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Service Change Notice 25-88 Updated
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
435 PM EST Mon Dec 8 2025

To: Subscribers:
 -NOAA Weather Wire Service
 -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
 -NOAAPort
 Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees

From: Ray Tanabe
 Chief Operating Officer, Acting

Subject: Updated: Operational implementation of the Marine
Weather Message for WFO Juneau beginning January 8, 2026

Updated to provide accurate information on the date in Table 1.

Beginning Thursday January 8, 2026 at 1800 Coordinated Universal
Time (UTC) the NWS Forecast Office (WFO) Juneau will begin
issuing the 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 Warning/Advisory
product.  The MWW contains Valid Time Event Code /VTEC/ for all
long term marine Watch/Warning/Advisory events.

Table 1.  Marine Weather Product from WFO Juneau to begin being
disseminated January 8, 2025

Product Name   WMO Heading  AWIPS ID
-------------   -----------  --------
Marine Weather Message   WHAK76 KAJK  MWWAJK

Partners will need to add this product to their systems to
receive the Marine Weather Message from WFO Juneau.


Table 2. Marine Weather Warning Hazards issued through the
Marine Weather Message product

-Ashfall Warning
-Gale Warning
-Storm Warning
-Hurricane Force Wind Warning
-Heavy Freezing Spray Warning


Table 3. Marine Weather Advisory Hazards issued through the
Marine Weather Message product

-Ashfall Advisory
-Dense Fog Advisory
-Dense Smoke Advisory
-Small Craft Advisory


If you have any questions please contact:

Nicole Ferrin
National Weather Service
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
WFO Juneau, AK
Nicole.Ferrin@noaa.gov

Or
Melinda Bailey
National Weather Service
Marine Services Program Manager
Ocean Prediction Center
melinda.bailey@noaa.gov

National Service Change Notices are online at:

https://www.weather.gov/notification/