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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 98-15
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
215 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1998
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION USERS
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
OTHER USERS OF NWS AVIATION FORECASTS
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
NWS...OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF AVIATION FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY: CHANGE
IN ISSUING OFFICE FOR ONE TERMINAL FORECAST AND TWO
TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT PRODUCTS...
EFFECTIVE JULY 1 1998
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT TO NWWS USERS.
ON JULY 1 1998...THE NWS TRANSFERRED FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ONE TERMINAL FORECAST /TAF/ AND SEVERAL TRANSCRIBED WEATHER
BROADCAST TEXT /TWEB/ PRODUCTS FROM ONE NWS OFFICE TO ANOTHER AS
PART OF THE CONTINUING NWS MODERNIZATION AND TRANSITION. THE
DETAILED CHANGES ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.
THESE CHANGES WERE TRANSPARENT TO ALL USERS OF TAFS AND TWEBS
INCLUDING AFOS USERS...THE FAA AND FAMILY OF SERVICES CUSTOMERS.
NONE OF THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS WERE CHANGED. NO
CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE AFOS IDENTIFIERS...WMO HEADERS NOR
THE COMPOSITION OF THE COLLECTIVES IN WHICH THE FORECASTS ARE
CONTAINED. ALL OF THE TAFS MENTIONED BELOW ARE INCLUDED IN THE
COLLECTIVE FTUS90 KWBC. ALL OF THE TWEBS MENTIONED BELOW ARE
INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTIVE FRUS31 KWBC.
ON JULY 1 1998...THE NWS TRANSFERRED FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ONE TAF AND ONE TWEB ROUTE CURRENTLY PREPARED BY NWS FORECAST
OFFICE /NWSFO/ GREAT FALLS MONTANA TO NWS OFFICE /NWSO/ MISSOULA
MONTANA. THE TAF AND THE TWEB ARE:
TAF: AIRPORT AFOS PIL LOCATION
KFCA GTFTAFFCA GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
KALISPELL MONTANA
TWEB: ROUTE # AFOS PIL ANCHOR POINTS
336 GTFTWB336 KFCA-KMSO-KSMN
THE TAF TRANSFER BECAME EFFECTIVE AT 1130 UTC AND THE TWEB
TRANSFER BECAME EFFECTIVE AT 1330 UTC ON JULY 1 1998.
WHEN BACKUP IS REQUIRED BY NWSO MISSOULA... NWSFO GREAT FALLS
WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THE GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT TAF AND TWEB #336.
ALSO ON JULY 1 1998 AT 1330 UTC FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE
TWEB WAS TRANSFERRED FROM NWSFO SALT LAKE CITY UTAH TO NWSO ELKO
NEVADA. THIS TWEB IS:
TWEB: ROUTE # AFOS PIL ANCHOR POINTS
383 SLCTWB383 KSLC-KENV-KEKO
WHEN BACKUP IS REQUIRED BY NWSO ELKO...NWSFO SALT LAKE CITY WILL
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING TWEB #383.
HOLDERS OF NWS OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTERS D-31 /AVIATION TERMINAL
FORECASTS/ AND D-30 /TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT PRODUCTS/
SHOULD MAKE PEN AND INK CHANGES TO APPENDICES A AND B.
APPENDICES A AND B OF D-31 LIST LOCATIONS FOR WHICH TERMINAL
FORECASTS ARE PREPARED BY THE NWS. APPENDICES A AND B OF D-30
LIST ROUTES FOR WHICH TWEBS ARE PREPARED BY THE NWS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF AVIATION
RESPONSIBILITY FROM NWSFO GREAT FALLS TO NWSO MISSOULA...CONTACT:
MR. KEN MIELKE MR. DAVID GOENS
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
5324 TRI-HILL FRONTAGE ROAD P.O. BOX 9350
GREAT FALLS MT 59404 MISSOULA MT 59807
PHONE: 406-453-2081 PHONE: 406-329-4715
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF AVIATION
RESPONSIBILITY FROM NWSFO SALT LAKE CITY TO NWSO ELKO...CONTACT:
MR. WILLIAM ALDER MR. KEVIN BAKER
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
2242 W NORTH TEMPLE 3720 PARADISE DRIVE
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84116 ELKO NV 89801
PHONE: 801-524-5154 PHONE: 702-778-6716
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