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Service Change Notice 11-25

National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC

830 AM EDT Tue Jul 12 2011

To: Subscribers

-Family of Services

-NOAA Weather Wire Service

-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network

-NOAAPORT

Other NWS Partners and Employees

From: Wayne Higgins,

Director, Climate Prediction Center

Subject: U.S. Drought Monitor Impact Type Labels Change

Effective September 29, 2011

The U.S. Drought Monitor impact type labels and drought impact types key will change. The Agricultural (A) and Hydrological (H) impact types will become Short-Term (S) and Long-Term (L), respectively. The drought impact types key will change from

A = Agricultural (Crops, Pastures, Grasslands) to
S = Short-Term, Typically less than 6 months (e.g. Agriculture, Grasslands), and from:
H = Hydrological (Water) to
L = Long-Term, Typically greater than 6 months (E.G. Hydrology, Ecology)

The Drought Monitor is online at:

http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html

If you have any questions or comments, please contact:

Ed O’Lenic

Operations Branch Chief

Camp Springs, MD 20746

301-763-8000 x7528

Ed.Olenic@noaa.gov

National Service Change Notices are online at:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm

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