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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
730 AM EST NOV 22 2005

TO: 	 	FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA    
                WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...  
	        EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
	        /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...
         	OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS
         	AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:	 	ELI JACKS
	 	CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH 
	 	NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
                    
SUBJECT: 	TWO GRAPHICAL FORECAST PRODUCTS APPROVED FOR                   
	  	EASTERN REGION /ER/ OPERATIONS: EFFECTIVE 
		DECEMBER 22 2005	 

TWO EXPERIMENTAL WEB-BASED GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS...THE GRAPHICAL 
FORECAST TABLE AND THE GRAPHICAL LOCAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER 
OUTLOOK...WERE TESTED AT THE NEWPORT /MHX/ NC WEATHER FORECAST 
OFFICE /WFO/ FROM JUNE 5 2003 TO JULY 31 2005.  BASED ON 
FAVORABLE CUSTOMER FEEDBACK...THESE EXPERIMENTAL WEB-BASED 
GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR OPERATIONAL USE.

SPECIFICALLY THE GRAPHICAL FORECAST TABLE HAS BEEN APPROVED AS AN 
OPERATIONAL WEB-BASED PRODUCT FOR USE BY ALL EASTERN REGION 
WFOS...EFFECTIVE 1200 UTC /7 AM EST/... THURSDAY DECEMBER 22 
2005. A LISTING OF ALL ER WFOS CAN BE FOUND BELOW THE GRAPHICS 
MAP ON THE ER HOME PAGE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

  HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/

SIMILARLY THE GRAPHICAL LOCAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK HAS BEEN 
APPROVED AS AN OPERATIONAL WEB-BASED PRODUCT FOR USE BY WFO 
MHX...EFFECTIVE 1200 UTC /7 AM EST/...THURSDAY DECEMBER 22 2005.

SAMPLES OF THE PRODUCTS CAN BE VIEWED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES.  
FOR THE GRAPHICAL FORECAST TABLE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

  HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/MHX/RDF.HTML	

FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK /USE LOWER CASE 
LETTERS...EXCEPT UPPER CASE FOR THE FIRST L AND THE H IN 
LOCALHAZARDS/:

  HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/MHX/LOCALHAZARDS.HTML
	   
NO SPECIAL ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED BY NWS CUSTOMERS OR PARTNERS TO 
VIEW THESE PRODUCTS. JUST GO TO THE APPROPRIATE WEB LINKS NOTED.  

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

I. ROSS DICKMAN 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
EASTERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
PHONE:  631-244-0104
E-MAIL: I.ROSS.DICKMAN@NOAA.GOV

THIS AND OTHER NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE 
AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

  HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

THIS MESSAGE IS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE...ABOVE THE SERVICE 
CHANGE AND TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE BOX.

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