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Public Information Statement: Amended
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
959 AM EST Mon Nov 23 2015
TO: Subscribers:
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
Other NWS Partners and NWS Employees
FROM: Andy Horvitz
Acting Chief, Severe, Fire, Public and Winter
Services Branch
SUBJECT: Amended: Soliciting Comments until April 30, 2016,
on the Expansion of Experimental Probabilistic Storm
Total Snow Products beginning on or about
December 1,2015
Amended to expand experiment to an additional 14 Weather
Forecast Offices (WFO) and extend comment period to
April 30, 2016
Effective on or about Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 14 additional
WFOs will start producing probabilistic storm total snow
products ahead of anticipated winter storms. These offices will
join the four Eastern Region offices which issued the products
last winter.
The graphical products will be available online starting on or
about Dec 1, 2015, at the following 18 office webpages:
(* indicates new office this winter):
*Albany, NY area: http://www.weather.gov/aly/winter
*Atlanta, GA area: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/?n=winter
Baltimore, MD-Wash, DC http://www.weather.gov/lwx/winter
*Binghamton, NY area: http://www.weather.gov/bgm/winter
*Burlington, VT area: http://www.weather.gov/btv/winter
*Caribou, ME area: http://www.weather.gov/car/winter
*Charleston, WV area: http://www.weather.gov/rlx/winter
*Gray, ME area: http://www.weather.gov/gyx/winter
*Indianapolis, IN area: http://www.weather.gov/ind/winter
*Milwaukee, WI area: http://www.weather.gov/mkx/winter
*Minneapolis, MN area: http://www.weather.gov/mpx/winter
Mt. Holly, NJ area: http://www.weather.gov/phi/winter
New York, NY area: http://www.weather.gov/okx/winter
*Pittsburgh, PA area: http://www.weather.gov/pbz/winter
*Sioux Falls, SD area: http://www.weather.gov/fsd/winter
*State College, PA area: http://www.weather.gov/ctp/winter
Taunton, MA area: http://www.weather.gov/box/winter
*Wilmington, OH area: http://www.weather.gov/iln/winter
From Dec 1, 2015, through April 30, 2016, submit comments to:
www.nws.noaa.gov/survey/nws-survey.php?code=NWS/PSTS/FY16
Graphical and tabular products will show the least, most likely
and largest snow amounts a storm is likely to produce. Examples
of these products can be viewed at:
http://products.weather.gov/PDD/PDD%20for%20Probabilistic%20Snow%20Experiment%202015_2016%20Season.pdf
Narrow ranges between the minimum and maximum snowfall totals
indicate high forecast certainty, while large ranges between
minimum and maximum totals indicate low forecast certainty.
If you have questions or feedback, please contact:
National Representative
David Soroka
NWS Headquarters
E-mail:
Phone: 301-427-9346
Central Region Representative
Jim Keeney
NWS Central Region Headquarters
E-mail:
Phone: 816-268-3141
Eastern Region Representative:
Rick Watling
NWS Eastern Region Hheadquarters
E-mail:
Phone: 631-244-0123
Southern Region Representative:
Walt Zaleski
NWS Southern Region Headquarters
E-mail:
Phone: 817-978-1100 x106
National Service Change Notices are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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