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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 02-48
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1015 AM EDT THU AUG 29 2002

TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
          WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
          NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS... OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
          /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     JAMES E. LEE 
          CHIEF...FIRE AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN HOURLY WEATHER ROUNDUP
          PRODUCT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
          AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS...EFFECTIVE OCT 31 2002

ON THURSDAY...OCTOBER 31 2002...AT 400 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO /EWX/ WILL BEGIN ISSUING THE 
LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN HOURLY WEATHER ROUNDUP PRODUCT.

IN ADDITION TO SELECTED CITIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN,
THE LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN HOURLY WEATHER ROUNDUP IS BROKEN
OUT BY REGIONS WITHIN MEXICO /E.G... BAJA CALIFORNIA...WESTERN 
MEXICO...YUCATAN PENINSULA/.  THE PRODUCT IS SET UP TO ONLY REPORT 
CITIES WHICH ARE RECEIVED.  THE ROUNDUP CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING 
ELEMENTS... AS AVAILABLE...FOR EACH LOCATION: 

     GENERAL SKY/WEATHER CONDITIONS; 
     AIR TEMPERATURE /DEGREES F/; 
     DEW POINT TEMPERATURE /DEGREES F/; 
     RELATIVE HUMIDITY; 
     WIND DIRECTION /N...NE...E...SE...S...SW...W...OR NW/ AND SPEED 
     IN MILES
          PER HOUR; 
     BAROMETRIC PRESSURE /INCHES OF MERCURY/ AND PRESSURE
          TENDENCY...AS APPLICABLE; AND
     GENERAL REMARKS /E.G...FOG...HAZE...HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY...WIND
          CHILL...HEAT INDICES...ETC./. 

THE WMO HEADING FOR THIS PRODUCT WILL BE ASUS45 KEWX.  THE AWIPS
IDENTIFIER WILL BE SWRMX.  CUSTOMERS WILL NEED TO ADD THESE
IDENTIFIERS TO THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IF THEY WISH TO
RECEIVE THE LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN HOURLY WEATHER ROUNDUP
PRODUCT.

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE PRODUCT...

ASUS45 KEWX 311212
SWRMX 

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN HOURLY WEATHER ROUNDUP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
700 AM CDT WED JUL 31 2002

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

BAJA CALIFORNIA
  
CITY           SKY/WX    TMP DP  RH WIND       PRES   REMARKS
TIJUANA        PTCLDY    61  57  88 NW3       30.01F  FOG           

NORTHWESTERN MEXICO
  
CITY           SKY/WX    TMP DP  RH WIND       PRES   REMARKS
DURANGO        MOCLDY    61  59  94 E3        30.29S               
HERMOSILLO     MOCLDY    82  68  61 CALM      29.96                

NORTHEASTERN MEXICO
  
CITY           SKY/WX    TMP DP  RH WIND       PRES   REMARKS
CHIHUAHUA      PTCLDY    66  64  94 CALM      30.19                
VICTORIA       PTCLDY    77  73  88 S14       30.06                
MATAMOROS      CLEAR     77  77 100 CALM      30.00                
MONCLOVA       CLEAR     75  63  64 E5        30.05                
NUEVO LAREDO   CLEAR     79  72  78 SE7       30.02                
PIEDRAS NEGRAS CLEAR     77  72  83 S12       29.97                
REYNOSA        CLEAR     79  77  94 S9        29.92S               
SALTILLO       CLEAR     68  54  60 S9        30.18                
MONTERREY      PTCLDY    72  66  83 E3        30.04F               
TORREON        PTCLDY    68  63  83 CALM      30.18                

WESTERN MEXICO
  
CITY           SKY/WX    TMP DP  RH WIND       PRES   REMARKS
COLIMA         CLEAR     73  63  68 CALM        N/A                
DEL BAJIO      MOCLDY    59  54  82 CALM      30.28S               
GUADALAJARA    PTCLDY    61  54  77 CALM      30.21F               
MAZATLAN       MOCLDY    77  66  69 N5        29.92F               
P. VALLARTA    MOCLDY    75  72  88 CALM      29.96                
URUAPAN        PTCLDY   N/A N/A N/A CALM      30.20                
ZACATECAS      PTCLDY    52  48  87 CALM      30.26R               

CENTRAL MEXICO
  
CITY           SKY/WX    TMP DP  RH WIND       PRES   REMARKS
CUERNAVACA     PTCLDY    70  55  60 CALM      30.20                
MEXICO CITY    PTCLDY    59  48  67 W5        30.42S               
S. LUIS POTOSI MOCLDY    55  55 100 CALM      30.35R  FOG           
TAMPICO        MOCLDY    77  72  83 CALM      29.99S  FOG           
TOLUCA         FOG       46  46 100 CALM      30.40F  VSB 1         

SOUTHERN MEXICO
  
CITY           SKY/WX    TMP DP  RH WIND       PRES   REMARKS
ACAPULCO       MOCLDY    79  72  78 CALM      29.89S               
OAXACA         CLOUDY    64  55  72 CALM      30.26F               
VERACRUZ       MOCLDY    77  73  88 CALM      30.00S               
  

YUCATAN PENINSULA
  
CITY           SKY/WX    TMP DP  RH WIND       PRES   REMARKS
CAMPECHE       FOG       75  73  94 CALM        N/A   VSB 1/2       
CANCUN         PTCLDY    79  79 100 SE5       30.03R               
C. DEL CARMEN  MOCLDY    79  77  94 E12       30.00F  HAZE          
COZUMEL        MOCLDY    79  75  89 CALM      29.98                
MERIDA         MOCLDY    79  79 100 E5        30.00R  FOG           
MINATITLAN     CLOUDY    79  77  94 E7        30.00S               
TAPACHULA      MOCLDY    75  73  94 CALM      29.95                
TUX. GUTIERREZ FOG       66  66 100 NE5       30.14   VSB 1/2       
VILLAHERMOSA   MOCLDY    77  75  94 E7        29.97                
  

CENTRAL AMERICA
  
CITY           SKY/WX    TMP DP  RH WIND       PRES   REMARKS
BELIZE CITY    MOCLDY    77  77 100 MISG        N/A                
SAN JOSE         N/A     72  63  73 E15         N/A                
SAN SALVADOR   MOCLDY    73  72  94 N2        29.93S               
GUATEMALA CITY PTCLDY    63  61  94 N9          N/A                
TEGUCIGALPA    MOCLDY    66  66 100 CALM        N/A                
MANAGUA        PTCLDY    75  73  94 S5        29.90R               
PANAMA CITY    TSTM      75  73  94 CALM        N/A                
  

CARIBBEAN
  
CITY           SKY/WX    TMP DP  RH WIND       PRES   REMARKS
GRENADA        PTCLDY    84  77  79 E14         N/A   HX  94        
NASSAU         MOSUNNY   82  79  89 VRB2        N/A   HX  92        

  
CITY           SKY/WX    TMP DP  RH WIND       PRES    REMARKS
SAN JUAN       SUNNY     82  73  74 CALM      30.03R               
SANTO DOMINGO  MOSUNNY   79  75  89 N5          N/A                
ST. CROIX      MOSUNNY   81  75  83 N3        30.03R               
ST. KITTS      PTCLDY    82  77  83 E5          N/A    HX  91        
ST. THOMAS     SUNNY     82  75  78 E6        30.02S               
  
/DOUBLE DOLLAR SIGN/
END OF EXAMPLE

 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT:

JOE ARELLANO                  MELINDA BAILEY
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE       PUBLIC PROGRAM MANAGER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE      NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
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NEW BRAUNFELS TEXAS 78130     FORT WORTH TX 76102
PHONE: 830-629-0205           PHONE: 817-978-1100  EXT 107

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