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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 02-07
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
945 AM EST FRI MAR 22 2002
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMERS
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
OTHER CUSTOMERS OF NWS AVIATION FORECASTS
FROM: MARK ANDREWS
CHIEF...AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: IMPACT OF CHANGE TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ON ISSUANCE
TIMES OF AIRMETS AND AVIATION AREA FORECASTS...
EFFECTIVE APRIL 7 2002
...NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SUBSCRIBERS...
ON SUNDAY APRIL 7 2002 AT 2:00 AM LOCAL TIME...MOST OF THE NATION
WILL SWITCH FROM STANDARD TIME TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME. AS A
RESULT OF THIS CHANGE...THE ISSUANCE TIMES OF SEVERAL AVIATION
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/ IN KANSAS
CITY...AND THE ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT /AAWU/ IN ANCHORAGE
ALASKA...WILL CHANGE. HAWAII AND GUAM USE STANDARD TIME ALL YEAR
ROUND...SO THE ISSUANCE TIMES OF THE AIRMETS AND AREA FORECASTS
ISSUED BY METEOROLOGICAL WATCH OFFICES IN HONOLULU AND GUAM WILL
NOT CHANGE.
AS OF APRIL 7 2002...THE AIRMETS AND AVIATION AREA FORECASTS
LISTED BELOW WILL BE ISSUED ONE HOUR EARLIER WITH RESPECT TO
COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/. IN OTHER WORDS...THE LOCAL
ISSUANCE TIME REMAINS THE SAME...BUT THE CORRESPONDING UNIVERSAL
COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ IS ONE HOUR LATER. THE AFFECTED PRODUCTS
AND THE CURRENT AND REVISED ISSUANCE TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW:
AREA FORECASTS /FA/:
FAS ISSUED BY AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/
THE AWC ISSUES THE FOLLOWING FAS...KNOWN AS THE BOSTON /BOS/...
MIAMI /MIA/...CHICAGO /CHI/...DALLAS/FORT WORTH /FTW/...
SALT LAKE CITY /SLC/...AND SAN FRANCISCO /SFO/ FAS:
THE AWC WILL IMPLEMENT THE SCHEDULE CHANGE AT 0800 UTC.
WMO HEADER AWIPS ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
FAUS5 KBOS MKCFA1W 0845...1745...AND 0045 UTC
FAUS5 KMIA MKCFA2W 0845...1745...AND 0045 UTC
FAUS5 KCHI MKCFA3W 0945...1845...AND 0145 UTC
FAUS5 KDFW MKCFA4W 0945...1845...AND 0145 UTC
FAUS5 KSLC MKCFA5W 1045...1945...AND 0245 UTC
FAUS5 KSFO MKCFA6W 1045...1945...AND 0245 UTC
THE FAS ISSUED BY THE AWC WILL INCLUDE A REMINDER OF THE ISSUANCE
TIME CHANGE AT THE END OF THE FORECAST TEXT...BEGINNING ON MID-
DAY FRIDAY MARCH 30 2001 AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE SCHEDULED
ISSUANCE TIMES CHANGE ON SUNDAY MORNING.
AWC ALSO ISSUES AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO
AND FOR THE CARRIBEAN SEA AND SURROUNDING TERRITORIES.
THE FA FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE ISSUED AT THE SAME
TIME...UTC...AS SHOWN BELOW:
WMO HEADER AWIPS ID NEW ISSUANCE TIME /UTC/
FAGX20 KKCI MKCOFAGX 1030...AND 1830 UTC
THE FA FOR THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND SURROUNDING TERRITORY WILL
CONTINUED TO BE ISSUED AT THE SAME TIMES...UTC...AS THEY
CURRENTLY ARE:
WMO HEADER AWIPS ID VALID TIME /UTC/
FACA20 KKCI MKCOFAMKC 0000...0600...1200..AND 1800 UTC
FAS ISSUED BY ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT /AAWU/:
THE AAWU WILL IMPLEMENT THE SCHEDULE CHANGE AT 0900 UTC.
WMO HEADER AWIPS ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
FAAK01 PAJN ANCFA7H 0745....1345....1945...AND 0145 UTC
FAAK05 PAJN ANCFA7W 0745....1345....1945...AND 0145 UTC
FAAK01 PANC ANCFA8H 0745....1345....1945...AND 0145 UTC
FAAK05 PANC ANCFA8W 0745....1345....2195...AND 0145 UTC
FAAK10 PANC ANCFA8T 0745....1345....2195...AND 0145 UTC
FAAK01 PAFA ANCFA9H 0745....1345....1945...AND 0145 UTC
FAAK05 PAFA ANCFA9W 0745....1345....1945...AND 0145 UTC
AIRMETS:
AIRMETS ISSUED BY AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/:
WMO HEADER AWIPS ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
WAUS1 KBOS MKCWA1<S T Z> 0745...1345...1945...AND 0145 UTC
WAUS1 KMIA MKCWA2<S T Z> 0745...1345...1945...AND 0145 UTC
WAUS1 KCHI MKCWA3<S T Z> 0745...1345...1945...AND 0145 UTC
WAUS1 KDFW MKCWA4<S T Z> 0745...1345...1945...AND 0145 UTC
WAUS1 KSLC MKCWA5<S T Z> 0745...1345...1945...AND 0145 UTC
WAUS1 KSFO MKCWA6<S T Z> 0745...1345...1945...AND 0145 UTC
AIRMETS ISSUED BY ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT /AAWU/:
WMO HEADER AWIPS ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
WAAK01 PAJN ANCWA7<S T Z> 0745....1345....1945...AND 0145 UTC
WAAK01 PANC ANCWA8<S T Z> 0745....1345....1945...AND 0145 UTC
WAAK01 PAFA ANCWA9<S T Z> 0745....1345....1945...AND 0145 UTC
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CHANGE OF ISSUANCE TIMES OF
THESE PRODUCTS...CONTACT:
MR. JIM HENDERSON
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
PHONE: 816-584-7203 X 203
E-MAIL: JAMES.H.HENDERSON@xxxxxxxx
OR
MR. ELLIOTT BARSKE
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT
PHONE: 907-266-5116
E-MAIL: ELLIOTT.BARSKE@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
AT THE FOLLOWING URL /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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