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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 00-99...COR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON D.C.
440 PM EDT FRI OCT 13 2000

TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
          WEATHER SERVICE NWS CUSTOMERS...NEW EMPLOYEES

FROM:     PAUL STOKOLS...ACTING CHIEF 
          FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  CHANGE TO ZONE FORECAST PRODUCTS IN JUNEAU ALASKA...
          EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 16 2000

   ...CORRECTED URL FOR ZONES MAPS...AS INDICATED BELOW...
       ...ALL OTHER INFORMATION REMAINS THE SAME...

EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 16 2000...AT 300 A.M. ALASKA STANDARD TIME
/1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN JUNEAU WILL MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGE TO THEIR
PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST PROGRAM /WMO HEADER FPAK57 PAJK...NINE-
CHARACTER PIL IDENTIFIER JNUZFPJNU/.

THE FOLLOWING ZONES IN THIS COLLECTIVE HAVE BEEN RENAMED AS
FOLLOWS:

     UGC            NEW ZONE NAME/DESCRIPTION                     

     AKZ023 -       CAPE DECISION TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER - COASTAL
                    AREA INCLUDING PELICAN - SITKA - PORT
                    ALEXANDER

     AKZ025 -       JUNEAU BOROUGH - ADMIRALTY ISLAND - ICY
                    STRAIT AREA INCLUDING  JUNEAU - GUSTAVUS -
                    HOONAH - ANGOON

     AKZ026 -       FREDERICK SOUND - KUPREANOF AND WRANGELL
                    ISLAND SOUTH TO ERNEST SOUND INCLUDING
                    PETERSBURG - WRANGELL - KAKE

     AKZ027 -       SOUTHERN SOUTHEAST ALASKA - ERNEST SOUND TO
                    DIXON ENTRANCE INCLUDING KETCHIKAN -
                    METLAKATLA - HYDER

THE UPDATED ZONE MAP WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE
FOLLOWING WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/...APPROXIMATELY
OCTOBER 16 2000:

                ...CORRECTED URL...

     HTTP://ISL715.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MAPDATA/NEWCAT/WSOM/C11-ZONE.HTM

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
PERSON IN JUNEAU: 

LAURA FURGIONE...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE 
907 790-6804

AIMEE DEVARIS...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST 
907 790-6803

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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