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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 10-16
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
245 PM EST MON MAR 1 2010

TO:       SUBSCRIBERS:
          -FAMILY OF SERVICES
          -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
          -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK 
          -NOAAPORT
          OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     THERESE Z. PIERCE
          CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  TEMPORARY MARINE ZONE CHANGES FOR COASTAL
          WATERS FROM WASHINGTON TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TO
          BECOME PERMANENT APRIL 1 2010

EFFECTIVE THURSDAY APRIL 1 2010 AT 500 AM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT 
TIME /PDT/...1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE 
NWS WILL MAKE PERMANENT MARINE ZONE CHANGES FOR WEATHER 
FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/S EUREKA AND MONTEREY CALIFORNIA... 
SEATTLE WASHINGTON...PORTLAND AND MEDFORD OREGON.  

THE MARINE ZONES CHANGES WERE TEMPORARY IN ORDER TO 
EVALUATE THE USE OF SMALLER MARINE ZONES...SPECIFICALLY 
NEAR THE COASTLINE. THE CHANGES WERE MADE BECAUSE USER 
FEEDBACK HAS BEEN FAVORABLE. REFER TO SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 
/SCN/ 08-38 AND SCN 08-61 WHICH CONTAIN DESCRIPTIONS OF THE 
OLD AND NEW MARINE ZONES FOR MORE INFORMATION.  BOTH SCN/S/ 
ARE POSTED AT /USE LOWERCASE/:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/LIST.PHP 

CUSTOMERS WHO REPROGRAMMED THEIR AFFECTED HARDWARE AND 
SOFTWARE FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF SCN/S/ 08-38 AND 08-61 DO 
NOT NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION.  THE ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE IS 
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AT /USE LOWERCASE/.

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM

MAPS SHOWING THE CURRENT MARINE ZONES THAT WILL BECOME 
PERMANENT APRIL 1 2010 ARE POSTED AT /USE LOWERCASE/:

  HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/MARINE/ZONE/WEST/WESTMZ.HTM

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

RICHARD MAY
METEOROLOGIST 
NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20906
301-713-1677 X 127
RICHARD.MAY@NOAA.GOV

JEFFREY LORENS
WESTERN REGION MARINE PROGRAM LEADER
NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
125 S STATE STREET
SALT LAKE CITY UTAH 84138
801-524-4000 X 265
JEFFREY.LORENS@NOAA.GOV

NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:

  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM

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