NOUS41 KWBC 141957 CCA PNSWSH PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 03-19...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 255 PM EST FRI MAR 14 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...NWS EMPLOYEES FROM JAMES E. LEE CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH SUBJECT CORRECTED: MODIFICATIONS TO SELECTED NWS TEXT PRODUCTS... EFFECTIVE APRIL 15 2003 AT 10 AM EDT REFER TO SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE /SCN/ 02-59...DATED NOVEMBER 27 2002 AND CORRECTED ON DECEMBER 2 2002 AND UPDATED ON JANUARY 31 2003 CORRECTED TO CHANGE EST TO EDT IN SUBJECT LINE...FIRST PARAGRAPH... AND TABLE 1 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE /SCN/ 02-59...ON TUESDAY...APRIL 15 2003...AT 10 AM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL MODIFY THE TEXT PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED IN TABLE 1. THE FOCUS OF THE CHANGE WILL BE IN THE MASS NEWS DISSEMINATOR /MND/ HEADER BLOCK...THE INCLUSION OF AWIPS IDS FOR ALL PRODUCTS...CHANGES TO TWO AWIPS IDS /ABNA26 KWBC TPTINT BECOMES ABNA26 KWBC TPTNAM...AND ABXX06 KWBC TPTEUR BECOMES ABXX06 KWBC TPTINT/...AND THE ADDITION OF $$ AT THE END OF ALL PRODUCTS. ONCE IMPLEMENTED...THE MODIFICATIONS /PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN SCN 02-59/ WILL ENSURE THESE PRODUCTS CONFORM TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INSTRUCTION /NWSI/ 10-1701...ENTITLED TEXT PRODUCT FORMATS AND CODES. A WEB PAGE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO ALLOW USERS TO TEST THE CHANGES TO ENSURE THEY CAN DECODE THE MODIFIED PRODUCTS CORRECTLY. SEE EXAMPLES AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/ WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/DOC/TPT_TABLE.HTML TABLE 1. NWS TEXT PRODUCTS WHOSE FORMAT WILL BE MODIFIED AT 10 AM EDT APRIL 15 2003 PRODUCT WMO HEADING AWIPS ID LATIN AMERICAN TEMP/WEATHER TABLE ABXX07 KWBC TPTLAT HOURLY TEMP/WX FOR N. AMER. CITIES ABNA26 KWBC TPTNAM /OLD TPTINT/ HOURLY TEMP/WX FOR WESTERN U.S. ABUS23 KWBC TPTWRN HOURLY TEMP/WX FOR EASTERN U.S. ABUS24 KWBC TPTERN HOURLY TEMP/WX FOR CENTRAL U.S. ABUS25 KWBC TPTCRN FOREIGN TEMP & WEATHER TABLE ABXX06 KWBC TPTINT /OLD TPTEUR/ CANADIAN TEMP & PRECIP TABLE ABCN01 KWBC TPTCAN PARTNERS/CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOTIFY THE FOLLOWING POINTS OF CONTACT IF THEY BELIEVE THE CHANGES WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT THEIR OPERATIONS: ANDY NOEL ART THOMAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES OR PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES SILVER SPRING MD SILVER SPRING MD PHONE 301-713-1867 X 126 301-713-1867 X 193 E-MAIL ANDREW.NOEL@NOAA.GOV ART.THOMAS@NOAA.GOV NWSI 10-1701 IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/ WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES CLICK ON 10-OPERATIONS AND SERVICES...AND THEN SCROLL DOWN AND CLICK ON 10-1701 TEXT PRODUCT FORMATS AND CODES. THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/ WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN