PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
MARINE ZONE RECONFIGURATION FOR FAR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
COASTAL WATERS TO EVALUATE USE OF SMALLER NEARSHORE ZONES:
EFFECTIVE JULY 8 2008
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...JULY 8 2008 AT 500 AM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT
TIME (PDT), OR 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC),
THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE (WFO) IN EUREKA CALIFORNIA WILL
RECONFIGURE ITS COASTAL MARINE ZONES OFF FAR NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA. SPECIFICALLY THE AREAS INCLUDED ARE THE
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BETWEEN POINT
SAINT GEORGE AND POINT ARENA. THE PURPOSE OF THIS
RECONFIGURATION IS TO EVALUATE THE USE OF SMALLER
MARINE ZONES NEAR THE COASTLINE.
NWS WILL BEGIN ITS EVALUATION ON JULY 8 2008. THE
EVALUATION WILL RUN AT LEAST THROUGH APRIL 1 2009. IF
FEEDBACK FROM MARINERS IS FAVORABLE...THE NWS WILL EVALUATE
MAKING THE ZONE CHANGES PERMANENT. IF FEEDBACK OR OTHER
FACTORS ARE NOT FAVORABLE...THE NWS WILL CHANGE THE ZONES
BACK TO THEIR CURRENT CONFIGURATION.
USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THIS MARINE
ZONE RECONFIGURATION BY USING THE BRIEF SURVEY AND COMMENT
FORM AVAILABLE AT:
Marine Zone Reconfiguration Survey
TABLE 1. WFO EUREKA PRODUCTS AFFECTED STARTING JULY 8 2008.
PRODUCT NAME AWIPS ID WMO HEADING
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST CWFEKA FZUS56 KEKA
MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE MWWEKA WHUS76 KEKA
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING SMWEKA WHUS56 KEKA
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT MWSEKA FZUS76 KEKA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK HWOEKA FLUS46 KEKA
SHORT TERM FORECAST NOWEKA FPUS76 KEKA
WEATHER WATCH CLEARANCE
NOTIFICATION WCNEKA WWUS66 KEKA
TABLE 2. CURRENT MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGC CODES
FOR WFO EUREKA.
CURRENT MARINE ZONE NAME CURRENT UGC
POINT SAINT GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT TO 20 NM PZZ450
POINT SAINT GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 20 TO 60 NM PZZ470
CAPE MENDOCINO TO POINT ARENA CA OUT TO 20 NM PZZ455
CAPE MENDOCINO TO POINT ARENA CA 20 TO 60 NM PZZ475
TABLE 3. RECONFIGURED MARINE ZONES AND CORRESPONDING UGC
CODES FOR WFO EUREKA EFFECTIVE JULY 8 2008.
MARINE ZONE NAME UGC
POINT SAINT GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT TO 10 NM PZZ450
POINT SAINT GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM PZZ470
CAPE MENDOCINO TO POINT ARENA CA OUT TO 10 NM PZZ455
CAPE MENDOCINO TO POINT ARENA CA 10 TO 60 NM PZZ475
NOTE THE ZONE NAMES WILL ONLY CHANGE WITH REGARD TO THE
ZONE DISTANCES FROM SHORE. THE BOUNDARY SEPARATING INNER
AND OUTER WATERS WILL SHIFT 10 NM CLOSER TO SHORE. THE UGC
CODES WILL NOT CHANGE.
MAPS SHOWING THE EXISTING AND RECONFIGURED MARINE ZONES
THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE JULY 8 2008 ARE POSTED ON THE
EUREKA WEB PAGE AT (USE LOWER CASE LETTERS):
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/IMAGES/EKA/OLDEKAMZ.JPG
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/IMAGES/EKA/NEWEKAMZ.JPG
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE MARINE ZONE
RECONFIGURATION FOR THE COASTAL WATERS WASHINGTON AND FAR
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...PLEASE CONTACT
TROY NICOLINI
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
300 STARTARE DRIVE
EUREKA CALIFORNIA 95501-6000
707-443-5610 X 223
TROY.NICOLINI@NOAA.GOV
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