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Service Change Notice
11-28
National Weather Service
Headquarters
1030 AM EDT Wed Aug 10 2011
To:
Subscribers:
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Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees
From:
Therese Z. Pierce
Chief, Marine and Coastal Weather Services
Branch
Subject: Relocation
of National Data Buoy Center Buoy
44018 on or about October 15
On or about October 15, The
United States Coast Guard (USCG) has requested National Data Buoy Center (NDBC)
buoy 44018 be relocated. Buoy 44018 is currently located approximately 30 nautical
miles east of Nantucket, Massachusetts at 41.255 N and 69.305 W. The proposed
relocation would move the buoy to the north and west to coordinates 42.132 N
and 69.813 W or approximately 10 nautical miles east
of Truro, MA.
The proposed new location
will provide more efficient response times in the USCG’s search and rescue
operations in the area and thus, enhance its public safety mission. The move will allow the USCG to react with
more suitable resources based on the observed weather conditions. Also, the
USCG believes the new location would provide excellent sampling of northeast
swells across the Gulf of Maine and east swells from the Georges Bank. None of
the measuring parameters of the buoy will be changed, just the location. A map showing the current and proposed
locations can be seen at the link below.
http://maps.google.com/?q=http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/officePrograms/buoy_44018_relocation.kml
The proposed location
would place the buoy in a more heavily traveled area which would also assist
the National Weather Service (NWS) in providing improved marine services along
the northeast coastal and offshore waters. The Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen
Association and the Steamship Authority (provide ferry service to the island)
have also formally stated the relocation would not cause any degradation of
service in their opinion.
Further information on
buoy 44018 can be found at:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44018
If you have any comments
on the relocation of buoy 44018, please send, by September 6, 2011, to the
following e-mail addresses with the subject line “Relocation of Buoy 44018”:
For more information,
contact:
Wayne Presnell
Meteorologist, Marine and Coastal Services
Branch
301-713-1677, ext. 103
National Service Change
Notices are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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