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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 01-21
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
455 PM EDT MON APRIL 30 2001

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

FROM:     JAMES E LEE
          CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  CHANGES IN ZONE FORECAST PRODUCTS IN JUNEAU ALASKA...
          EFFECTIVE JUNE 20 2001

EFFECTIVE JUNE 20 2001...AT 400 A.M. ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME
/1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME...UTC/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN JUNEAU WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES FROM SEVEN TO NINE.  SOME CURRENT ZONE
NAMES/ DESCRIPTIONS WILL CHANGE.  THESE CHANGES WILL BE REFLECTED
IN THE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT /ZFP/...WMO HEADER FPAK57 PAJK...
AWIPS ID ZFPAJK...PIL ID JNUZFPAJK.

THE THE NEW AND REVISED UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES/UGC/ AND ZONE
DESCRIPTION FOR EACH SOUTHEAST ALASKA ZONE WILL APPEAR IN THE
FPAK57 PAJK AS FOLLOWS...BEGINNING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE:

AKZ021 /NEW/
GLACIER BAY INCLUDING GUSTAVUS

AKZ022 /NO CHANGE/
CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA
INCLUDING YAKUTAT

AKZ023 /NO CHANGE/
CAPE DECISION TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA
INCLUDING PELICAN - SITKA - PORT ALEXANDER

AKZ024 /REVISED/
NORTHERN LYNN CANAL INCLUDING SKAGWAY AND HAINES

AKZ025 /REVISED/
JUNEAU BOROUGH - WESTERN CHICHAGOF - ADMIRALTY ISLAND INCLUDING
JUNEAU - HOONAH - ANGOON

AKZ026 /REVISED/
INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND INCLUDING
PETERSBURG - WRANGELL - KAKE

AKZ027 /REVISED/
SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS INCLUDING KETCHIKAN AND METLAKATLA

AKZ028 /NO CHANGE/
DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA
INCLUDING CRAIG AND KLAWOCK

AKZ029 /NEW/
MISTY FJORDS INCLUDING HYDER


THE UPDATED ZONE MAP SHOWING THE NEW AND REVISED ZONES IN
SOUTHEAST ALASKA WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FOR DOWNLOAD FROM
THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/ ON APPROXIMATELY
MAY 11:

  http://isl715.nws.noaa.gov/mapdata/newcat/wsom/c11-zone.htm
     
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
PERSONS 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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