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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1229 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2025
...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC TRANSITIONING TO
A NEW FORMAT FOR THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION BEGINNING JAN 12
2026...
BEGINNING AT 600 AM EST ON MONDAY JAN 12, 2026 THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC FORECAST OFFICE WILL TRANSITION TO
A KEY MESSAGE FORMAT FOR THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION (AFDMHX).
THIS STRATEGIC CHANGE ALIGNS THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION (AFD) WITH
AN IMPACTS-FIRST MESSAGE PHILOSOPHY, ENABLING OUR OFFICE TO
STREAMLINE COMMUNICATION AND REDUCE REDUNDANCY. THIS TRANSITION
MOVES AWAY FROM A STRICTLY CHRONOLOGICAL LAYOUT TO FOCUS IMMEDIATELY
ON POTENTIAL WEATHER IMPACTS AND HAZARDS. BY PRIORITIZING KEY
MESSAGES, WE AIM TO ENHANCE CLARITY AND ELIMINATE DUPLICATION WITHIN
THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION.
A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF THE OLD FORMAT AND THE NEW FORMAT
TEMPLATES CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ERH/NEWAFD
THE LATEST LOCAL AFD CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:
HTTPS://FORECAST.WEATHER.GOV/PRODUCT.PHP?SITE=NWS&ISSUEDBY=MHX&PRODUC
T=AFD
FOR ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:
ERIK HEDEN
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
ERIK.HEDEN@NOAA.GOV
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