20070806: ICAO backup test-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC]

[Linda Miller]

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NOUS41 KWBC 061913
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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-54
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
325 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2007

TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES
          FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ CUSTOMERS
          FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS
          WORLD AREA FORECAST SYSTEM /WAFS/ USERS
          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 ON OCTOBER 3 2007

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

ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3 2007 FROM 0700 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME 
/UTC/ UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 1030 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 WAFC WASHINGTON 
AT THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/ IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI.

WAFC LONDON WILL PREPARE AND ISSUE THE FOLLOWING BUFR AND PNG 
PRODUCTS VALID AT 0000 UTC OCTOBER 4 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 ANYTIME 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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