ON JULY 15TH 2008...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VERMONT
WILL BEGIN ISSUING GRAPHICAL FORECASTS FOR THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN OPEN
WATERS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF FORECASTING FOR
THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN...AND UNTIL NOW THIS FORECAST
HAS BEEN AVAILABLE IN TEXT FORMAT ONLY. WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE (NDFD)...MANY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCTS ARE NOW CREATED GRAPHICALLY...INCLUDING
MARINE FORECASTS FOR THE GREAT LAKES AND COASTAL WATERS.

OUR GOAL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ALWAYS
BEEN TO PROVIDE THE BEST FORECAST INFORMATION TO OUR USERS...AND
WITH A NATIONAL SHIFT FROM TEXT TO GRAPHICAL FORECASTS...WE ARE
HAPPY TO PROVIDE THIS NEW SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC AND THE MARINE
COMMUNITY.

THE NEW FORECAST GRAPHICS WILL CONTAIN THE SAME FORECAST
INFORMATION AS THE TEXT PRODUCT...WHICH ARE WIND SPEED...WAVE
HEIGHT...VISIBILITY AND WEATHER. NEW GRAPHICAL FORECASTS WILL BE
ISSUED AT A MINIMUM OF TWICE DAILY AROUND 4 AM AND 4 PM. THE
ORIGINAL TEXT FORECASTS WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE AND WILL NOT BE
TERMINATED.

STARTING ON JULY 15TH 2008...THESE FORECAST GRAPHICS WILL BE
AVAILABLE ONLINE ON OUR RECREATIONAL FORECAST PAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BTV/CHAMPLAIN/.

IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS NEW SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT US VIA
EMAIL AT BTV.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV.