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WFO Caribou
Here is a map showing WFO Caribou's new nearshore marine zone
configuration, effective October 2, 2007.
That was a map showing WFO Caribou's new nearshore marine zone
configuration, effective October 2, 2007.
Effective
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at 13:00 Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC), or 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), three new coastal
waters marine forecast zones will be designated adjacent to portions
of Downeast Maine. These zones will be created from the existing
marine zone named "Coastal Waters from Eastport ME to Stonington ME
out 25 nautical miles (NM)." The changes will allow forecasts
and short fused warnings issued by the Caribou,
Maine Weather Forecast Office (WFO) to be more area specific.
The new zones are listed in Table 3.
Table 1: WFO Caribou products that will be affected
by marine zone changes, effective
October 2, 2007
| Product Name |
WMO Heading |
AWIPS Id |
| Coastal Waters Forecast |
FZUS51 KCAR |
CWFCAR |
| Special Marine Warning |
wHUS51 KCAR |
SMWCAR |
| Marine Weather Statement |
FZUS71 KCAR |
MWSCAR |
Table 2: Current marine zone and corresponding Universal Geographic Codes (UGC) that will be replaced, effective October 2 2007
| Marine Zone Name |
UGC |
| Coastal waters from Eastport ME to Stonington ME out 25 nautical miles |
ANZ050 |
Table 3: New marine zones and corresponding UGCs, effective October 2 2007
| Marine Zone Name |
UGC |
| Coastal waters from Eastport ME to Schoodic Point ME out 25 nm |
ANZ050 |
| Coastal waters from Schoodic Point ME to Stonington ME out 25 nm |
ANZ051 |
| Intra coastal waters from Schoodic Point ME to Stonington ME |
ANZ052 |
Because of these changes, customers who wish to receive the more
specific information that will be provided for new marine zones
ANZ050, ANZ051, and ANZ052 must reprogram affected hardware and
software.
An updated zone map shapefile containing the new boundaries for these
marine zones is available for download from the following web site:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/marinezones.htm
if you have any questions, please contact:
| Hendricus Lulofs |
Don Miller |
| Meteorologist in Charge |
Marine Program Leader |
National Weather Service
810 Main Street
Caribou ME 04736 |
National Weather Service
Eastern Region Headquarters
630 Johnson Avenue
Bohemia NY 11716 |
| Phone: 207-492-0180 ext. 222 |
Phone: 631-244-0122 |
| Email: Henricus.Lulofs@noaa.gov |
Email: Donald.J.Miller@noaa.gov |
This and all other NWS Service Change Notices are posted at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm
For related information about changes to WFO Gray, Maine's nearshore
marine zones (ANZ150-154), please see:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gyx/new_marine_zones_2007.htm
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