NOUS41 KWBC 231424 SCNWSH Service Change Notice 10-52 National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC 1015 AM EST Fri Nov 24 2010 To: Subscribers: -Family of Services -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network -NOAAPORT Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees From: Therese Z. Pierce Chief, Marine and Coastal Weather Services Branch SUBJECT: The Great Lakes Storm Summary (GLS) and Marine Alert Message (MAW) Will No Longer Be Issued Effective February 1, 2011 REFER TO: Public Information Statement below: www.weather.gov/os/notification/pns10cleveland_greatlakes.txt Effective Tuesday February 1, 2011, 1600 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or 1100 am Eastern Standard Time, NWS Weather Forecast Office in Cleveland will no longer issue the GLS and MAW. NWS received no comments on this proposed change during its comment period that began July 26, 2010, and ended September 10, 2010. The Marine Weather Message (MWW) has superseded the requirement for the GLS and MAW. The MWW, MAW and GLS are all event driven, non-scheduled, products. Table 1 below lists the communication identifiers for the Great Lakes Storm Summary and Marine Alert Message which will be terminated February 1, 2011. Table 1: Products To Be Terminated February 1, 2011 Issuing WFO Product Name WMO heading AWIPS ID Cleveland OH GREAT LAKES WWUS81 KCLE GLSCLE STORM SUMMARY Cleveland OH MARINE ALERT FZUS61 KCLE MAWCLE MESSAGE Users should delete the WMO and AWIPS headings listed in Table 1 above from their databases on or soon after February 1, 2011, as products will no longer be issued under these headings. Users should access the MWW for equivalent data. Table 2 below lists the Marine Weather Messages issued over the Great Lakes. Table 2: Marine Weather Messages issued over the Great Lakes. Issuing WFO WMO heading AWIPS ID BUFFALO NY WHUS71 KBUF MWWBUF CLEVELAND OH WHUS71 KCLE MWWCLE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI WHUS73 KDTX MWWDTX GAYLORD MI WHUS73 KAPX MWWAPX GRAND RAPIDS MI WHUS73 KGRR MWWGRR NORTHERN INDIANA WHUS73 KIWX MWWIWX CHICAGO IL WHUS73 KLOT MWWLOT MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI WHUS73 KMKX MWWMKX GREEN BAY WI WHUS73 KGRB MWWGRB MARQUETTE MI WHUS73 KMQT MWWMQT DULUTH MN WHUS73 KDLH MWWDLH Users should add the WMO and AWIPS headings listed in Table 2 above to their databases if necessary. If you have any questions or comments, please contact: Richard May National Weather Service Marine and Coastal Weather Services Branch 1325 East West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 301-713-1677 ext. 127 Richard.May@noaa.gov NWS service change notices are online at: http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm $$ NNNN