTIFIER IS ANCNOWANC.

FROM:

AKZ015 - ANCHORAGE AND VICINITY 

TO:

AKZ101 - ANCHORAGE MUNICIPALITY TO BIRD CREEK INCLUDING GLENN
HIGHWAY NORTH TO THE FIRST KNIK RIVER BRIDGE - SEWARD HIGHWAY
SOUTH TO BIRD POINT
     
2.  VALDEZ...KODIAK...MCGRATH...BETHEL...KING SALMON...COLD
BAY...AND ST. PAUL WILL BEGIN ISSUING SHORT TERM FORECASTS /NOW/
UNDER THE FOLLOWING WMO AND NINE-CHARACTER PIL IDENTIFIERS:

    WMO HEADER          PIL ID         UGC

    FPAK78 PAVD         ANCNOWVWS      AKZ131
    FPAK78 PADQ         ANCNOWADQ      AKZ171
    FPAK78 PAMC         ANCNOWMCG      AKZ151
    FPAK78 PABE         ANCNOWBET      AKZ155
    FPAK78 PAKN         ANCNOWAKN      AKZ161
    FPAK78 PACD         ANCNOWCDB      AKZ181
    FPAK78 PASN         ANCNOWSNP      AKZ195

SHORT TERM FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED ON AN EVENT-DRIVEN BASIS 
WHENEVER A WEATHER WARNING...WATCH...OR ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...
PRECIPITATION IN ANY AMOUNT IS OCCURRING OR CATEGORICALLY
FORECAST TO OCCUR...OR DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITIES OF 1/4 MILE OR
LESS IS OCCURRING.
     
THE FORECAST WILL CONTAIN CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT ONE TO
SIX HOURS.  MORE FREQUENT ISSUANCES MAY OCCUR AS WEATHER
CONDITIONS CHANGE. 

3.  THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE TERMINATED DUE TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF SHORT TERM FORECASTS IN ALASKA:

     WMO HEADER          PIL ID
     FPAK11 PAVD         ANCLFPVWS
     FPAK11 PADQ         ANCLFPADQ
     FPAK11 PAMC         ANCLFPMCG
     FPAK11 PABE         ANCLFPBET
     FPAK11 PAKN         ANCLFPAKN
     FPAK11 PACD         ANCLFPCDB
     FPAK11 PASN         ANCLFPSNP

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
PERSONS IN ANCHORAGE.

BOB HOPKINS...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE 907 266-5120
DAVE GOLDSTEIN...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST 907 266-5117

THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
AT THE FOLLOWING URL /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/
 
        HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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