NOUS41 KWBC 261907 CCA PNSWSH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 06-13...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 305 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 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 SUBJECT: CORRECTED: CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FIRE WEATHER ZONES IN CALIFORNIA: EFFECTIVE MAY 12 2006 MODIFIED TO CORRECT THE ZONE NUMBER CAZ282 /TRINITY/ TO ZONE NUMBER CAZ283 IN TABLES 1 AND 2. LINES WITH CHANGES ARE INDICATED WITH DOUBLE PLUS SIGNS /++/. ZONE NUMBER CAZ282 /SHASTA-TRINITY NF IN SISKIYOU COUNTY/ IS ALREADY IN USE BY WFO MEDFORD. EFFECTIVE FRIDAY MAY 12 2006 AT 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES /WFOS/ IN EUREKA CALIFORNIA /EKA/...MEDFORD OREGON /MFR/ AND SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA /STO/ WILL IMPLEMENT CHANGES TO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE BOUNDARIES AND ZONE DESCRIPTOR NAMES. THE PURPOSE OF THE CHANGES IS TO SUPPORT A MORE EFFICIENT FORECAST PROCESS AND PROVIDE NWS FIRE WEATHER CUSTOMERS WITH IMPROVED WATCH...WARNING AND FORECAST PRODUCTS. HISTORICALLY NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN REPRESENTED BY FIVE LARGER ZONES RESULTING IN PLANNING FORECASTS THAT ARE TOO BROAD AND GENERIC. CAZ201 - REDWOOD COAST STRIP CAZ202 - MENDOCINO COAST CAZ203 - INTERIOR DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES CAZ204 - UPPER TRINITY RIVER AND CAZ276 - INTERIOR MENDOCINO COUNTY THE CHANGES BEING IMPLEMENTED FOR THIS SEASON WILL ESTABLISH 13 ZONES MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH FIRE AGENCY DISPATCH BOUNDARIES AND CLIMATIC REGIMES. ONCE THESE CHANGES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED... THE NEW ZONES DESCRIBED IN TABLE 1 WILL BE USED IN ALL FIRE WEATHER FORECAST PRODUCTS ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA: TABLE 1: ZONE NUMBERS...NAMES/DESCRIPTORS AND GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS FOR NEW NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...EFFECTIVE MAY 12 2006. CAZ201 - NORTH COAST PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF DEL NORTE... HUMBOLDT AND A SMALL PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY CAZ202 - COASTAL MENDOCINO THE REST OF COASTAL MENDOCINO COUNTY CAZ203 - UPPER SMITH INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST CAZ204 - LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST CAZ211 - HUPA INCLUDING THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST CAZ212 - VAN DUZEN/MAD RIVER INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST CAZ263 - SOUTHEAST EDGE OF SHASTA/TRINITY NF AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEHAMA-GLENN UNIT SOUTHEAST EDGE OF SHASTA/TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST EXCLUDING THE SOUTH FORK MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OF THE SHASTA/TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF TEHAMA-GLENN UNIT CAZ264 - LAKE COUNTY PORTION OF THE SONOMA-LAKE-NAPA UNIT THE LAKE COUNTY PORTION OF THE SONOMA-LAKE-NAPA UNIT EXCLUDING THE MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST CAZ276 - INTERIOR MENDOCINO INTERIOR PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY EXCLUDING THE NORTHEAST PORTION INCLUDING THE MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST CAZ277 - WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST/EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT NORTHEAST CORNER OF MENDOCINO COUNTY AND THE COVELO AND UPPER LAKE DISTRICT OF THE MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST INCLUDING A PORTION OF LAKE COUNTY CAZ279 - EASTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST GRINDSTONE DISTRICT OF THE MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST CAZ280 - WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST WESTERN PORTION OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST EXCLUDING THE UKONOM DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST ++ CAZ283 – TRINITY /ZONE NUMBER CORRECTED/ WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST... INCLUDING THE TRINITY RIVER...SOUTH FORK MANAGEMENT UNITS AND SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA TABLE 2: NWS WATCH...WARNING AND FORECAST PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THESE CHANGES ARE AS FOLLOWS. FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES ++ 201...202...203...204...211...212...276...277...283 /282 CHANGED TO 283/ PRODUCT WMO HEADING AWIPS ID ----------------------------------------------------- FIRE WEATHER WATCH WWUS85 KEKA RFWEKA RED FLAG WARNING WWUS85 KEKA RFWEKA FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FNUS55 KEKA FWFEKA FORECAST NATIONAL FIRE DANGER FNUS85 KEKA FWMEKA RATING SYSTEM FORECAST FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 280 PRODUCT WMO HEADING AWIPS ID ----------------------------------------------------- FIRE WEATHER WATCH WWUS85 KMFR RFWMFR RED FLAG WARNING WWUS85 KMFR RFWMFR FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FNUS55 KMFR FWFMFR FORECAST NATIONAL FIRE DANGER FNUS85 KMFR FWMMFR RATING SYSTEM FORECAST FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 263...264...279 PRODUCT WMO HEADING AWIPS ID ----------------------------------------------------- FIRE WEATHER WATCH WWUS85 KSTO RFWSTO RED FLAG WARNING WWUS85 KSTO RFWSTO FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FNUS55 KSTO FWFSTO FORECAST NATIONAL FIRE DANGER FNUS85 KSTO FWMSTO RATING SYSTEM FORECAST NWS CUSTOMERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS TO ACCOMMODATE THESE ZONE CHANGES. ALTHOUGH THIS NOTIFICATION IS LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 120 DAYS AS SPECIFIED BY NWSI 10-1805...THE NEW ZONE ADDITIONS PROPOSED FOR IMPLEMENTATION WERE REQUESTED BY...AND HAVE BEEN CLOSELY COORDINATED WITH... LOCAL FIRE WEATHER PARTNERS AND CUSTOMERS TO BE READY TO GO WITH THIS CHANGE ON MAY 12. THE SHAPEFILES OF THE NEW FIRE WEATHER ZONES FOR THE NWS OFFICES IN EUREKA...MEDFORD...AND SACRAMENTO ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/FIREZONE.HTM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE PRODUCT CHANGES... PLEASE CONTACT: NANCY DEAN METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 300 STARTARE DRIVE EUREKA CA 95501-6000 PHONE: 707-443-6484 EMAIL: NANCY.DEAN@NOAA.GOV JOHN LOVEGROVE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 4003 CIRRUS DRIVE MEDFORD OR 97504 PHONE: 541-776-4303 EMAIL: JOHN.LOVEGROVE@NOAA.GOV ELIZABETH MORSE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 3310 EL CAMINO ROOM 228 SACRAMENTO CA 95821-6373 PHONE: 916-979-3041 EMAIL: ELIZABETH.MORSE@NOAA.GOV THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN