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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 03-18
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1115 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003
 
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...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
 
FROM      JAMES E. LEE
          CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
  
SUBJECT   CHANGE OF CODED CITIES FORECAST /CCF/ SITE IDENTIFIER
          ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS
          ANGELES/OXNARD CALIFORNIA...EFFECTIVE MAY 1 2003
                         
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY...MAY 1 2003 AT 0000 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL
TIME /UTC/...500 PM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME...NOAA/S NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA /LOX/ WILL CHANGE
THE CODED CITIES FORECAST /CCF/ SITE IDENTIFIER FROM THE CURRENT
LOS ANGELES AIRPORT SITE /LAX/ TO THE DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES SITE
/CQT/.  THE CQT IDENTIFIER REPRESENTS THE DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SITE /ASOS/...LOCATED AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA /USC/.

THE WMO HEADING /FPUS46 KLOX/ AND AWIPS IDENTIFIER /CCFLAX/ FOR
THE WFO LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CCF WILL REMAIN THE SAME.  SOME NWS
CUSTOMERS MAY NEED TO CHANGE THE CCF SITE IDENTIFIER IN THEIR
SOFTWARE TO PROCESS THE CQT CCF. 


TABLE 1.  CURRENT AND NEW CODED CITES FORECAST SITE ALONG WITH
WMO HEADING AND AWIPS ID.

     CURRENT SITE   NEW SITE  WMO HEADING    AWIPS ID
     ------------   --------  ------------   --------
          LAX          CQT    FPUS46 KLOX    CCFLAX


TABLE 2.  EXAMPLES OF CURRENT AND NEW CODED CITIES FORECAST /CCF/
FROM WFO LOX.

     CURRENT CODED CITIES FORECAST 

     FPUS46 KLOX XXXXXX
     CCFLAX
     LAX BB 062/046 061/047 063 16022
     BBUBB 049/062 049/066 050/065 049/064 00222000000

 
     NEW CODED CITIES FORECAST...EFFECTIVE MAY 1 2003

     FPUS46 KLOX XXXXXX
     CCFLAX
     CQT BB 062/046 061/047 063 16022
     BBUBB 049/062 049/066 050/065 049/064 00222000000

  
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT

     TODD MORRIS...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE   -OR-
     TIM MCCLUNG...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
     LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
     PHONE  805-988-6615     

THIS NOTICE AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE AT
THE FOLLOWING URL ADDRESS /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/.

           http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm

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