[nws-changes] 20071226:WAFC

[Linda Miller]

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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-99
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
940 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2007

TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES
          FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ USERS
          FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS
          WORLD AREA FORECAST SYSTEM /WAFS/ USERS
          OTHER USERS OF NWS AVIATION FORECASTS

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

SUBJECT:  JANUARY 30 2008 BACKUP TEST OF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL 
          AVIATION ORGANIZATION /ICAO/ WASHINGTON WORLD AREA
          FORECAST CENTER /WAFC/ HIGH AND MEDIUM LEVEL SIGNIFICANT
          WEATHER PRODUCTS 

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

ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 30 2008...IN A PLANNED OPERATIONAL BACK-UP 
TEST FROM 1200 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ UNTIL 
APPROXIMATELY 1630 UTC...THE WAFC LONDON IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 
WILL ASSUME FORECAST AND ISSUANCE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HIGH 
LEVEL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER /SWH/ AND MEDIUM LEVEL SIGNIFICANT 
WEATHER /SWM/ BUFR AND PNG PRODUCTS. THESE PRODUCTS ARE 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 0600 UTC JANUARY 31 2008:

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
SWM TROPOPAUSE HEIGHT              JUOE00 KKCI  
SWM JETSTREAM                      JUTE00 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.

FOR QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE WAFC 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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