METAREA XVI TEST MESSAGE:
FROM: METAREA IV AND XII COORDINATOR
TIME: 1950 UTC 24, JULY 2024
AT 1115 UTC UTC ON 25, JULY 2024, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OF THE USA WILL SEND A TEST MESSAGE TO METAREA XVI INCLUDING ONLY THE WORD TEST. THE DIRECTORATE OF HYDROGRAPHY AND NAVIGATION OF THE NAVY OF PERU WILL PREPARE AND BROADCAST FORECAST PRODUCTS FOR METAREA XVI AS THEY NORMALLY DO AROUND 1115 UTC 25, JULY 2024.
IF THE TEST MESSAGE IS SENT SUCCESSFULLY, THE NWS WILL PREPARE A HIGH SEAS FORECAST AND WARNING PRODUCT FOR METAREA XVI WHICH WILL BE BROADCAST VIA SAFETYNET II AT 2315 UTC 25, JULY 2024.
THE NWS SERVES AS A BACKUP TO METAREA XVI (THE DIRECTORATE OF HYDROGRAPHY AND NAVIGATION OF THE NAVY OF PERU NORMALLY PREPARES FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR METAREA XVI) AND IS TESTING ITS CAPABILITY TO TRANSMIT HIGH SEAS FORECASTS AND WARNINGS TO INMARSAT FOR BROADCAST TO METAREA XVI VIA SAFETYNET II.
THE DIRECTORATE OF HYDROGRAPHY AND NAVIGATION OF THE NAVY OF PERU WILL RESUME BROADCASTING ROUTINE HIGH SEAS FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR METAREA XVI WHEN THE TEST IS COMPLETE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM YOU RECEIVED THE METAREA XVI FORECAST FROM THE NWS DURING THE TIME LISTED ABOVE, PLEASE CONTACT THE METAREA COORDINATOR FOR IV AND XII AT:
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