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Public Information Statement: PNS14 Amended

National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC

205 PM EST Wed Dec 7 2016

TO: Subscribers:

-NOAA Weather Wire Service

-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network

-NOAAPORT

Other NWS Partners and NWS Employees

FROM: Eli Jacks, National Weather Service Headquarters

Chief, Forecast Services Division

SUBJECT: Amended: Soliciting Comments until April 30, 2017,

on the Expansion of Experimental Probabilistic

Storm Total Snow Products beginning on or about

December 7, 2016

Amended to expand experiment to an additional 26 Weather

Forecast Offices (WFO) and extend comment period to

April 30, 2017.

Effective on or about Wednesday, December 7, 2016, 26 additional

WFOs will start producing probabilistic storm total snow

products ahead of anticipated winter storms. These offices will

join the 18 offices which issued the products last winter.

The graphical products will be available online starting on or

about Dec 7, 2016, at the following 44 office webpages:

Aberdeen, SD:

Albany, NY:

Atlanta, GA:

Baltimore,MD-Washington, DC:

Binghamton, NY:

Bismarck, ND:

Blacksburg, VA:

Boulder, CO:

Burlington, VT:

Caribou, ME:

Charleston, WV:

Cheyenne, WY:

Chicago, IL:

Des Moines, IA:

Dodge City, KS:

Eastern North Dakota:

Goodland, KS

Gray, ME:

Green Bay, WI

Greenville/Spartanburg, SC

Indianapolis, IN:

Jackson, KY:

Louisville, KY:

Lubbock, TX:

Marquette, MI:

Milwaukee, WI:

Minneapolis, MN:

Mt. Holly, NJ:

New York, NY:

Northern Indiana:

Omaha/Valley NE:

Paducah, KY:

Pittsburgh, PA:

Pueblo, CO:

Raleigh, NC:

Reno, NV:

Sioux Falls, SD:

Springfield, MO:

State College, PA:

Taunton, MA:

Tulsa, OK:

Wakefield, VA:

Wichita, KS:

Wilmington, OH:

The comment period runs from Dec 7, 2016, through April 30,

2017. Please submit comments to:

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:

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

National Weather Service Headquarters(NWSHQ)

E-mail:

Phone: 301-427-9346

Central Region Representative

Jim Keeney

National Weather Service (NWS) Central Region HQ

E-mail:

Phone: 816-268-3141

Eastern Region Representative:

Rick Watling

National Weather Service (NWS) Eastern Region HQ

E-mail:

Phone: 631-244-0123

Southern Region Representative:

Walt Zaleski

National Weather Service Southern Region HQ

E-mail:

Phone: 817-978-1100 x106

Western Region Representative:

Steve Apfel

National Weather Service Western Region HQ

E-mail:

Phone: 801-524-5137 x260

National Service Change Notices are online at:

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