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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-31
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 
148 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2007

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: 	  THERESE Z. PIERCE
          MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH CHIEF

SUBJECT:  CHANGES IN COASTAL WATERS MARINE ZONES FOR PORTIONS OF 
          MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE: EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2 2007

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY OCTOBER 2 2007 AT 1300 COORDINATED
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...OR 0900 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME /EDT/... FIVE 
NEW COASTAL WATERS MARINE FORECAST ZONES WILL BE DESIGNATED 
...ADJACENT TO PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE... FROM THE 
CURRENT MARINE ZONE NAMED COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO 
MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM. THESE CHANGES WILL ALLOW FORECASTS 
AND SHORT FUSED WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE GRAY ME WEATHER FORECAST 
OFFICE /WFO/ TO BE MORE AREA SPECIFIC. THE NEW MARINE ZONES 
...EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2 2007... ARE LISTED IN TABLE 3.

TABLE 1.  WFO GRAY PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY NEW MARINE 
ZONES AND CHANGES TO UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/

PRODUCT NAME 			WMO HEADING 		AWIPS ID

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST 	FZUS51 KGYX 		CWFGYX
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING 		WHUS51 KGYX 		SMWGYX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT 	FZUS71 KGYX 		MWSGYX

TABLE 2.  CURRENT MARINE ZONE AND CORRESPONDING UGC THAT WILL BE 
REPLACED EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2 2007

MARINE ZONE NAME				UGC

COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO		ANZ150 
MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM

TABLE 3.  NEW MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGC EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 
2 2007

MARINE ZONE NAME				UGC

COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO		ANZ150
PORT CLYDE ME OUT 25 NM				

PENOBSCOT BAY					ANZ151 

COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT CLYDE ME TO		ANZ152 
CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT 25 NM

CASCO BAY					ANZ153

COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE ELIZABETH ME		ANZ154
TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM 

BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES...CUSTOMERS WHO WISH TO RECEIVE THE MORE 
SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT WILL BE PROVIDED FOR NEW MARINE ZONES 
ANZ150...ANZ151...ANZ152...ANZ153...AND ANZ154 MUST REPROGRAM 
AFFECTED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. 

AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE NEW BOUNDARIES
FOR THESE MARINE ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE
FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM

MAPS SHOWING THE CURRENT MARINE ZONES AFFECTED BY THE UPCOMING 
CHANGES AND THE NEW ZONES ARE POSTED ON THE WFO GRAY MARINE PAGE 
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/GYX/MARINE_WEATHER.SHTML

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

ALBERT WHEELER 				DON MILLER
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE 		MARINE PROGRAM MANAGER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 		NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1 WEATHER LANE 				EASTERN REGION HQ
P.O. BOX 1208 				630 JOHNSON AVENUE
GRAY ME 04039 				BOHEMIA NY 11716
207-688-3216 				631-244-0122
EMAIL: ALBERT.WHEELER@NOAA.GOV 	        DONALD.J.MILLER@NOAA.GOV

THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS:/

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

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