NOUS41 KWBC 021708 PNSWSH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-41 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 1210 PM EST WED NOV 2 2005 TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMRGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS... NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES FROM: ELI JACKS CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH SUBJECT: RECONFIGURATION OF PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES AND ZONE NUMBERS FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON: EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 28 2006 EFFECTIVE TUESDAY... FEBRUARY 28 2006 AT 400 A.M. PACIFIC STANDARD TIME /PST/...1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME... THE NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN SEATTLE... WA /SEW/ WILL INSTITUTE A RECONFIGURATION OF ITS CURRENT PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES IN ITS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON. THIS RECONFIGURATION WILL HELP PROVIDE BETTER SITE-SPECIFIC FORECASTS BY AFFORDING FORECASTERS THE NEEDED FLEXIBILITY TO SEPARATE AND HIGHLIGHT SMALLER ZONES BASED ON CLIMATOLOGY... TOPOGRAPHY AND MEDIA SERVICE AREAS TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT ONGOING AND PREDICTED WEATHER. ALL OF THE CURRENT WESTERN WASHINGTON ZONES WILL BE REFIGURED AND RENUMBERED EXCEPT ZONE NUMBER 1 /WAZ001 – SAN JUAN/. THE CURRENT ZONES ARE LISTED IN TABLE 1. THE NEW WESTERN WASHINGTON ZONES ARE AS LISTED IN TABLE 2. MANY NWS PRODUCTS /NOT JUST ZONE FORECASTS/ WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE ZONE RECONFIGURATIONS. THIS IS BECAUSE THE Z FORM OF THE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODE /UGC/ USED IN THESE PRODUCTS WILL CONTAIN THE RECONFIGURED ZONES AND NEW ZONE NUMBERS TO FURTHER IDENTIFY SPECIFIC AREAS BY ZONE WITHIN THE STATE. CATEGORIES OF AFFECTED PRODUCTS THAT USE THE Z FORM OF THE UGC ARE LISTED IN TABLE 3. NWS CUSTOMERS WILL NEED TO MAKE CHANGES TO PROPERLY RECEIVE WFO SEATTLE PUBLIC FORECAST AND WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE RECONFIGURED ZONES. AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE OF THE REALIGNED BOUNDARIES IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/PUBZONE.HTM TABLE 1. CURRENT PUBLIC FORECAST ZONES THAT WILL BE RECONFIGURED AS OUTLINED IN TABLE 2. ZONE ZONE NAME COUNTY NAME/AREA DESIGNATION NUMBER /UGC/ WAZ001 SAN JUAN SAN JUAN WAZ002 WESTERN WHATCOM WESTERN WHATCOM WAZ003 NORTHERN CASCADE CENTRAL SKAGIT...CENTRAL FOOTHILLS SNOHOMISH WAZ004 CENTRAL CASCADE CENTRAL KING...CENTRAL FOOTHILLS LEWIS...CENTRAL PIERCE... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN THURSTON WAZ005 NORTHWEST INTERIOR WESTERN SKAGIT...NORTHEASTERN SNOHOMISH WAZ006 EVERETT AND VICINITY SOUTHWESTERN SNOHOMISH WAZ007 SEATTLE METROPOLITAN WESTERN KING AREA WAZ008 TACOMA AREA WESTERN PIERCE WAZ009 ADMIRALTY INLET AREA ISLAND...NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON WAZ010 HOOD CANAL/KITSAP EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PENINSULA JEFFERSON...KITSAP...MASON /EXCEPT SOUTHWESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN/ WAZ011 SOUTHWEST INTERIOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAYS HARBOR...WESTERN LEWIS... SOUTHWESTERN MASON...THURSTON /EXCEPT EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN/ WAZ012 OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CLALLAM /EXCEPT EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN... NORTHEASTERN GRAYS HARBOR... CENTRAL JEFFERSON... NORTHWESTERN MASON WAZ013 EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN NORTHEASTERN CLALLAM DE FUCA WAZ014 WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN NORTH CENTRAL CLALLAM DE FUCA WAZ015 NORTH COAST WESTERN CLALLAM...WESTERN JEFFERSON WAZ016 CENTRAL COAST WESTERN GRAYS HARBOR WAZ017 WEST SLOPES NORTHERN EASTERN SKAGIT...EASTERN CASCADES AND PASSES SNOHOMISH...CENTRAL AND EASTERN WHATCOM WAZ018 WEST SLOPES CENTRAL EASTERN KING...EASTERN CASCADES AND PASSES LEWIS...EASTERN PIERCE TABLE 2: NEW RECONFIGURED WFO SEATTLE ZONES...EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 28 2006. ZONE ZONE NAME COUNTY NAME/AREA DESIGNATION NUMBER /UGC/ WAZ001 SAN JUAN COUNTY SAN JUAN /NO CHANGE/ /NO CHANGE/ WAZ503 WESTERN WHATCOM WESTERN WHATCOM WAZ504 SOUTHWEST INTERIOR ALL BUT EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN THURSTON...CENTRAL AND WESTERN LEWIS WAZ505 EAST PUGET SOUND CENTRAL SNOHOMISH...CENTRAL LOWLANDS KING...CENTRAL PIERCE... CENTRAL LEWIS...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN THURSTON WAZ506 WESTERN SKAGIT WESTERN SKAGIT WAZ507 EVERETT AND VICINITY WESTERN SNOHOMISH... NORTHEASTERN KITSAP WAZ508 SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA WESTERN KING...EASTERN KITSAP WAZ509 TACOMA AREA WESTERN PIERCE WAZ510 ADMIRALTY INLET AREA ISLAND...NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON WAZ511 HOOD CANAL AREA SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON... WESTERN KITSAP...EASTERN MASON WAZ512 LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY SOUTHWESTERN MASON...EASTERN AREA GRAYS HARBOR WAZ513 OLYMPICS SOUTH CENTRAL CLALLAM... SOUTHEASTERN CLALLAM...CENTRAL JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN GRAYS HARBOR...NORTHWESTERN MASON WAZ514 EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN NORTHEASTERN CLALLAM DE FUCA WAZ515 WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN NORTH CENTRAL CLALLAM DE FUCA WAZ516 NORTH COAST WESTERN CLALLAM...WESTERN JEFFERSON WAZ517 CENTRAL COAST WESTERN GRAYS HARBOR WAZ518 WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CENTRAL WHATCOM...EASTERN CASCADES AND PASSES WHATCOM...CENTRAL SKAGIT... EASTERN SKAGIT...EASTERN SNOHOMISH WAZ519 WEST SLOPES CENTRAL EASTERN KING...EASTERN CASCADES AND PASSES PIERCE...EASTERN LEWIS DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE NEW ZONES CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING SITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/SEATTLEZONES06.PDF PLEASE NOTE: 1 - IN SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE NUMBER SCN05-29 ISSUED JULY 22 2005 AND EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 15 2005...WASHINGTON ZONE NUMBERS WAZ501 AND WAZ502 ARE ALREADY ASSIGNED TO WFO PENDLETON OREGON AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. THEREFORE...THE SEATTLE ZONES RENUMBERING WILL START WITH WAZ503. 2 – SINCE THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THE CURRENT SEATTLE ZONE NUMBER WAZ001 IT WILL NOT BE RENUMBERED. IT WILL REMAIN THE SAME TO MAINTAIN THE CLIMATOLOGICAL DATABASE. TABLE 3. PRODUCT CATEGORIES AFFECTED BY WFO SEATTLE ZONE RECONFIGURATIONS. PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING/AWIPS ID ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FPUS56 KSEW / ZFPSEW WINTER WEATHER WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY WWUS46 KSEW / WSWSEW NON-PRECIPITATION WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY WWUS45 KSEW / NPWSEW COASTAL FLOOD WATCH WHUS46 KSEW / CFWSEW SHORT TERM FORECAST FPUS76 KSEW / NOWSEW STATE FORECAST TABLE FPUS66 KSEW / SFTSEW SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WWUS35 KSEW / SPSSEW PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ABUS34 KSEW / PNSSEW POINT FORECAST MATRICES FPUS56 KSEW / PFMSEW HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FLUS46 KSEW / HWOSEW EARTHQUAKE REPORT SEUS66 KSEW / EQRSEW IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES YOU MAY CONTACT: CHRIS HILL METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO SEATTLE/TACOMA SEATTLE WA 98115 PHONE: 206-526-6095 EMAIL: CHRIS.HILL@NOAA.GOV THIS NOTICE AND OTHER SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN