950519: Aviation forecast switch - St. Louis

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• Subject: 950519: Aviation forecast switch - St. Louis
• From: Don Murray <dmurray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 15:53:21 -0600

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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 95-20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
0200 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES
          FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION USERS
          FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
          OTHER USERS OF NWS AVIATION FORECASTS

FROM:     FRED ZBAR
          ACTING CHIEF, SERVICES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH

SUBJECT:  TRANSFER OF AVIATION FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY: CHANGE IN
          ISSUING OFFICE FROM NWSFO ST. LOUIS TO NWSO PLEASANT
          HILL FOR THREE TERMINAL FORECASTS AND ONE TERMINAL
          AERODROME FORECAST

(THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY CHRIS ALEX, AVIATION
SERVICES BRANCH, NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY):

NOTE:  THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT TO NWWS USERS.

ON MAY 1 1995...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) TRANSFERRED
FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR THREE TERMINAL FORECASTS (FTS) AND
ONE TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST (TAF) FROM NWS FORECAST OFFICE
ST. LOUIS MISSOURI TO NWS OFFICE PLEASANT HILL MISSOURI.
THESE CHANGES (WHICH ARE LISTED BELOW) WILL BE TRANSPARENT TO ALL
USERS OF FTS AND TAFS INCLUDING AFOS USERS...THE FAA AND FAMILY
OF SERVICES CUSTOMERS.  NONE OF THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS ARE
BEING CHANGED.  NO CHANGES ARE BEING MADE TO THE AFOS
IDENTIFIERS...WMO HEADERS NOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE COLLECTIVES
IN WHICH THE FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED.

HOLDERS OF NWS OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTERS D-21 (AVIATION TERMINAL
FORECASTS) AND D-37 (INTERNATIONAL AVIATION AERODROME
FORECASTS) SHOULD MAKE PEN AND INK CHANGES TO THE APPROPRIATE
APPENDIX LISTING LOCATIONS FOR WHICH AVIATION FORECASTS ARE MADE.

EFFECTIVE AT 1700 UTC ON MAY 1 1995 - 3 FT AND 1 TAF TRANSFERS:

  FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR THREE FTS AND ONE TAF WHICH WERE
  PREVIOUSLY PREPARED BY NWSFO ST. LOUIS MISSOURI WERE
  TRANSFERRED TO NWSO PLEASANT HILL MISSOURI.  THESE FTS AND TAF
  ARE:

     FTS:

     AIRPORT     AFOS PIL     LOCATION

     MCI         STLFTAMCI    KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
                              KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
     MKC         STLFTAMKC    KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN AIRPORT
                              KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
     STJ         STLFTASTJ    ROSECRANS MEMORIAL AIRPORT
                              ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI

     TAF:

     AIRPORT     AFOS PIL     LOCATION

     KMCI         STLTAFMCI    KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
                               KANSAS CITY MISSOURI

     NWSFO ST. LOUIS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THESE
     THREE FTS AND ONE TAF WHEN BACKUP IS REQUIRED BY 
     NWSO PLEASANT HILL.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF AVIATION
RESPONSIBILITY FROM NWSFO ST. LOUIS TO NWSO PLEASANT HILL
CONTACT:

     MR. STEVE THOMAS               MR. LYNN MAXIMUK
     METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE        METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
     12 RESEARCH PARK DRIVE         1803 NORTH 7 HIGHWAY
     ST. CHARLES MO  63304-5686     PLEASANT HILL MO  64080-9421
     PHONE:  314-441-8467           PHONE:  816-540-4840

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