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Public Information Statement 22-41 Updated
National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
230 PM EDT Mon May 22 2024

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

From: Gregory Schoor
 Chief, Marine, Tropical, and Tsunami Services
 Branch

Subject: Updated: Soliciting Comments through October 31, 2024 on
 Expansion of Experimental Surf Forecast Matrix to 7 WFOs

Updated to add additional locations and extend comment period.

Back in 2022, the NWS solicited comments on an experimental Surf
Forecast
Matrix product at two NWS Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) -
Wilmington, OH
and Wakefield, VA.  Based on the favorable feedback received, five
additional WFOs will provide this experimental product this year:
Boston,
MA (BOX), Mt. Holly, NJ (PHI), Brownsville, TX (BRO), Miami, FL (MFL)
and
Mobile, AL.  Comments on this product from the 7 WFOs will be
accepted
until October 31, 2024.

This product is designed to supplement the official Surf Zone
Forecast
(SRF) product by providing increased temporal resolution, with 3- and
6-
hourly timing for weather conditions that are in the SRF, out to 6
days,
as well as point-based forecasts for beaches along the coastlines of
the
issuing Weather Forecast Offices (WFO), enhance public safety
decision
making.

The goal of this forecast matrix product is to increase awareness
about
rip current risk along beaches of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast by
providing
enhanced forecast timing of weather and wave conditions. This
forecast
matrix product utilizes the Nearshore Wave Prediction System (NWPS)
probabilistic rip current model guidance.

Individual forecasts of the Experimental Surf Forecast Matrix product
can
be found here:

Wilmington, NC:  www.weather.gov/ilm/surfmatrices
Wakefield, VA:www.weather.gov/akq/surfmatrices
Boston, MA:  www.weather.gov/box/surfmatrices
Philadelphia, PA:  www.weather.gov/phi/surfmatrices
Brownsville, TX:  www.weather.gov/bro/surfmatrices
Miami, FL:  www.weather.gov/mfl/surfmatrices
Mobile, AL:  www.weather.gov/mob/surfmatrices

The Product Description Document for the Experimental Surf Forecast
Matrix
can be viewed here:

https://nsdesk.servicenowservices.com/api/g_noa/nwspc/res2/39d49eb41b
21421
00d690f67624bcba8

The link to the feedback survey is available here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ExpSurfForecastMatrix_2024

If you have questions or comments, please contact:

Melinda Bailey
National Marine Program Manager
National Weather Service
Silver Spring, MD
melinda.bailey@noaa.gov

Chris Birchfield
Marine, Tropical and Tsunami Program Manager
NWS Eastern Region Headquarters
Bohemia, NY
chris.birchfield@noaa.gov

Katie Nguyen
Marine, Tropical and Tsunami Program Manager
NWS Southern Region Headquarters
Fort Worth, TX
katie.nguyen@noaa.gov

National Public Information Statements are online at:

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