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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 01-23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
530 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:  CHANGE TO THE SEASONAL DENALI PARK FORECAST ISSUED BY
          FAIRBANKS ALASKA...EFFECTIVE MAY 7 2001

EFFECTIVE MAY 7 2001...AT 400 A.M. ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME
/1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN FAIRBANKS WILL BEGIN ISSUING THEIR PREVIOUS
SEASONAL DENALI PARK FORECAST UNDER A NEW MASS NEWS DISSEMINATOR
/MND/ AS MOUNT MCKINLEY RECREATIONAL FORECAST.  THE WMO HEADER
FPAK18 PAFA...AWIPS ID RECFAI...AND PIL ID FAIRECFAI WILL REMAIN
THE SAME.  

AN EXAMPLE OF THE REVISED PRODUCT IS SHOWN BELOW:

EXAMPLE...  

FPAK18 PAFA DDHHMM
RECFAI

AKZ225-072100
MOUNT MCKINLEY RECREATIONAL FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
500 AM ADT MON MAY 7 2001

THE FORECAST FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF DENALI PARK IS NOW
COVERED BY THE DENALI ZONE FORECAST ISSUED IN ZONE PRODUCT 
FPAK53 PAFG AND FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/
www.faiwsfo.org/forecast/pubzn225.shtml OR
www.alaska.net/~nwsar/data/validfcsts/public/fpak53pafg.html
 
ALTITUDE FORECAST...
WIND SPEEDS ABOVE 14000 FT ARE FREE AIR. 
TEMPERATURES ARE IN FAHRENHEIT. 

SYNOPSIS. A WEATHER FRONT IS APPROACHING FROM THE EAST. IT WILL
MOVE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH ON
WEDNESDAY FROM THE SOUTHEAST AND MOVE OUT THURSDAY.

...14000 FT AND BELOW...WIND SPEEDS ARE LIGHT UNLESS NOTED...

.MONDAY...INCREASING CLOUDS
HIGH AT 7000 FT...45 ABOVE
HIGH AT 14000 FT...32 ABOVE

.MONDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY. UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. 
LOW AT 7000 FT...20 ABOVE.
LOW AT 14000 FT...5 ABOVE.

.TUESDAY...CLEARING. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
HIGH AT 7000 FT...45 ABOVE.
HIGH AT 14000 FT...30 ABOVE.

...ABOVE 14000 FT...

.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY
HIGH AT 17000 FT...10 ABOVE.
WINDS FROM 17000 FT TO THE SUMMIT...EAST 20 MPH. GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
.MONDAY NIGHT....UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW.
LOW AT 17000 FT...10 BELOW.
WINDS FROM 17000 FT TO THE SUMMIT...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 60 MPH.

.TUESDAY...SUNNY.
HIGH AT 17,000 FT...10 ABOVE.
WINDS FROM 17000 FT TO THE SUMMIT...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS
TO 40 MPH.

.OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WIND INCREASING TO 40 PH WITH
GUSTS 70 MPH WEDNESDAY. WIND GUSTS DIMINISHING BELOW 30 MPH
THURSDAY. WINDS 20 MPH OR LESS FRIDAY. SNOW LIKELY WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.
                                                            
END OF EXAMPLE
                                             
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

     JOHN LINGAAS
     WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
     NWS FORECAST OFFICE IN FAIRBANKS ALASKA
     PHONE:  907-458-3712

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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