19990129: Revised In-Flight Advisory Plotting Chart-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 19990129: Revised In-Flight Advisory Plotting Chart-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:46:19 -0700 (MST)

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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 99-01
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
400 PM EST MON JAN 25 1999
 
TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF SERVICES
          SUBSCRIBERS...FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
          EMPLOYEES...AND OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
 
FROM:     THERESE Z. PIERCE
          CHIEF-INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
          NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
 
SUBJECT:  OPERATIONS MANUAL LETTER 9-98...REVISED IN-FLIGHT
          ADVISORY PLOTTING CHART...EFFECTIVE MARCH 1 1999
 
 
OPERATIONS MANUAL LETTER /OML/ 9-98...FILED WITH WEATHER SERVICE
OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTERS D-20...AVIATION AREA FORECASTS...D-22
...IN-FLIGHT AVIATION WEATHER ADVISORIES...AND D-25...SUPPORT TO
AIR TRAFFIC FACILITIES...CONTAINS A REVISED IN-FLIGHT ADVISORY
PLOTTING CHART WITH THE REFERENCE POINTS FOR IN-FLIGHT
ADVISORIES.  IT ALSO PROVIDES THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE...IN
DEGREES /DEG/ AND MINUTES OF A DEGREE /MIN/...FOR EACH OF THE
REFERENCE POINTS.
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTERS SHALL BEGIN USING THE POINTS 
ON THE NEW REFERENCE CHART ON MARCH 1 1999.  
 
BOTH THE CHART AND A TEXT FILE CONTAINING THE REFERENCE POINTS
WITH THE LATITUDE /LAT/ AND LONGITUDE /LON/ FOR EACH OF THE
POINTS ARE DOWNLOADABLE FROM THE NWS AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
(AWC) WEB PAGE  (HTTP://WWW.AWC-KC.NOAA.GOV) BY CLICKING
ON..."NEW ADVISORY PLOTTING CHART."  THE INFORMATION IS ALSO
VIEWABLE AND DOWNLOADABLE FROM THE AWC PRODUCTS PAGE
(HTTP://WWW.AWC-KC.NOAA.GOV/AVIATION_WEATHER_CENTER.HTML) AFTER
CLICKING ON EITHER AIRMETS OR DOMESTIC SIGMETS THEN ..."NEW CHART
(EFFECTIVE 01 MARCH 99)."
 
/USE LOWER CASE FOR URLS ABOVE/
 
IMPORTANT...SINCE THE OML WAS PUBLISHED...ERRORS IN A NUMBER OF
REFERENCE POINTS ON THE NEW CHART HAVE BEEN FOUND:
 
ABI: LAT SHOULD BE 32 DEG 29 MIN
ENE: LAT SHOULD BE 43 DEG 26 MIN
MIA: LAT SHOULD BE 25 DEG 48 MIN...LON SHOULD BE -80 DEG 18 MIN
MSY: LAT SHOULD BE 30 DEG 00 MIN...LON SHOULD BE -90 DEG 16 MIN
PDX: LAT SHOULD BE 45 DEG 36 MIN...LON SHOULD BE -122 DEG 05 MIN
PHX: LAT SHOULD BE 33 DEG 42 MIN...LON SHOULD BE -112 DEG 05 MIN 
SBY: LON SHOULD BE -75 DEG 31 MIN
MKG: IS ON THE REVISED REFERENCE CHART BUT NOT IN THE        
LISTING...LAT IS 43 DEG 10 MIN...LON -86 DEG 02 MIN.
 
AS OF JANUARY 25 THE LAT/LON INFORMATION IN THE DOWNLOADABLE FILE
FROM AWC WAS CORRECT FOR ALL REFERENCE POINTS ON THE CHART.  NWS
OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY IS WORKING TO ISSUE PEN AND INK AND PAGE
CHANGE CORRECTIONS TO THE OML.
 
 
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NEW REFERENCE
CHART...CONTACT
 
     JAMES H. HENDERSON
     DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
     816-426-3427 X 226
     E-MAIL: JAMES.H.HENDERSON /AT SIGN/ NOAA.GOV
 
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