NOUS41 KWBC 091812 PNSWSH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 08-38 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 210 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 TO: SUBSCRIBERS: -FAMILY OF SERVICES -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK -OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE CHIEF…MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH SUBJECT: MARINE ZONE RECONFIGURATION FOR WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS AND FAR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS TO EVALUATE USE OF SMALLER NEARSHORE ZONES: EFFECTIVE JULY 8 2008 EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JULY 8 2008 AT 500 AM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME /PDT/...OR 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/... THE NWS FORECAST OFFICES /WFOS/ IN SEATTLE WASHINGTON AND EUREKA CALIFORNIA WILL RECONFIGURE THEIR COASTAL MARINE ZONES OFF WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RESPECTIVELY. SPECIFICALLY THE AREAS INCLUDED ARE THE COASTAL WATERS OF WASHINGTON BETWEEN CAPE FLATTERY AND CAPE SHOALWATER AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BETWEEN POINT SAINT GEORGE AND POINT ARENA. FOR WFO SEATTLE. THESE CHANGES DO NOT INCLUDE THE INLAND WATERS MARINE ZONES/STRAIT OF SAN JUAN DE FUCA AND PUGET SOUND. THE PURPOSE OF THIS RECONFIGURATION IS TO EVALUATE THE USE OF SMALLER MARINE ZONES NEAR THE COASTLINE. NWS WILL BEGIN ITS EVALUATION ON JULY 8 2008. THE EVALUATION WILL RUN AT LEAST THROUGH APRIL 1 2009. IF FEEDBACK FROM MARINERS IS FAVORABLE...THE NWS WILL EVALUATE MAKING THE ZONE CHANGES PERMANENT. IF FEEDBACK OR OTHER FACTORS ARE NOT FAVORABLE...THE NWS WILL CHANGE THE ZONES BACK TO THEIR CURRENT CONFIGURATION. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THIS MARINE ZONE RECONFIGURATION BY USING THE BRIEF SURVEY AND COMMENT FORM AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE/: WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWSSURVEY.PHP?CODE=WCMARZONRECONFIG TABLES 1 AND 2 LIST THE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY WFO SEATTLE AND WFO EUREKA AFFECTED BY THIS MARINE ZONE RECONFIGURATION. TABLE 1. WFO SEATTLE PRODUCTS AFFECTED STARTING JULY 8 2008. PRODUCT NAME AWIPS ID WMO HEADING COASTAL WATERS FORECAST CWFSEW FZUS56 KSEW MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE MWWSEW WHUS76 KSEW SPECIAL MARINE WARNING SMWSEW WHUS56 KSEW MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT MWSSEW FZUS76 KSEW SHORT TERM FORECAST NOWSEW FPUS76 KSEW WEATHER WATCH CLEARANCE NOTIFICATION WCNSEW WWUS66 KSEW HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK /PLANNED/ TABLE 2. WFO EUREKA PRODUCTS AFFECTED STARTING JULY 8 2008. PRODUCT NAME AWIPS ID WMO HEADING COASTAL WATERS FORECAST CWFEKA FZUS56 KEKA MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE MWWEKA WHUS76 KEKA SPECIAL MARINE WARNING SMWEKA WHUS56 KEKA MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT MWSEKA FZUS76 KEKA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK HWOEKA FLUS46 KEKA SHORT TERM FORECAST NOWEKA FPUS76 KEKA WEATHER WATCH CLEARANCE NOTIFICATION WCNEKA WWUS66 KEKA TABLES 3 AND 4 CONTAIN LISTS OF THE CURRENT MARINE ZONES AFFECTED BY THE MARINE ZONE RECONFIGURATION IN WFO SEATTLE MARINE AREA AND WFO EUREKA MARINE AREA. TABLE 3. CURRENT MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC CODES /UGC/ FOR WFO SEATTLE. CURRENT MARINE ZONE NAME CURRENT UGC CAPE FLATTERY TO JAMES ISLAND OUT TO 20 NM PZZ150 CAPE FLATTERY TO JAMES ISLAND 20 TO 60 NM PZZ170 JAMES ISLAND TO POINT GRENVILLE OUT TO 20 NM PZZ153 JAMES ISLAND TO POINT GRENVILLE 20 TO 60 NM PZZ173 POINT GRENVILLE TO CAPE SHOALWATER OUT TO 20 NM PZZ156 POINT GRENVILLE TO CAPE SHOALWATER 20 TO 60 NM PZZ176 TABLE 4. CURRENT MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGC CODES FOR WFO EUREKA. CURRENT MARINE ZONE NAME CURRENT UGC POINT SAINT GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT TO 20 NM PZZ450 POINT SAINT GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 20 TO 60 NM PZZ470 CAPE MENDOCINO TO POINT ARENA CA OUT TO 20 NM PZZ455 CAPE MENDOCINO TO POINT ARENA CA 20 TO 60 NM PZZ475 TABLES 5 AND 6 CONTAIN LISTS OF THE RECONFIGURED MARINE ZONES TO BE EVALUATED IN WFO SEATTLE MARINE AREA AND WFO EUREKA MARINE AREA RESPECTIVELY EFFECTIVE JULY 8 2008. TABLE 5. RECONFIGURED MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGC CODES FOR WFO SEATTLE EFFECTIVE JULY 8 2008. MARINE ZONE NAME UGC CAPE FLATTERY TO JAMES ISLAND OUT TO 10 NM PZZ150 CAPE FLATTERY TO JAMES ISLAND 10 NM TO 60 NM PZZ170 JAMES ISLAND TO POINT GRENVILLE OUT TO 10 NM PZZ153 JAMES ISLAND TO POINT GRENVILLE 10 NM TO 60 NM PZZ173 POINT GRENVILLE TO CAPE SHOALWATER OUT TO 10 NM PZZ156 POINT GRENVILLE TO CAPE SHOALWATER 10 NM TO 60 NM PZZ176 TABLE 6. RECONFIGURED MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGC CODES FOR WFO EUREKA EFFECTIVE JULY 8 2008. MARINE ZONE NAME UGC POINT SAINT GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT TO 10 NM PZZ450 POINT SAINT GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM PZZ470 CAPE MENDOCINO TO POINT ARENA CA OUT TO 10 NM PZZ455 CAPE MENDOCINO TO POINT ARENA CA 10 TO 60 NM PZZ475 NOTE THE ZONE NAMES WILL ONLY CHANGE WITH REGARD TO THE ZONE DISTANCES FROM SHORE. THE BOUNDARY SEPARATING INNER AND OUTER WATERS WILL SHIFT 10 NM CLOSER TO SHORE. THE UGC CODES WILL NOT CHANGE. BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN ZONE DISTANCES TO SHORE WHICH IS SHOWN IN TABLES 3...4...5 AND 6…CUSTOMERS MUST REPROGRAM AFFECTED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE CORRECTLY PROCESSING THE PRODUCTS IN TABLES 1 AND 2. THERE ARE ALSO SOME LESS FREQUENTLY ISSUED PRODUCTS…SUCH AS TSUNAMI WARNINGS…WHICH ALSO USE THESE MARINE ZONES. AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE RECONFIGURED MARINE ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/. WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM MAPS SHOWING THE EXISTING AND RECONFIGURED MARINE ZONES THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE JULY 8 2008 ARE POSTED ON THE SEATTLE AND EUREKA WEB PAGES RESPECTIVELY AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/IMAGES/SEW/OLDSEWMZ.JPG HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/IMAGES/SEW/NEWSEWMZ.JPG HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/IMAGES/EKA/OLDEKAMZ.JPG HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/IMAGES/EKA/NEWEKAMZ.JPG IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE MARINE ZONE RECONFIGURATION FOR THE COASTAL WATERS WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...PLEASE CONTACT TROY NICOLINI WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 300 STARTARE DRIVE EUREKA CALIFORNIA 95501-6000 707-443-5610 X 223 TROY.NICOLINI@NOAA.GOV TED BUEHNER WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 7600 SAND POINT WAY NE BUILDING 1 SEATTLE WASHINGTON 98115-6349 206-526-6095 X 223 TED.BUEHNER@NOAA.GOV NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM NNNN $$