000 NOUS41 KWBC 141133 PNSWSH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 06-19 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 735 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS ...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ CUSTOMERS...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS AND USERS FROM: ELI JACKS CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH SUBJECT: NEW FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE PRODUCTS FROM STORM PREDICTION CENTER /SPC/: EFFECTIVE MAY 2 2006 EFFECTIVE TUESDAY MAY 2 2006 AT 0400 AM CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME /CDT/...0900 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/...THE NWS SPC WILL BEGIN OPERATIONAL DISSEMINATION OF THE FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE PRODUCTS /AWIPS ID: PFW/. CUSTOMERS WHO WISH TO RECEIVE THESE PRODUCTS SHOULD ADD THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIER INDICATED BELOW TO THE APPROPRIATE DATABASES. WMO AWIPS PRODUCT HEADER ID DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE FNUS31 KWNS PFWFD1 DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE FNUS32 KWNS PFWFD2 THESE PRODUCTS WILL COMPLEMENT THE OTHER SPC FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK PRODUCTS DISSEMINATED AT FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK ISSUANCE TIME: 0900 UTC. THE CURRENT SUITE OF FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE SPC INCLUDING THE NEW PFW PRODUCTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: PRODUCT WMO HEADING AWIPS ID DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK FNUS21 KWNS FWDDY1 DAY 1 REDBOOK GRAPHIC PMWE98 KWNS RBGFW1 DAY 1 OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE FNUS31 KWNS PFWFD1 DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK FNUS22 KWNS FWDDY2 DAY 2 REDBOOK GRAPHIC PMWI98 KWNS RBGFW2 DAY 2 OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE FNUS32 KWNS PFWFD2 THE NEW PFW PRODUCTS CONTAIN LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE POINTS DESCRIBING THE FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAS DISCUSSED IN THE FWDDY1 AND FWDDY2 PRODUCTS AND DEPICTED IN THE RBGFW1 AND RBGFW2 REDBOOK GRAPHIC PRODUCTS. AREAL OUTLINES IN THE NEW PFW PRODUCTS DEPICT THE FOLLOWING AREAS: DTSM: DRY THUNDERSTORM AREA CRIT: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA EXTM: EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA LAT/LON VALUES IN THE PRODUCT ARE IN DECIMAL DEGREES. FOR EXAMPLE 34760394 IS 34.76N AND 103.94W. NOTE THE LONGITUDE VALUES ARE CODED AS FOUR DIGITS...SO POINTS WEST OF 99.99W ARE CODED WITH THE HUNDREDS DIGIT REMOVED. THE NUMBER ONE /1/ IS NOT INCLUDED. IF AN AREA IS CLOSED... THE FIRST AND LAST LAT/LON POINTS ARE THE SAME. AN EXAMPLE OF THE PFWFD1 PRODUCT IS SHOWN BELOW IN TABLE 1. TABLE 1: EXAMPLE OF A DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE. FNUS31 KWNS 061000 PFWFD1 DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0400 AM CST MON FEB 06 2006 VALID TIME 061200Z - 071200Z FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK POINTS DAY 1 ...FIRE WEATHER CATEGORICAL... DTSM 34760394 35429980 32579686 31579738 30890159 31380521 31450532 34760394 DTSM 38061869 38711290 38820893 37090729 35820722 34490794 34190873 34241191 34791307 35471550 35621730 35741834 38061869 DTSM 44038447 40198091 40378875 44038447 CRIT 47181946 48621458 46671000 44540919 42031228 41681509 42181694 43611904 44832029 47181946 EXTM 47060720 49270295 46809269 44049248 41139643 40680170 41310586 43620704 47060720 EXTM 35858141 33657866 30518114 31058413 34348565 35668448 35858141 && END OF EXAMPLE THE ABOVE EXAMPLE INDICATES THE VALID TIME OF THE PRODUCT IS FROM 1200 UTC ON FEB 6 THROUGH 1200 UTC ON FEB 7. THERE ARE 3 AREAS DEPICTED FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS /DTSM/...ONE AREA DEPICTED FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER /CRIT/...AND TWO AREAS DEPICTED FOR EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER /EXTM/. TO FURTHER ILLUSTRATE DECODING THE LAT/LON POINTS...THE FIRST DRY THUNDERSTORM AREA HAS THE FOLLOWING LAT/LON POINTS: DTSM 34760394 35429980 32579686 31579738 30890159 31380521 31450532 34760394 WHICH CAN BE DECODED AS: 34.76N103.94W 35.42N 99.80W 32.57N 96.86W 31.57N 97.38W 30.89N101.59W 31.38N105.21W 31.45N105.32W 34.76N103.94W NOTE: THE LAST POINT IS THE SAME AS THE FIRST POINT AND INDICATES A CLOSED AREA. THE FORMAT OF THIS PRODUCT IS SIMILAR TO THE SPC CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE PRODUCTS: WUUS01 KWNS PTSDY1 WUUS02 KWNS PTSDY2 WUUS03 KWNS PTSDY3 ALTHOUGH THIS NOTIFICATION IS LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 120 DAYS AS SPECIFIED BY NWSI 10-1805...THE NEW AWIPS PRODUCT...WHICH IS A REPACKAGING OF EXISTING FIRE WEATHER AREAL OUTLOOK INFORMATION IN A MORE READABLE FORMAT...HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED BY SEVERAL FIRE WEATHER USERS. SINCE WHAT MAY BE AN ESPECIALLY BUSY FIRE WEATHER SEASON HAS ALREADY BEGUN...IT IS CRITICAL TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO USERS IN A MORE READABLE FORMAT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SPC PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND IN THE NWS DIRECTIVES 10-512 AND 10-401 LOCATED AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01004001CURR.PDF HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01005012CURR.PDF IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT: DR. RUSSELL SCHNEIDER GREGORY GROSSHANS CHIEF SCIENCE SUPPORT BRANCH METEOROLOGIST STORM PREDICTION CENTER STORM PREDICTION CENTER 1313 HALLEY CIRCLE 1313 HALLEY CIRCLE NORMAN OK 73071 NORMAN OK 73071 405-579-0704 405-579-0720 RUSSELL.SCHNEIDER@NOAA.GOV GREGORY.GROSSHANS@NOAA.GOV THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$