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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 00-24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
950 AM EDT FRI OCT 20 2000
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMERS
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
OTHER CUSTOMERS OF NWS AVIATION FORECASTS
FROM: MARK ANDREWS
CHIEF...AVIATION WEATHER SERVICES BRANCH
NWS...OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: IMPACT OF CHANGE TO STANDARD TIME ON ISSUANCE TIMES
OF AIRMETS AND AVIATION AREA FORECASTS...EFFECTIVE
OCTOBER 29 2000
...NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS...
ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 29 AT 200 AM LOCAL TIME...MOST OF THE NATION
WILL SWITCH FROM DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME TO STANDARD TIME. AS A
RESULT OF THIS CHANGE...THE ISSUANCE TIMES OF SEVERAL AVIATION
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/ IN KANSAS
CITY AND THE ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT /AAWU/ IN ANCHORAGE
ALASKA WILL CHANGE. THE AIRMETS AND AVIATION AREA FORECASTS
LISTED BELOW WILL BE ISSUED ONE HOUR LATER WITH RESPECT TO
UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME. IN OTHER WORDS...THE LOCAL ISSUANCE
TIME REMAINS THE SAME...BUT THE CORRESPONDING UNIVERSAL
COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ IS ONE HOUR LATER. THE AFFECTED PRODUCTS
AND THE CURRENT AND REVISED ISSUANCE TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW:
AREA FORECASTS /FA/:
FAS ISSUED BY AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/
THE AWC ISSUES SIX FAS...KNOWN AS THE BOSTON /BOS/...MIAMI
/MIA/...CHICAGO /CHI/...DALLAS/FORT WORTH /FTW/...SALT LAKE CITY
/SLC/...AND SAN FRANCISCO /SFO/ FAS....SHOWN BELOW:
THE SCHEDULE CHANGE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AT 0800 UTC AT THE AWC.
WMO HEADER PIL ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
FAUS5 KBOS MKCFA1W 0945...1845...AND 0145 UTC
FAUS5 KMIA MKCFA2W 0945...1845...AND 0145 UTC
FAUS5 KCHI MKCFA3W 1045...1945...AND 0245 UTC
FAUS5 KDFW MKCFA4W 1045...1945...AND 0245 UTC
FAUS5 KSLC MKCFA5W 1145...2045...AND 0345 UTC
FAUS5 KSFO MKCFA6W 1145...2045...AND 0345 UTC
THE FA/S ISSUED BY THE AWC WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING REMINDER AT
THE END OF THE FORECAST TEXT...BEGINNING ON MID-DAY FRIDAY
OCTOBER 27 2000 AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE TIMES
CHANGE ON SUNDAY MORNING:
EFFECTIVE 0800Z OCTOBER 29 2000 THE BOS AND MIA FAS WILL BE
ISSUED AT 0945Z...1845Z...AND 0145Z DUE TO THE RETURN TO
STANDARD TIME. AIRMETS WILL BE ISSUED AT 0845Z...1445Z...
2045Z...AND 0245Z.
FA/S ISSUED BY ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT /AAWU/:
THE AAWU ISSUES SIX FAS...SHOWN BELOW:
THE SCHEDULE CHANGE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AT 1000 UTC AT THE AAWU.
WMO HEADER PIL ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
FAAK01 PAJN ANCFA7H 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
FAAK05 PAJN ANCFA7W 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
FAAK01 PANC ANCFA8H 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
FAAK05 PANC ANCFA8W 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
FAAK01 PAFA ANCFA9H 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
FAAK05 PAFA ANCFA9W 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
TROPICAL AREA FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE AWC WILL HAVE THE SAME
ISSUANCE TIME AS IN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.
THE PRODUCT HEADERS AND ISSUANCE TIMES ARE SHOWN BELOW:
WMO HEADER PIL ID ISSUANCE TIME /UTC/
FAGX20 KKCI MKCOFAGX 1030 AND 1830 UTC
FACA20 KKCI MKCOFAMKC 0900...1500...2100...AND 0300 UTC
AIRMETS:
AIRMETS ISSUED BY AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/
THE AWC ISSUES SIX SETS OF THREE AIRMETS...E.G. SIERRA...TANGO...
AND ZULU...SHOWN BELOW:
WMO HEADER PIL ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
WAUS1 KBOS MKCWA1S/T/Z 0845...1445...2045...AND 0245 UTC
WAUS1 KMIA MKCWA2S/T/Z 0845...1445...2045...AND 0245 UTC
WAUS1 KCHI MKCWA3S/T/Z 0845...1445...2045...AND 0245 UTC
WAUS1 KDFW MKCWA4S/T/Z 0845...1445...2045...AND 0245 UTC
WAUS1 KSLC MKCWA5S/T/Z 0845...1445...2045...AND 0245 UTC
WAUS1 KSFO MKCWA6S/T/Z 0845...1445...2045...AND 0245 UTC
THE AIRMETS ISSUED BY THE AWC ON SATURDAY EVENING...OCTOBER 29TH
AT 0145 UTC...WILL BE VALID FOR 7 HOURS UNTIL 0900 UTC IN ORDER
TO COVER THE EXTRA HOUR BEFORE THE NEXT SET OF AIRMETS ARE ISSUED
ACCORDING TO THE MODIFIED SCHEDULE.
AIRMETS ISSUED BY ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT /AAWU/:
THE AAWU ISSUES THREE SETS OF THREE AIRMETS...E.G. SIERRA...TANGO
AND ZULU)...SHOWN BELOW:
WMO HEADER PIL ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
WAAK01 PAJN ANCWA7S/T/Z 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
WAAK01 PANC ANCWA8S/T/Z 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
WAAK01 PAFA ANCWA9S/T/Z 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CHANGE OF ISSUANCE TIMES OF
THESE PRODUCTS...CONTACT:
MR. JIM HENDERSON MR. ELLIOTT BARSKE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT
PHONE: 816-584-7203 PHONE: 907-266-5116
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
AT THE FOLLOWING URL /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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