PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA

MARINE ZONE RECONFIGURATION FOR 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 OFFICE (WFO) IN EUREKA CALIFORNIA WILL
RECONFIGURE ITS COASTAL MARINE ZONES OFF FAR NORTHERN 
CALIFORNIA. SPECIFICALLY THE AREAS INCLUDED ARE THE 
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BETWEEN POINT 
SAINT GEORGE AND POINT ARENA. 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: 

TABLE 1.  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

TABLE 2. 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

TABLE 3.  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.

MAPS SHOWING THE EXISTING AND RECONFIGURED MARINE ZONES 
THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE JULY 8 2008 ARE POSTED ON THE 
EUREKA WEB PAGE AT (USE LOWER CASE LETTERS):

  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

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