000
NOUS42 KILM 151622
PNSILM
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1220 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2008

TO...       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
            NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
            SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS
            EMPLOYEES

FROM...     MICHAEL CAROPOLO
            METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
            STEVE PFAFF
            MARINE PROGRAM LEADER
            NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

SUBJECT...  IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EXPERIMENTAL MARINE WEATHER
            MESSAGE PRODUCT AND THE ADDITION OF THREE NEW LONG
            DURATION MARINE WATCHES...EFFECTIVE MONDAY MAY 
            19 2008

EFFECTIVE MONDAY MAY 19 2008 AT 1200 UTC...OR 8 AM EDT...THE NWS 
FORECAST OFFICE IN WILMINGTON NC WILL BEGIN ISSUING THE EXPERIMENTAL 
MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE /MWW/ PRODUCT. THIS PRODUCT IS INTENDED TO 
BETTER INFORM MARINERS OF MARINE WEATHER HAZARDS AND SERVE AS A 
DEDICATED LONG DURATION MARINE WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY PRODUCT. 

EFFECTIVE MAY 19 2008...THE VTEC INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY CONTAINED IN 
THE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST /CWF/ WILL BE FOUND IN THE MWW.

THE PRODUCT TYPE LINE IN THE MASS NEWS DISSEMINATOR HEADER BLOCK 
WILL BE /MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE/. USERS MUST ADD THE NEW PRODUCT 
HEADERS TO THEIR COMMUNICATIONS DATABASES TO RECEIVE THE MWW 
PRODUCTS. THE COMPLETE LIST OF THE NEW MWW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS 
IS AVAILABLE ONLINE...LISTED BY WFO...AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/MWW/RESOURCES/NEW_MWW.PDF

THE WMO HEADER FOR THE NWS WILMINGTON NC MWW WILL BE: WHUS72 KILM

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE MWW PRODUCT AND AN EXAMPLE OF 
THE NEW FORMAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/MWW

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

MICHAEL CAROPOLO
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
2015 GARDNER DR
WILMINGTON, NC 28405
PHONE: 910-762-4289
EMAIL: MICHAEL.CAROPOLO@NOAA.GOV

STEVEN PFAFF
MARINE PROGRAM LEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
2015 GARDNER DR
WILMINGTON, NC 28405
PHONE: 910-762-8724
EMAIL: STEVEN.PFAFF@NOAA.GOV