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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 95-24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
0230 PM EDT FRI JULY 7 1995
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION USERS
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
OTHER USERS OF NWS AVIATION FORECASTS
FROM: JOSEPH R. BOCCHIERI
CHIEF, SERVICES EVALUATION BRANCH
SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF AVIATION FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY: CHANGE
IN ISSUING OFFICE FROM NWSFO MILWAUKEE TO NWSO GREEN
BAY FOR FOUR TERMINAL FORECASTS
(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 JULY 17 1995...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) WILL
TRANSFER FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOUR TERMINAL FORECASTS
(FTS) FROM NWS FORECAST OFFICE MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN TO NWS OFFICE
GREEN BAY WISCONSIN.
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 0800 UTC ON JULY 17 1995 - 4 FT TRANSFERS:
FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOUR FTS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY
PREPARED BY NWSFO MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO
NWSO GREEN BAY WISCONSIN. THESE FTS ARE:
AIRPORT AFOS PIL LOCATION
GRB MKEFTAGRB AUSTIN STRAUBLE INT'L AIRPORT,
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN
CWA MKEFTACWA CENTRAL WISCONSIN AIRPORT,
MOSINEE, WISCONSIN
AUW MKEFTAAUW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT,
WAUSAU, WISCONSIN
OSH* MKEFTAOSH WITTMAN REGIONAL AIRPORT,
OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
* THE FT FOR WITTMAN REGIONAL (OSH) IS ISSUED FOR ABOUT 14 DAYS,
BEGINNING JUST PRIOR TO, DURING, AND ENDING JUST AFTER, THE
EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION (EAA) FLY-IN IN JULY AND
AUGUST EACH YEAR.
NWSFO MILWAUKEE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THESE FOUR
FTS WHEN BACKUP IS REQUIRED BY NWSO GREEN BAY.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF AVIATION
RESPONSIBILITY FROM NWSFO MILWAUKEE TO NWSO GREEN BAY
PLEASE CONTACT:
MR. KEN RIZZO MR. MICHAEL SZKIL
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
N3533 HARDSCRABBLE ROAD 2485 SOUTH POINT ROAD
DOUSMAN WI 53118-9409 GREEN BAY WI 54313-5522
PHONE: 414-965-2967 PHONE: 414-494-2363
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