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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 09-30
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1015 AM EDT WED APR 15 2009

TO:	     SUBSCRIBERS:
             -FAMILY OF SERVICES
	     -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
	     -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK 
	     OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES

FROM:	     THERESE Z. PIERCE
	     CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:     NEW TROPICAL CYCLONE FIX BULLETIN PRODUCTS AND NEW 
             PRODUCT FORMAT FOR THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN AND 
             SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN: EFFECTIVE MAY 15 2009 

EFFECTIVE MAY 15 2009...TO PROVIDE A SINGLE FIX MESSAGE PER 
PRODUCT...THE SUITE OF TROPICAL CYCLONE FIX BULLETIN /FIX/ 
PRODUCTS WILL EXPAND. TO RECEIVE ALL FIX PRODUCTS FOR 2009 
...USERS MUST ENSURE THE COMPLETE SET OF COMMUNICATIONS 
IDENTIFIERS WHICH FOLLOWS IS PART OF THEIR DATABASE. USERS MUST 
ADD THE NEW IDENTIFIERS FOR 2009 TO THEIR DATABASE. 

PRODUCT TYPE LINE
AWIPS ID/WMO HEADING

TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY - FIXES NORTH PACIFIC
TCSNP1/TXPN41 PHFO
TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY - FIXES NORTH PACIFIC
TCSNP2/TXPN42 PHFO
TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY - FIXES NORTH PACIFIC
TCSNP3/TXPN43 PHFO
TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY - FIXES NORTH PACIFIC
TCSNP4/TXPN44 PHFO
TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY - FIXES NORTH PACIFIC
TCSNP5/TXPN45 PHFO

TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY - FIXES SOUTH PACIFIC
TCSSP1/TXPS41 PHFO
TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY - FIXES SOUTH PACIFIC
TCSSP2/TXPS42 PHFO
TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY - FIXES SOUTH PACIFIC
TCSSP3/TXPS43 PHFO
TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY - FIXES SOUTH PACIFIC
TCSSP4/TXPS44 PHFO
TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY - FIXES SOUTH PACIFIC
TCSSP5/TXPS45 PHFO

IN ADDITION THE CPHC WILL ADD A NEW SECTION TO ITS FIX PRODUCTS. 
SECTION I WILL ALLOW ADDITIONAL TROPICAL CYCLONE FIX POSITIONS 
TO BE PROVIDED FROM ALTERNATE SATELLITE IMAGERY AND DATA AT NON-
ROUTINE TIMES. AN EXAMPLE OF THE NEW FORMAT FOR 2009 IS PROVIDED 
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HAWAII/PAGES/EXAMPLES/TCS.PDF

THROUGH 2008 THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER /CPHC/ USED 
ONE SET OF PRODUCT HEADERS FOR FIX PRODUCTS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC 
OCEAN AND A SECOND SET OF PRODUCT HEADERS FOR FIX PRODUCTS IN 
THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.  THE LIMITED PRODUCT SUITE RESULTED IN 
POTENTIAL CONFUSION WHEN MULTIPLE FIX MESSAGES WERE PLACED 
WITHIN A SINGLE PRODUCT.  THE PREVIOUS PRODUCT SUITE FOLLOWS:

PRODUCT TYPE LINE
AWIPS ID/WMO HEADING

TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY - FIXES NORTH PACIFIC
TCSCP/TXPN40 PHFO 

TROPICAL CYLCONE SUMMARY - FIXES SOUTH PACIFIC
TCSNP1/TXPN41 PHFO

    RAY TANABE
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
    CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER
    2525 CORREA ROAD SUITE 250
    HONOLULU HAWAII 96822
    RAYMOND.TANABE@NOAA.GOV
    808-973-5275

NATIONAL SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM

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