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Public
Information Statement, Comment Request
National Weather
Service Headquarters Washington, DC
908 AM EST Tue
Dec 15 2015
To: Subscribers:
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of Services
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NWS Partners, Users and Employees
From: Michelle Hawkins
Acting
Chief, Marine, Tropical and Tsunami
Services Branch
Subject: Soliciting comments on the Experimental Beach
Forecast
Webpages and the Experimental Rip
Current Risk
Graphics until December 1, 2016
The NWS is
requesting comments on the Experimental Beach
Forecast Webpages
and Experimental Rip Current Risk Graphics
issued by participating Weather Forecast Offices
(WFO) until
December 1, 2016.
The Experimental
Beach Forecast Webpage is a national map which
allows beach goers to click on an area of interest
and easily
see hazards and forecasts for beaches in that
area. The
national map links to Experimental Beach Forecast
Webpages for
each WFO participating in the experiment (Table
1). Each
Experimental
Beach Forecast Webpage provides an Experimental Rip
Current Risk
Graphic highlighting areas with a moderate or high
risk of dangerous rip currents, surf zone and
beach forecasts
for popular beaches within the office's forecast
area, and other
important beach/surf zone information such as:
* Daily outlooks
for surf zone hazards including rip current
* Advisories
and/or statements alerting people of imminent or
expected beach/surf
zone hazards
* Ultraviolet
index information
* Tide tables and
predictions
Each WFO’s
Experimental Beach Forecast Webpage may also contain
information such as local radar, water temperature, and
safety
information. The
national webpage can be found at:
Table 1: NWS
offices that are testing the Experimental Beach
Forecast Webpage
and the Experimental Rip Current Risk Graphic:
Participating
WFO Web Address
----------------- -----------
Melbourne, FL http://www.weather.gov/beach/mlb
Miami, FL http://www.weather.gov/beach/mfl
Mobile, AL http://www.weather.gov/beach/mob
Los Angeles,
CA http://www.weather.gov/beach/lox
San Diego, CA http://www.weather.gov/beach/sgx
Other NWS offices
will join during the experimental period.
For information
on rip currents and other beach hazards safety
and awareness, please refer to the following
website:
http://www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov
The Product
description document for the Experimental Beach
Forecast webpage
can be accessed from
http://products.weather.gov/PDD/PDD-Experimental%20Beach%20Forecast%20Webpage.pdf
The Product
description document for the Rip Current Risk
Graphic can be
accessed from
http://products.weather.gov/PDD/PDD-Experimental
Rip Current Risk Graphic.pdf
Please provide
feedback on the Experimental Beach Forecast
Webpage at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/survey/nws-survey.php?code=NATBFWP
Please provide
feedback on the Experimental Rip Current Risk
Graphic at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/survey/nwssurvey.php?code=RIPCURRENTRISK
If you have
questions or comments please contact:
Wayne Presnell
Meteorologist,
Marine, Tropical and Tsunami Services Branch
NWS Headquarters
Silver spring, MD
301-427-9390
NWS Public
Information Statements are online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm
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