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SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 06-44
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
250 PM EST THU NOV 30 2006

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
	MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH CHIEF

SUBJECT:IMPLEMENTING IMPROVED MARINE ZONE COVERAGE
	ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO
	DESTIN FLORIDA: EFFECTIVE APRIL 3 2007  

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY APRIL 3 2007 AT 0930 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT 
TIME /CDT/...1030 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME /EDT/...1530 COORDINATED 
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...MARINE FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE WEATHER 
FORECAST OFFICE /WFO/ IN TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA WILL BE IMPROVED TO 
ACCOUNT FOR CLIMATOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY. 

THE NEW ZONE CONFIGURATIONS WILL ACCOUNT FOR FETCH AND DEPTH 
LIMITATIONS IN STRONG EASTERLY AND WESTERLY FLOW REGIMES AS WELL 
AS WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION DIFFERENCES DURING SEA AND LAND 
BREEZES. THE NEW CONFIGUREATIONS WILL PROVIDE MORE DETAILED AND 
REPRESENTATIVE FORECASTS FOR MARINERS IN THE BUSY APALACHEE BAY.

CURRENTLY MARINE ZONE GMZ755 EXTENDS FROM THE SUWANNEE RIVER 
TO APALACHICOLA FLORIDA OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES /NM/. EFFECTIVE 
APRIL 3 2007 CURRENT MARINE ZONE GMZ755 WILL BE DIVIDED INTO 
THREE NEW INDIVIDUAL MARINE ZONES.  THE COASTLINE SPLITS FOR THE 
NEW ZONES WILL OCCUR AT KEATON BEACH AND THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER.  

EFFECTIVE APRIL 3 2007 THE MARINE ZONE GMZ755 WILL BECOME A NEW 
MARINE ZONE FROM THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FLORIDA 
OUT TO 20 NM. A NEW MARINE ZONE /GMZ765/ WILL EXTEND FROM THE 
SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH FLORIDA OUT TO 20 NM. A THIRD 
MARINE ZONE /GMZ730/ WILL EXTEND FROM KEATON BEACH TO THE 
OCHLOCKONEE RIVER OUT 20 NM AND WILL BE REFERRED TO AS THE 
APALACHEE BAY. 

THESE NEW MARINE ZONES ARE LISTED IN TABLE 1. WFO TALLAHASSEE IS 
NOT CHANGING THE MARINE ZONE NAMES OR UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHIC 
COORDINATE /UGC/ DESIGNATORS FOR THE ADJACENT ZONES OF 
GMZ750...GMZ770...OR GMZ775.
 
BECAUSE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS CUSTOMERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE 
ACTION TO RECEIVE ALL WFO PRODUCTS USING UGC/S.  SEE TABLE 2 FOR 
PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE.  

TABLE 1. MARINE ZONE IMPROVEMENTS FOR WFO TALLAHASSEE MARINE
FORECAST AREA EFFECTIVE APRIL 3 2007

NEW MARINE ZONE	     			UGC	COMMENT 

APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS		GMZ730	 NEW UGC
FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE 
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM

COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE 	GMZ755
RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 
20 NM		
							
COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER	GMZ765 	 NEW UGC
TO KEATON BEACH OUT TO 20 NM.

TABLE 2. WFO TALLAHASSEE PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE MARINE ZONE 
CHANGES EFFECTIVE APRIL 3 2007 
 
PRODUCT NAME			WMO HEADING	AWIPS ID
 
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST		FZUS52 KTAE	CWFTAE
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING		WHUS52 KTAE	SMWTAE
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT	FZUS72 KTAE	MWSTAE
SURF ZONE FORECAST		FZUS52 KTAE	SRFTAE

AN UPDATED ZONE MAP SHAPEFILE CONTAINING THE NEW BOUNDARY FOR 
THE NEW AND CHANGED MARINE ZONES IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM 
THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/GEODATA/CATALOG/WSOM/HTML/MARINEZONES.HTM

MAPS SHOWING THE CURRENT MARINE ZONE AFFECTED BY THE UPCOMING 
CHANGES AND THE NEW ZONES ARE POSTED ONLINE THROUGH THE WFO 
TALLAHASSEE WEB PAGE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/MARINEZONECHANGES.HTML

FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS NOTICE CONTACT:

PAUL DUVAL			MELINDA HINOJOSA
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE		PUBLIC/MARINE METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE	NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
LOVE BLDG			SOUTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY	819 TAYLOR ST RM 10A11
TALLAHASSE FL  32306		FORT WORTH TX 76102	
850-942-8831			817-978-1100 X107
                                          
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTICES ARE POSTED AT 
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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