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PNSWSH
Service Change
Notice 12-44
National Weather
Service Headquarters Washington DC
1005 AM EST Wed
Nov 14 2012
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Other NWS Partners, Users and
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From: Mark Tew
Chief, Marine and Coastal Services
Branch
Subject: Change in Synopsis Name in Coastal Waters
Forecast (CWF) for WFO Mobile
Effective January 22, 2013
Effective
Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at 2 pm Central Daylight
Time (CDT), 2000
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the
NWS Weather
Forecast Office (WFO) in Mobile, AL, will change the
name of its
Synopsis in its Coastal Waters Forecast (CWF) From
"Synopsis
for Destin FL to Pascagoula MS out 60 NM including
Mobile Bay"
to "Synopsis for Destin FL to Pascagoula MS out 60 NM
including Bays
and Coastal Waterways."
WFO Mobile is changing
the name of its synopsis to clarify the
coastal waters
forecast includes all the bays and waterways for
its marine area
of responsibility.
Current marine
synopsis name and corresponding Universal
Geographic Code
(UGC) used by WFO Mobile:
Current Marine
Synopsis Name UGC
---------------------------- ------
Synopsis for
Destin FL to Pascagoula MS GMZ600
out 60 NM
Including Mobile Bay
New marine
synopsis name that will be used by WFO Mobile
effective January
22, 2013. Note the UGC for the synopsis
will
not change.
New Marine
Synopsis Name UGC
------------------------ ------
Synopsis for
Destin FL to Pascagoula MS GMZ600
out 60 NM
including Bays and Coastal
Waterways
WFO Mobile
product affected by the marine synopsis name change
effective January
22, 2013:
Product Name WMO Heading AWIPS ID
----------------------- ----------- ------
Coastal Waters
Forecast FZUS54 KMOB CWFMOB
Users should be
aware of this synopsis name change within WFO
Mobile Coastal
Waters Forecast and make any adjustments to their
systems.
If you have any
questions or comments about this change to the
marine synopsis
name at WFO Mobile please contact:
John Werner Melinda Bailey
National Weather
Service National Weather Service
Marine Focal
Point Southern Region
Headquarters
8100 Airport Blvd
Bldg 11 819 Taylor Street
Mobile, AL
36608 Fort Worth, TX 76102
251 633 6443 817 978 1100 x 107
John.Werner@noaa.gov Melinda.Bailey@noaa.gov
National Weather
Service Change notices are posted at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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