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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 08-48 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
220 PM EDT WED JULY 23 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:  NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN DULUTH MINNESOTA 
	  WILL BEGIN ISSUING SURF ZONE FORECASTS WITH RIP 
	  CURRENT INFORMATION EFFECTIVE FRIDAY AUGUST 1 
	  2008 

EFFECTIVE FRIDAY AUGUST 1 2008 AT 1300 COORDINATED 
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...OR 0900 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME 
/EDT/...OR 0800 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME /CDT/...THE NWS 
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN DULUTH MINNESOTA WILL 
BEGIN ISSUING SURF ZONES FORECASTS /SRF/ WITH RIP CURRENT 
INFORMATION. 

THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CHANGE IS SOONER THAN SPECIFIED 
IN NWS POLICY /NWS INSTRUCTION 10-1805/. THE REDUCTION OF 
THE NORMAL ADVANCE LEAD TIME WAS APPROVED BECAUSE WE ARE 
CURRENTLY IN THE ACTIVE BEACH SEASON AND IT IS CRITICAL TO 
GET THIS INFORMATION TO NWS CUSTOMERS...INCLUDING PARK AND 
RECREATION STAFF...AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

REFER ALSO TO NWS INSTRUCTION 10-310 FOR STANDARD PROCEDURE 
GOVERNING SURF ZONE FORECASTS AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

  HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01003010CURR.PDF

THE SURF ZONE IS THE AREA OF WATER BETWEEN THE HIGH WATER 
/OR TIDE/ LEVEL ON THE BEACH AND THE SEAWARD SIDE OF 
BREAKING WAVES. THE SRF HAS BEEN ISSUED BY SELECT COASTAL 
WFOS SINCE 2002. WFO DULUTH WILL BE THE FIRST GREAT LAKES 
WFO TO ISSUE THE SURF ZONE FORECAST. 

TABLE 1 BELOW LISTS THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE 
SURF ZONE FORECAST /SRF/ ISSUED BY WFO DULUTH. TABLE 2 
LISTS THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE SURF ZONE 
FORECASTS...CONTAINING RIP CURRENT INFORMATION...THAT OTHER 
GREAT LAKES WFOS MAY ELECT TO BEGIN ISSUING IN SPRING 2009. 

TABLE 1:  COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE SURF ZONE 
FORECAST /SRF/ ISSUED BY WFO DULUTH EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1 
2008.
    
ISSUING WFO		WMO HEADING		AWIPS ID

DULUTH MN		FZUS53 KDLH		SRFDLH

CUSTOMERS ARE ADVISED TO REPROGRAM THEIR HARDWARE AND 
SOFTWARE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE THIS NEW SURF ZONE 
FORECAST ON AUGUST 1 2008. 


TABLE 2:  COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE SURF ZONE 
FORECAST /SRF/ FOR OTHER GREAT LAKES WFOS THAT MAY ELECT TO 
BEGIN ISSUING THE SRF IN SPRING 2009.

ISSUING WFO		WMO HEADING			AWIPS ID

GRAND RAPIDS MI 	FZUS53 KGRR			SRFGRR
NORTHERN INDIANA 	FZUS53 KIWX			SRFIWX
CHICAGO IL 		FZUS53 KLOT			SRFLOT

CUSTOMERS DO NOT NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION AT THIS TIME FOR 
THE IDENTIFIERS LISTED IN TABLE 2. WHEN THE ABOVE WFOS 
ELECT TO ISSUE THE SURF ZONE FORECAST…THE NWS WILL ISSUE 
SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ANNOUNCING THE NEW PRODUCTS WELL IN 
ADVANCE OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

  
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
  
WAYNE WEEKS 				THOMAS TOWNSEND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE		NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES		CENTRAL REGION
1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY			7220 NW 101ST TERRACE
SILVER SPRING MD 20910			KANSAS CITY MO 64153
301-713-1677 EXT. 129 			816-268-3149
WAYNE.WEEKS@NOAA.GOV 			TOM.TOWNSEND@NOAA.GOV

NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE 
LETTERS/:
  
  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
  
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