Bellevue, Washington

Subject: experimental use of bulleted winter storm /WSW/ and non
         precipitation /npw/ watch... warning and advisory products.

Beginning December 8 2009 and ending may 29 2010... Seattle weather
forecast office /WFO/ will begin modifying the winter weather /WSW/
and non precipitation /npw/ formats to produce experimental bulleted
watch... warning and advisory products with a format similar to
severe thunderstorms and flash flood warnings. These formats are
easier for users to read and quickly gather vital information during
hazardous winter and non precipitation events. During the test
period... sew WFO may temporarily revert back to the current format
to maintain mission critical warning services.

A product description document /pdd/ for these experimental products
including a list of other affected wfos and examples of the bullet
formatted WSW and npw products are available at /use lowercase/:

    http://products.Weather.Gov/viewliste.Php

Public comments are requested through may 29 2010 at /use
lowercase/:

    http://www.Weather.Gov/survey/NWS-survey.Php?Code=wswnpw

Upon the completion of this experimental period... the NWS will
evaluate all received comments to determine whether or not to
proceed with the full implementation of bulletized WSW/npw products
nationwide.

If you have comments or questions regarding this public inforamtion
statement... please contact:

    ted buehner
    National Weather Service
    warning coordination meteorologist
    ted.Buehner@noaa.Gov