NOUS41 KWBC 311640 PNSWSH SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 05-33 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 1240 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2005 TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS... NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH SUBJECT: CHANGES IN COASTAL WATERS MARINE ZONES BETWEEN FLORENCE AND CAPE BLANCO... OREGON: EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10 2006 EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JANUARY 10 2006 AT 0900 PACIFIC STANDARD /PST/...1700 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...MARINE ZONE DESIGNATIONS ISSUED BY THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN MEDFORD... OREGON WILL BE AMENDED TO IMPROVE CLARITY. THIS CHANGE INVOLVES THE FOLLOWING TWO IMPROVEMENTS. CURRENTLY COASTAL MARINE ZONES WITH UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE /UGC/ DESIGNATORS OF PZZ350 AND PZZ353 EXTEND FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE ARAGO OR AND FROM CAPE ARAGO TO CAPE BLANCO OR RESPECTIVELY AND OUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES /NM/. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10 2006...MARINE ZONE PZZ353 WILL BE DELETED. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10 2006 MARINE ZONE PZZ350 WILL ENCOMPASS AND BE KNOWN IN FORECASTS AS THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR AND OUT 20 NM. CURRENTLY MARINE ZONES PZZ370 AND PZZ373 EXTEND FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE ARAGO OR AND FROM CAPE ARAGO TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM RESPECTIVELY. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10 2006...MARINE ZONE PZZ373 WILL BE DELETED. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10 2006 MARINE ZONE PZZ370 WILL ENCOMPASS AND BE KNOWN IN FORECASTS AS THE WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM. THE NEW MARINE ZONES ARE LISTED IN TABLE 1. THE NWS WILL RETAIN THE MARINE ZONE UGCS FOR PZZ350 AND PZZ370. THE NWS WILL DELETE THE MARINE ZONE UGCS FOR PZZ353 AND PZZ373. BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES...CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CONTINUE RECEIVING INFORMATION AND SERVICES CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY WFO MEDFORD FOR MARINE ZONES PZZ353 AND PZZ373. TABLE 2 SUMMARIZES THE NWS PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE. TABLE 1. NEW MARINE ZONES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10 2006 ZONE NAME UGC ZONE COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE PZZ350 TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 20 NM WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE PZZ370 BLANCO OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM TABLE 2. WFO MEDFORD PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE MARINE ZONE CHANGES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10 2006 PRODUCT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FZUS56 KMFR CWFMFR SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WHUS56 KMFR SMWMFR MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FZUS76 KMFR MWSMFR AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE NEW BOUNDARIES FOR THESE MARINE ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT: JOHN LOVEGROVE JEFF LORENS METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE MARINE PROGRAM LEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 4003 CIRRUS DRIVE WESTERN REGION HEADQUARTERS MEDFORD OR 97504-4303 125 S. STATE STREET, RM 1311 541-776-4303 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84138 801-524-4000 THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT /USE LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN