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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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