[nws-changes] 20110609: TAFs Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20110609: TAFs Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:37:31 -0600

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Technical Implementation Notice 11-23
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
412 PM EDT Thu Jun 9 2011

TO:       National Weather Service Offices (NWS)
          Federal Aviation Administration Customers (FAA)
          Family of Service Subscribers (FOS)
          Other Customers of NWS Aviation Forecasts

FROM:     Cyndie Abelman
          Chief, Aviation Services Branch

SUBJECT:  Implementation of Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)
          Service for Space Coast Regional Airport, St. Lucie
          County International Airport (IAP), and for Martin
          County Airport/Witham Field on September 27, 2011

Effective Tuesday, September 27, 2011, at 1200 Universal
Coordinated Time (UTC), the NWS office in Melbourne FL, will
begin TAF service for Space Coast Regional Airport (KTIX) near
Titusville, FL; St. Lucie County International Airport (KFPR)
near Fort Pierce, FL; and Martin County Airport/Witham Field
(KSUA), Stuart, FL. After that date, routine and updated TAFS
will be issued for these airports 24 hours a day.

NWS personnel/offices will need to add the following identifier
to their communications systems to receive the new TAF.

Airport Name                           WMO Heading     AWIPS ID
------------                           ----------      --------
Space Coast Regional                   FTUS42 KMLB      TAFTIX
St. Lucie County IAP                   FTUS42 KMLB      TAFFPR
Martin County Witham Field             FTUS42 KMLB      TAFSUA

In addition, these new TAFs will be added to the existing TAF
collectives below, which are transmitted to FAA personnel and
other external users.

WMO Headings available to the following customers:

FTUS80 KWBC   Non-FAA Domestic and Family of Services
FTUS90 KWBC   FAA Weather Message Switching Center and FAA
              Facilities
FTUS52 KWBC   Global Telecommunication System Customers

Holders of NWS Procedural Instruction 10-813 (Terminal Aerodrome
Forecasts) should make appropriate additions to the appendices.

For questions regarding the TAF addition, please contact either:

Bart Hagemeyer, Meteorologist-in-Charge
Tony Cristaldi, Aviation Program Manager
National Weather Service
Melbourne, FL 32935
321-255-0212
Bart.Hagemeyer@xxxxxxxx
Tony.Cristaldi@xxxxxxxx

National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:

 http://weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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