NOUS41 KWBC 181718 PNSWSH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 07-42 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 125 PM EDT MON JUN 18 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...AND NWS EMPLOYEES FROM: ELI JACKS CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH SUBJECT: CHANGES TO WINTER WEATHER AND NON-PRECIPITATION WEATHER PRODUCTS ISSUED BY WFO JUNEAU AK...WSO YAKUTAT AK AND WSO ANNETTE AK EFFECTIVE.. SEPTEMBER 5 2007 EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 5 2007...THE NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN JUNEAU ALASKA /AJK/ WILL EXPAND ITS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR ISSUING WINTER WEATHER /WSW/ AND NON- PRECIPITATION WEATHER /NPW/ PRODUCTS TO INCLUDE FORECAST ZONES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ YAKUTAT /YAK/ AND WSO ANNETTE /ANN/. CONCURRENTLY...WSO YAK AND WSO ANN WILL NO LONGER ISSUE WSW OR NPW PRODUCTS FOR THOSE ZONES. SPECIFICALLY WSW AND NPW PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA ZONE AKZ017... CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA...WILL BE ISSUED BY WFO AJK INSTEAD OF WSO YAK. SIMILARLY WSW AND NPW PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA ZONE AKZ027... DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA...ALASKA ZONE AKZ028... SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS AND ALASKA ZONE AXZ029...MISTY FJORDS WILL BE ISSUED BY WFO AJK INSTEAD OF WSO ANN. THESE ZONES WILL BE INCLUDED IN CURRENT WFO AJK ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM /AWIPS/ IDS AND WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADERS FOR WSW AND NPW PRODUCTS. THE FORMAT OF THESE PRODUCTS...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL ZONES...WILL NOT CHANGE. A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF WSW AND NPW PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND IN NWS INSTRUCTIONS /NWSI/ 10-513...WFO WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS SPECIFICATION...AND NWSI 10-515...WFO NON-PRECIPITATION WEATHER PRODUCTS SPECIFICATION... POSTED ON THE NWS DIRECTIVES WEB PAGE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01005013CURR.PDF HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01005015CURR.PDF TABLE 1 LISTS THE ZONES AND CURRENT/NEW WSW AND NPW PRODUCT AWIPS IDS AND WMO HEADINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SERVICE CHANGE. TABLE 1. CURRENT AND NEW WSW AND NPW PRODUCT AWIPS IDS AND WMO HEADINGS FOR AKZ017...AKZ027...AKZ028...AND AKZ029. FORECAST ZONE CURRENT NEW AWIPS ID WMO HEADER AWIPS ID WMO HEADER AKZ017 WSWYAK WWAK47 PAYA WSWAJK WWAK47 PAJK CAPE NPWYAK WWAK77 PAYA NPWAJK WWAK77 PAJK FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA AKZ027 WSWANN WWAK47 PANT WSWAJK WWAK47 PAJK DIXON NPWANN WWAK77 PANT NPWAJK WWAK77 PAJK ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA AKZ028 WSWANN WWAK47 PANT WSWAJK WWAK47 PAJK SOUTHERN NPWANN WWAK77 PANT NPWAJK WWAK77 PAJK INNER CHANNELS AKZ029 WSWANN WWAK47 PANT WSYAJK WWAK47 PAJK MISTY FJORDS NPWANN WWAK77 PANT NPWAJK WWAK77 PAJK USERS OF WSW AND NPW WATCH...WARNING AND ADVISORY PRODUCTS FROM WFO AJK...WSO YAK AND WSO ANN MUST ENSURE THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DIRECTORIES ARE UPDATED BY SEPTEMBER 5. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT: TOM AINSWORTH AIMEE FISH METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE PUBLIC PROGRAM MANAGER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 8500 MENDENHALL LOOP ROAD 222 WEST 7TH AVENUE ROOM 517 JUNEAU ALASKA 99801 ANCHORAGE ALASKA 99513 907.709.6804 907.271.3507 TOM.AINSWORTH@NOAA.GOV AIMEE.FISH@NOAA.GOV THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN