Leadville, Colorado

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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... the National
Weather Service in Pueblo 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 tornado... severe thunderstorm 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... the National Weather Service in Pueblo
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 bulleted WSW/npw products
nationwide.

Tom magnuson
National Weather Service
Pueblo Colorado