****0000002427**** NOUS41 KWBC 171735 PNSWSH Public Information Statement 25-13 National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD 135 PM EDT Mon Mar 17 2025 To: Subscribers: -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network -NOAAPort Other NWS Partners and Employees From: Mary Mullusky, Chief Forecast Services Division Subject: Delay of the Spring 2025 Forecast Zones Implementation Date to March 19, 2025 The National Weather Service (NWS) is delaying all zone change implementations originally scheduled for March 18, 2025. The delay is due to a planned Critical Weather Day (CWD) Declaration, prompting a zone change implementation date in a more favorable weather window of opportunity. The implementation date is now scheduled for Wednesday, March 19, 2025. If March 19, 2025 is also declared a CWD, another Public Information Statement (PNS) will be issued specifying the alternate date. Service Change Notices (SCNs) affected include: SCN24-70 Updated: Anchorage, AK Public and Fire Forecast Zones SCN24-116: Boulder, CO Partial County SCN24-117: Twin Cities, MN Partial County SCN24-118: San Diego, CA Marine Forecast Zones SCN24-119: Fairbanks, AK Public and Fire Forecast Zones SCN24-110: Juneau, AK Public and Fire Forecast Zones SCN24-68 Updated: Pendleton, OR Fire Forecast Zones SCN24-69 Updated: Seattle, WA Public Forecast Zones SCN24-112: Boise, ID Fire Forecast Zones SCN24-114: Jacksonville, FL Public and Fire Forecast Zones SCN24-115 Updated: Tallahassee, FL Public and Fire, Marine Forecast Zones SCN24-111: Tallahassee, FL Marine Forecast Zones SCN24-113: Baltimore, MD/Washington, DC Public and Fire Forecast Zones CWD status can be found at the following link: https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/status/cwd/ Additional questions or comments may be sent to: Stephen Bieda, III, Ph.D., Chief Severe, Fire, Public, and Winter Services Branch National Weather Service Stephen.Bieda@noaa.gov Or Greg Schoor, Chief Marine, Tropical, and Tsunami Services Branch National Weather Service Gregory.M.Schoor@noaa.gov Or Carlos Diaz NWS Digital and Graphical Information Support Branch National Weather Service Carlos.Diaz@noaa.gov National Public Information Statements are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/