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8/31/92 W/OM11 Operations Manual C 21

This WSOM Chapter is Effective Immediately

LOCAL AND REGIONAL STATEMENTS, SUMMARIES, AND TABLES

        4.1 Summary
                4.1.1 State Weather Summary (SWS, ABUS30)
                4.1.2 Regional Weather Summary (RWS, ABUS31)
        4.2   State Maximum/Minimum Temperature and Precipitation Table (STP, ABUS21)
        4.3 State Weather Roundup (SWR)
        4.4 Report
                4.4.1 Record Report (RER, SXUS99)
        4.4.2         Climatological Report (Daily) (CLI, CSUS2)
                4.4.3 Climatological Report (Longer Term) (CLM, CSUS3)
                4.4.4 Recreational Report (REC, FWUS1)
        4.5 Statement
                4.5.1 Severe Weather Statement (SVS, WWUS34)
                4.5.2 Special Weather Statement (SPS, WWUS35)
                4.5.3 Public Information Statement (PNS, ABUS34)
                4.5.4 Other Statements

1. Purpose. This chapter defines certain local and regional public weather products, establishes their general content and format, and identifies proper Automation of Field Operations and Services (AFOS) product categories and abbreviated World Meteorological Organization (WMO) headers. AFOS categories are used for product identification on NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS), and WMO headers are used for product identification on the Family of Services circuits.

2. Objective. The objective of these public weather products is to provide uniform and authoritative weather information to the mass news media, the public, and other users. Increasingly, the public weather products in this chapter are being requested by users outside the local area covered by a product. This requires some standardization in product identification, format, and content.

The NWS is proceeding with the modernization and associated restructuring (MAR). Guidance outlined in this chapter will be valid through the period of the MAR that is characterized by the introduction of the Weather Surveillance Radar 1988 Doppler (WSR-88D), which was developed by the Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD) program, and the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS).

3. Operational Responsibilities. The Operations Division of the Office of Meteorology handles matters relative to this chapter at the Weather Service Headquarters (WSH) level. Regional Headquarters will maintain quality control and submit recommended changes to WSH. Weather Service Offices (WSO), NEXRAD Weather Service Offices (NWSO), Weather Service Forecast Offices (WSFO), and NEXRAD Weather Service Forecast Offices (NWSFO) are responsible for coordination with adjacent offices, preparation, and quality control to ensure consistency of information provided.

4. Selected Local/Regional Products. This section defines a series of local and regional products that includes summaries, tables, roundups, reports, and statements. Routine products are issued at regular intervals. Nonroutine products are issued on an as needed basis. The abbreviated AFOS product category and abbreviated WMO header are shown respectively in parenthesis after the product title.

4.1 Summary. A summary is a brief narrative message describing past, present, or future weather events in common terms. It may or may not be a routine product.

4.1.1 State Weather Summary (SWS, ABUS30). This is a routine product and should be issued at least twice daily by a WSFO or NWSFO, by midmorning and early or midevening.

This product provides a brief narrative for recent past weather (up to 24 hours back), present weather, and forecast conditions (up to 24 hours in the future). The emphasis should be on past and current weather. At times, it may be necessary to include a description of weather events from nearby areas. Record or near-record temperatures and/or precipitation amounts should be mentioned. The synoptic features causing the weather may be mentioned but only in the very simplest nontechnical terms.

NEBRASKA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
750 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991

HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON RANGED FROM THE MID 70S IN THE EAST TO THE MID 80S IN THE PANHANDLE. OMAHA AND FALLS CITY WERE THE COOLEST WITH HIGHS OF 77 WHILE SCOTTSBLUFF WAS THE WARMEST WITH A HIGH OF 86.

A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OCCURRED IN EASTERN NEBRASKA THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE IT WAS MOSTLY CLEAR ACROSS THE STATE. OMAHA RECEIVED 0.05 INCHES OF RAIN AND BEATRICE 0.02 INCHES.

HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING FAIR WEATHER TO NEBRASKA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING IN WARMER AIR. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S WEST TO THE MID 60S EAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S.

4.1.2 Regional Weather Summary (RWS, ABUS31). This routine product provides a brief narrative on the weather situation for a multistate area. The Regional Headquarters may designate WSFOs or NWSFOs to prepare this product. Where prepared, it should be consistent with forecasts and summaries issued for states within the region covered. This product describes recent past weather (up to 24 hours back), present weather, and forecast conditions (up to 24 hours in the future). The emphasis should be on past and current weather. The synoptic features causing the weather may be mentioned but only in the very simplest nontechnical terms. Two suggested issuance times are midmorning and early to midevening.

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
FOR VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...DELAWARE...AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WASHINGTON DC
600 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 1991

A SUMMER WEATHER PATTERN WITH SUNNY SKIES RETURNED FOR THE FOUR STATE REGION AS TEMPERATURES CLIMBED FROM MORNING LOWS IN THE 60S TO THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S. A T 5 PM EDT WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED 88 DEGREES...BALTIMORE 90...WASHINGTON DULLES AIRPORT 87...AND RICHMOND 88.

AS THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE REGION MOVES OFFSHORE...A LIGHT SOUTHWEST FLOW OF WARM AIR WILL BRING HOT WEATHER TO THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY.

4.2 State Maximum/Minimum Temperature and Precipitation Table (STP, ABUS21). This tabular product contains the maximum and minimum temperatures (in Fahrenheit) and 24-hour precipitation totals from available reporting stations within the state or WSFO management area. Items, such as current weather and snow depth, may be included. Keep any additional data to a minimum.

In support of the Selected Cities Weather Summary and Forecasts (WSOM Chapter C-20, National Public Weather Products), this routine product shall be issued twice a day by WSFO/NWSFOs, or WSO/NWSOs they may designate, in the morning before 1230 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) and in the afternoon or evening before 0030 UTC. Offices may send updated reports later as additional data become available. Offices also are strongly encouraged to list the highest and lowest temperatures for their state or area at the bottom of the report.

MINNESOTA MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE/PRECIPITATION TABLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
615 AM CST FRI NOV 15 1991

	WEATHER AT 6 AM	HIGH YDA	12 HR LOW	24 HR PRECIP	SNOW DEPTH INCHES
STATION
ALEXANDRIA	CLEAR	45	30		2
DULUTH	CLOUDY	55	31		13
HIBBING	PTCLDY	47	31		8
INTL FALLS	CLEAR	40	23		5
MPLS ST PAUL	CLEAR	39	35	0.02	5
REDWOOD FALLS	PTCLDY	37	33	T	2
ROCHESTER	DRZL	41	36	0.35
ST CLOUD	CLEAR	39	33		3

MINNESOTA MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE/PRECIPITATION TABLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
615 PM CST FRI NOV 15 1991

	WEATHER AT 6 PM	HIGH TODAY	18 HR LOW	24 HR PRECIP
STATION
ALEXANDRIA	CLEAR	40	26
DULUTH	CLOUDY	44	31
HIBBING	PTCLDY	41	26
INTL FALLS	CLEAR	39	21
MPLS ST PAUL	CLEAR	47	35	T
REDWOOD FALLS	PTCLDY	49	33	T
ROCHESTER	PTCLDY	41	36	0.01
ST CLOUD	CLEAR	45	30	T

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE REPORTED TODAY...49 AT REDWOOD FALLS LOWEST
TEMPERATURE REPORTED THIS MORNING...21 AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS

4.3 State Weather Roundup (SWR). This product provides routine, standardized hourly observations within the state through NWWS. This product is automatically composed and transmitted at each WSFO/NWSFO, or designated WSO/NWSO, by use of a standard applications program that decodes the surface aviation observations. The AFOS product HRR (Hourly Weather Roundup) shall be exclusively an internal-to-AFOS message and used only for entering supplementary weather observations into the SWRs via the applications program. (NOTE: Different procedures may apply outside the conterminous United States.)

Each state's SWR has several groups of observations according to a geographical partitioning of the state. Each group of observations includes a Universal Generic Code header assigned for the public forecast zones within that part of the state. The partitioning is determined by the WSFO/NWSFO with consent of the Regional Headquarters. This allows users to select those states or parts of states they wish to receive to create their own "regional" weather roundup.

The SWRs are only to be uplinked on NWWS or sent locally on AFOS state distribution circuits. They are not to be sent on AFOS regional or national distribution circuits.

Note from the following examples that dew point shall be reported routinely right after temperature and before relative humidity. In remarks, Wind Chill Index shall be abbreviated by "WCI" and Heat Index by "HX." Below zero values for temperatures, dew point, and wind chill shall be indicated with a minus (-), not a "B."

Some observations are available a few minutes before the hour, while others may not be available until shortly after the hour. Therefore, offices may run the applications program just before the hour for fast dissemination of the early observations and again shortly after the hour when the rest of the observations are available. In the examples below, four more observations were available for the second transmission of the weather summary.

Until the complementary satellite cloud cover product is available, reports from unaugmented ASOS stations shall report "fair" in the sky/weather column when there are few or no clouds (i.e., scattered or less) below 12,000 feet with no significant weather and/or obstructions to visibility. A note explaining the meaning of "fair" shall appear after the mass news dissemination header of all SWRs.

NORTH TEXAS HOURLY WEATHER ROUNDUP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
100 PM CDT FRI SEP 25 1992

NOTE: "FAIR" INDICATES FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW 12,000 FEET WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND/OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY.

CITY	SKY/WX	TEMP	DEWPT	RH	WIND	PRES	REMARKS
TX021-026-031-251900-
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
DFW AIRPORT	CLOUDY	74	68	82	SW3	29.86F
DALLAS LOVE	CLOUDY	74	67	79	CALM	29.86F
FORT WORTH MEA	CLOUDY	75	69	82	SW5	29.85F
WACO	CLOUDY	80	69	69	SE5	29.85F
SHERMAN	NOT AVBL
KILLEEN, GRAY	NOT AVBL

EASTERN NORTH TEXAS
TYLER	NOT AVBL
LONGVIEW	NOT AVBL
LUFKIN	PTCLDY	82	67	61	N7	29.87F

WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
ABILENE	CLEAR	80	64	58	SW16	29.85F
WICHITA FALLS	CLOUDY	69	62	78	S7	29.86F
STEPHENVILLE	PTCLDY	79	67	67	SW6	29.87F

NORTH TEXAS HOURLY WEATHER ROUNDUP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
100 PM CDT FRI SEP 25 1992

NOTE: "FAIR" INDICATES FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW 12,000 FEET WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND/OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY.

CITY	SKY/WX	TEMP	DEWPT	RH	WIND	PRES	REMARKS

TX021-026-031-251900-
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
DFW AIRPORT	CLOUDY	74	68	82	SW3	29.86F
DALLAS LOVE	CLOUDY	74	67	79	CALM	29.86F
FORT WORTH MEA	CLOUDY	75	69	82	SW5	29.85F
WACO	CLOUDY	80	69	69	SE5	29.85F
SHERMAN	PTCLDY	74	69	85	S7	29.85F
KILLEEN, GRAY	PTCLDY	84	73	70	E2	29.84F	HX 91

TX027-028-033-251900-
EASTERN NORTH TEXAS
TYLER	MOCLDY	80	69	69	NE5	29.88F
LONGVIEW	MOCLDY	80	70	72	CALM	29.87F
LUFKIN	PTCLDY	82	67	61	N7	29.87F

TX020-024-025-251900-
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
ABILENE	CLEAR	80	64	58	SW16	29.85F
WICHITA FALLS	CLOUDY	69	62	78	S7	29.86F
STEPHENVILLE	PTCLDY	79	67	67	SW6	29.87F

4.4 Report. This is a routine or nonroutine product dealing primarily with observed data for special application. It may be either in tabular or narrative form or a combination of the two.

4.4.1 Record Report (RER, SXUS99). Use this nonroutine narrative product to report meteorological and hydrological events that equal or exceed existing records. The following are examples that should be reported as data availability allow.

Temperature
maximum	day, month, season, all time
minimum	day, month, season, all time
highest so early	spring
highest so late	fall
lowest so late	spring
lowest so early	fall
lowest maximum	day, month, season, all time
highest minimum	day, month, season, all time
Sea level pressure...
highest	all time
lowest	all time
Wind
highest speed	all time
highest gust	all time
Largest hail size	all time
Most precipitation/snowfall
within calendar day	day, month, season, all time
within 24-hour period	month, season, all time
"storm" total	month, season, all time
Greatest snow depth	month, season, all time
Highest/lowest river stages	all time

THE TEMPERATURE AT BALTIMORE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REACHED 86 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BREAKS THE DAILY RECORD OF 85 DEGREES SET IN 1959.

4.4.2 Climatological Report (Daily) (CLI, CSUS2). This product presents most data in a tabulated form but may use some narrative statements. Organize the report so that similar items are grouped together (i.e., temperature, precipitation, etc.). This is a routine daily product, issued at least daily in the early morning, similar to the example shown below. Additional abbreviated reports may be suitable, particularly just before major newscast times or in the early evening. Local offices may append specialized data to meet the needs of local users (e.g., hourly air temperatures, water temperatures, sunshine, sky cover, humidity, wind, etc.).

CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
200 AM EST WED JAN 13 1988

WEATHER ITEM VALUE	ACTUAL VALUE	RECORD VALUE	DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL	LAST YEAR'S VALUE
TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGH	37	65 (1916)	-2	36
LOW	11	-9 (1886)	0	27
MEAN	24		-1	32
PRECIPITATION TOTALS (IN)
FOR DAY	0.00	1.47 (1889)	-0.08	0.00
FOR MONTH TO DATE	0.16		-0.72	0.92
FOR YEAR TO DATE	0.16		-0.72	0.92
SNOWFALL TOTALS (IN)
FOR DAY	0.0
FOR MONTH TO DATE	1.3
FOR SEASON TO DATE	18.7
SNOW DEPTH (IN)	TRACE
HEATING DEGREE DAYS
FOR DAY	41		-1	48
FOR MONTH TO DATE	544		-119	457
SINCE JULY 1	2685		+173	2156
COOLING DEGREE DAYS
FOR DAY	0		0	0
FOR MONTH TO DATE	0		0	0
SINCE JANUARY 1	0		0	0

WEATHER ITEM	RECORD VALUE	NORMAL VALUE	LAST YEAR'S VALUE
HIGH TEMPERATURE	69 (1903)	38	38
LOW TEMPERATURE	-10 (1886)	11	15
PRECIPITATION	1.89 (1907)	0.05	0.00

4.4.3 CLIMATOLOGICAL Report (Longer Term) (CLM, CSUS3). This product is used to report miscellaneous climatological data on a routine basis (e.g., weekly, monthly, seasonally, yearly, etc.). This product may also be issued nonroutinely. It may be a mix of tabular and narrative information. It should be organized so similar items are grouped together. A CLM should be issued at least monthly (in the first few days of the month) similar to the example shown below. Local offices may append specialized data to meet the needs of local users (e.g., sunshine, sky cover, humidity, wind, etc.). Record data in the monthly report should include all information suggested in section 4.4.1 for the RER in addition to other information of interest.

MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR DECEMBER 1991
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WASHINGTON DC
1000 AM EST WED JAN 1 1992

DECEMBER 1991 WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL. THERE WERE ONLY 8 DAYS DURING THE MONTH WHEN TEMPERATURES AVERAGED BELOW NORMAL. COLD AIR OUTBREAKS ON THE 4TH-5TH, 15TH-16TH, AND 18TH-20TH WERE SHORT LIVED. RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE WETmanual DECEMBER SINCE 1983. NO SNOW FELL THIS MONTH...THE FIRST DECEMBER WITH NO SNOW SINCE 1972.

THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT OF THE MONTH WAS THE STRONG WINDS WHICH ACCOMPANIED A COLD FRONT ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 14TH WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 52 MILES AN HOUR. THERE WERE NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN AREA.

WEATHER ITEM	ACTUAL VALUE	DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL
TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST	71 (9TH)
LOWEST	19 (19TH)
AVERAGE MAXIMUM	50.4	+3.8
AVERAGE MINIMUM	34.2	+3.0
MEAN	42.3	+3.4
DAYS MAX 90 OR HIGHER	0
DAYS MAX 32 OR LOWER	0
DAYS MIN 32 OR LOWER	17
DAYS MIN ZERO OR LOWER	0
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TOTAL	5.07	+1.89
GREAmanual 24 HOUR TOTAL	1.15 (2ND-3RD)
DAYS PRECIP .01 OR MORE	11
DAYS PRECIP .10 OR MORE	8
DAYS PRECIP .50 OR MORE	5
DAYS PRECIP 1.00 OR MORE	1
SNOWFALL (IN)
TOTAL FOR MONTH	0
TOTAL FOR SEASON	TRACE
GREAmanual 24 HOUR TOTAL	0
GREAmanual SNOW DEPTH	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS
MONTH	696	-113
SINCE JULY 1	1384	-124
COOLING DEGREE DAYS
MONTH	0	0
SINCE JANUARY 1 1991	1932	+502
SKY COVER
CLEAR DAYS	8
PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS	9
CLOUDY DAYS	14

DATE	TYPE	FOR	NEW RECORD	PREVIOUS RECORD AND YEAR
9	HIGH	DAY	71	70 IN 1951
1	HIGHEST MIN	DAY	56	52 IN 1914
13	HIGHEST MIN	DAY	51 /TIE/	51 IN 1931

4.4.4 Recreational Report (REC, FWUS1). Use this product to relay reports on conditions for resorts and recreational areas and/or events. This report may also contain forecast information. Reports for recreational areas and resorts are often routine products, typically for a season, but possibly year-round.

UTAH RECREATION REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
550 AM MST TUE DEC 17 1991

RESORT	TOTAL SNOW INCHES	NEW SNOW INCHES	REMARKS

ALTA	56	3
BEAVER MTN	28
BRIAN HEAD	30	1
BRIGHTON	47
ELK MEADOWS	36	1
PARK CITY	39
PARK WEST	26
POWDER MTN	46
SNOWBIRD	45	3
SOLITUDE	45

RESORT	KM TRACK OPEN
RUBY'S INN	15 K
SOLITUDE NORDIC	15 K
SUNDANCE	10 K
WHITE PINE	9 K

4.5 Statement. A statement is a narrative message that generally deals with a current or expected condition that may be of significant or general interest. In most cases, use this message to increase public awareness or to encourage the public to take some precautionary action. This is a nonroutine product.

4.5.1 Severe Weather Statement (SVS, WWUS34). Use this statement to provide additional information on severe weather conditions (including blizzard warnings) which have occurred or are occurring and followup information on convective warnings. See WSOM Chapters C-40, Severe Local Storm Warnings; C-42, Winter Weather Warnings; and C-44, Non-Precipitation Weather Hazards, for details.

4.5.2 Special Weather Statement (SPS, WWUS35). SPSs are normally issued to provide additional information about expected and ongoing significant weather changes not covered in other statements. This would include non-severe convective events, winter weather, high wind, heat, and obstructions to visibility. See appropriate WSOM chapters, including C-40, C-42, and C-44, for further details regarding the uses of SPSs in specific program areas. See WSOM Chapter C-41, Hurricane Warnings, for optional use of the SPS for probability of hurricane/tropical storm conditions.

4.5.3 Public Information Statement (PNS, ABUS34). This narrative message can be used for:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
1000 AM CDT WED MAY 1 1991

WITH 5.74 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN APRIL...OMAHA'S TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1991 WAS 11.36 INCHES...NEARLY FIVE INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 6.39 INCHES FOR THAT PERIOD. IT IS THE THIRD WETmanual FIRST FOUR MONTHS IN OMAHA ON RECORD...AND THE WETmanual IN 18 YEARS WHEN 11.87 INCHES FELL DURING JANUARY THROUGH APRIL OF 1973. THE WETmanual FIRST FOUR MONTHS EVER RECORDED WAS 12.31 INCHES IN 1951.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
900 AM CST WED DEC 18 1991

THIS IS WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK. THIS IS THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF STATEMENTS ON WINTER WEATHER. TODAY'S TOPIC IS PROTECTION FROM BITTER COLD WEATHER.

PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD CAN RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA... FROSTBITE...AND EVEN DEATH. TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE COLD...WEAR SEVERAL LAYERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT...LOOSE-FITTING...WARM CLOTHING RATHER THAN ONE SINGLE THICK LAYER. MITTENS ARE WARMER THAN GLOVES. A HAT OR HOOD THAT PROTECTS THE MOUTH AND FACE IS ALSO IMPORTANT.

ARCTIC EXPLORERS AND MILITARY EXPERTS HAVE DEVELOPED WHAT IS CALLED THE WIND CHILL INDEX...WHICH SHOWS THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF WIND AND TEMPERATURE AS EQUIVALENT TO CALM AIR TEMPERATURES. IN EFFECT...THE INDEX DESCRIBES THE COOLING POWER OF THE AIR ON EXPOSED FLESH. THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS DESIGNED FOR HUMAN FLESH AND IS NOT APPLICABLE TO INANIMATE OBJECTS. AN AUTOMOBILE ENGINE WILL NEVER COOL BELOW THE ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURE BUT A STRONG WIND WILL ALLOW IT TO COOL DOWN FASTER.

WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED FOR ILLINOIS WHEN THE WIND CHILL IS -30 TO -40 OR COLDER.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1030 AM PST MON MAR 2 1992

NOAA WEATHER RADIO...KHB-60 SEATTLE...WILL BE INTERMITTENTLY OFF THE AIR THROUGH FRIDAY. THE OUTAGE IS DUE TO MAINTENANCE BEING DONE ON THE ANTENNA AT THE TRANSMITTER SITE ON GOLD MOUNTAIN. PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTENNA HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF RECEPTION PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED SINCE LAST THURSDAY.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WASHINGTON DC
240 PM EST MON MAR 2 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT STERLING VA IS DETECTING CHAFF DROPPED BY AIRPLANES CONDUCTING EXERCISES OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA...FROM HARRISONBURG TO WARRENTON. THERE IS NO PRECIPITATION OCCURRING IN THIS AREA.

4.5.4 Other Statements. For hydrologic, fire weather, agricultural, marine, hurricane, air pollution statements, etc., see appropriate WSOM chapters.