NOUS41 KWBC 221605
PNSWSH
Public
Information Statement, Comment Request
National Weather
Service Headquarters Washington DC
1105 AM EST Tue
Jan 22 2013
To: Subscribers:
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather
Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS Partners, Users and
Employees
From: Mark Tew
Chief, Marine and Coastal Services
Branch
Subject:
Soliciting Comments on the Experimental Tampa Bay
Marine Channel Forecast through June
1, 2013
The NWS Weather
Forecast Office (WFO) Tampa Bay Area is seeking
user comments on the Experimental Tampa Bay
Marine Channel
Forecast from
through June 1, 2013. The Tampa Bay Marine Channel
Forecast was
developed as part of WFO Tampa Bay’s Weather Ready
Nation
Pilot objective. The
Marine Channel Forecast uses local
NWS digital
forecast data for six of the seven weather elements
in the product: winds, gusts, waves, weather,
rain chance, and
hazards. For the seventh element, water level
relative to mean
sea level, Marine Channel Forecast currently
populates data from
the Extratropical
Surge and Tide Operational Forecast System
(ESTOFS) model
produced by the NWS’s Ocean Prediction Center
(OPC).
Forecasts are
produced at 13 points along the Tampa Bay shipping
channel. These 13 points were considered by a
diverse group of
mariners to be critical points of weather information
along the
channel. The Marine Channel Forecast is displayed on
a static
Google map with
the Tampa Bay shipping channel and the forecast
points overlaid. Users may click on any forecast
point to view
the forecast.
The Marine
Channel Forecast is currently available at the
following web address:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tbw/?n=marinechannelsforecast
Users are
encouraged to provide feedback on this experimental
product by using the brief survey and comment form
at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/survey/nws-survey.php?code=TBMCF
or provide comments directly to
At the end of the
comment period, if comments are favorable, the
Marine Channel
Forecast may be changed to an operational product
and moved to national availability. At that
time, the NWS will
then decide whether to transition the product to
operational,
extend the comment period, or discontinue the
product.
You may obtain
more information on this product online at:
http://products.weather.gov/PDD/NavSaF_PDD.pdf
For questions
regarding this notice, please contact:
Todd Barron
Emergency
Response Meteorologist
NWS Tampa
Bay/Ruskin FL
813-645-2323 x331
National Public
Information Notices are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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