PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
200 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2008

TO... FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS
EMPLOYEES

FROM... ANDY PATRICK
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
ROGER ERICKSON
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
DONOVAN LANDRENEAU
MARINE AND HURRICANE PROGRAM LEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

SUBJECT... IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE WEATHER
WARNING PRODUCT AND THE ADDITION OF THREE
NEW LONG-DURATION MARINE WATCHES...EFFECTIVE
TUESDAY AUGUST 5 2008

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY AUGUST 5 2008 AT 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL
TIME...OR 1 PM CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME...NWS FORECAST OFFICE IN LAKE
CHARLES LOUISIANA WILL BEGIN ISSUING THE OPERATIONAL MARINE WEATHER
MESSAGE /MWW/ PRODUCT. THIS PRODUCT IS INTENDED TO BETTER INFORM
MARINERS OF MARINE WEATHER HAZARDS AND SERVE AS A DEDICATED LONG
DURATION MARINE WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY PRODUCT.

EFFECTIVE AUGUST 5 2008...THE VTEC INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY CONTAINED
IN THE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST /CWF/ AND NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST
/NSH/ PRODUCTS WILL BE FOUND IN THE MWW.

THE PRODUCT TYPE LINE IN THE MASS NEWS DISSEMINATOR HEADER BLOCK
WILL BE /MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE/. USERS MUST ADD THE NEW PRODUCT
HEADERS TO THEIR COMMUNICATIONS DATABASES TO RECEIVE THE MWW
PRODUCTS. THE COMPLETE LIST OF THE NEW MWW COMMUNICATION
IDENTIFIERS...WHICH TAKE EFFECT AUGUST 5 2008... IS AVAILABLE
ONLINE...LISTED BY WFO...AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/MWW/RESOURCES/NEW_MWW.PDF

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE MWW PRODUCT AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE
NEW FORMAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/MWW

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

ANDY PATRICK
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
500 AIRPORT BLVD. #115
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70607
PHONE... 337-477-5285
EMAIL... ANDY.PATRICK@NOAA.GOV

ROGER ERICKSON
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
500 AIRPORT BLVD. #115
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70607
PHONE... 337-477-5285
EMAIL... ROGER.ERICKSON@NOAA.GOV

DONOVAN LANDRENEAU
MARINE AND HURRICANE PROGRAM LEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
500 AIRPORT BLVD. #115
LAKE CHARLES, LA 70607
PHONE... 337-477-5285
EMAIL... DONOVAN.LANDRENEAU@NOAA.GOV