20061122: ICAO backup testFwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC]

[Linda Miller]

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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 06-78
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
940 AM EST WED NOV 15 2006

TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES
          FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ CUSTOMERS
          FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS
          OTHER CUSTOMERS OF NWS AVIATION FORECASTS

FROM:     KEVIN L. JOHNSTON
          CHIEF...AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  BACKUP TEST OF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION
          ORGANIZATION /ICAO/ WASHINGTON WORLD AREA
          FORECAST CENTER /WAFC/ HIGH AND MEDIUM LEVEL
          SIGNIFICANT WEATHER PRODUCTS: JANUARY 10 2007

NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER 
WIRE SUBSCRIBERS.

ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 10 2007 FROM 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME 
/UTC/ UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 1630 UTC...THE WAFC LONDON IN THE 
UNITED KINGDOM WILL ASSUME...IN A PLANNED OPERATIONAL BACK-UP 
TEST...FORECAST AND ISSUANCE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HIGH LEVEL 
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER /SWH/ AND MEDIUM LEVEL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER 
/SWM/ BUFR AND PNG PRODUCTS NORMALLY PREPARED BY THE AVIATION 
WEATHER CENTER /AWC/ IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI.

WAFC LONDON WILL PREPARE AND ISSUE THE FOLLOWING BUFR AND PNG 
PRODUCTS VALID AT 0600 UTC JANUARY 11 2007:

SWH/SWH BUFR DATA                  WMO HEADINGS

SWH JETSTREAM                      JUWE96 KKCI
SWH CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE           JUCE00 KKCI
SWH CUMULONIMBUS CLOUD             JUBE99 KKCI
SWH TROPOPAUSE HEIGHT              JUTE97 KKCI
SWH SURFACE FRONT                  JUFE00 KKCI
SWM TROPOPAUSE HEIGHT              JUOE00 KKCI  
SWM JETSTREAM                      JUTE00 KKCI  
SWM SURFACE FRONTS                 JUJE00 KKCI  
SWM IN-CLOUD ICING/TURBULENCE      JUNE00 KKCI  
SWM CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE           JUME00 KKCI  
SWH TROP CYC AND VOL ERUPTION      JUVE00 KKCI

SWH/SWM PNG CHARTS                 WMO HEADINGS

A                                  PGEE05 KKCI
B1                                 PGIE05 KKCI
F                                  PGGE05 KKCI
H                                  PGAE05 KKCI
I                                  PGBE05 KKCI
J                                  PGJE05 KKCI
M                                  PGDE29 KKCI
NAT                                PGNE14 KKCI


DURING THE BACK-UP TEST THE WAFC WASHINGTON WILL BE ABLE TO 
RESUME FORECASTING SERVICES OR INTERVENE IF NECESSARY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE WAFC WASHINGTON 
BACK-UP TEST...CONTACT:

        LARRY BURCH
        DEPUTY DIRECTOR
        AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
        KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
        PHONE:  816-584-7203
        E-MAIL: LARRY.BURCH at NOAA.GOV

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE 
AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

   HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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