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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 02-05
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
115 PM EST THU MAR 21 2002
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 SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: QUARTERLY AVIATION BACKUP TEST PLANNED SCHEDULED FROM
2100 UTC ON MARCH 27 2002 UNTIL 0500 UTC ON
MARCH 28 2002
...NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SUBSCRIBERS...
ON THURSDAY MARCH 27 2002...THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER IN KANSAS
CITY MISSOURI WILL CONDUCT ITS QUARTERLY BACKUP TEST FROM
2100 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ UNTIL 0500 UTC
MARCH 28 2002. THE AIR FORCE WEATHER AGENCY /AFWA/ AT OFFUTT AIR
FORCE BASE WILL ASSUME FORECAST AND WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE SIGMETS AND AIRMETS/SIERRA...ZULU...TANGO/ IN THE
BOSTON...MIAMI...FORT WORTH...CHICAGO...SALT LAKE CITY AND SAN
FRANCISCO FA AREAS...WHICH ARE NORMALLY PREPARED BY THE AVIATION
WEATHER CENTER /AWC/. IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLISHED BACKUP
PROCEDURES...CONVECTIVE SIGMETS WILL NOT BE ISSUED DURING THE
PERIOD THAT AFWA IS PROVIDING AWC BACKUP. INFORMATION FOR AREAS
OF ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ISSUED AS NON-CONVECTIVE SIGMETS
DURING THIS BACKUP.
THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER'S TROPICAL SATELLITE AND ANALYSIS
BRANCH WILL ASSUME FORECAST AND WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
SIGMETS AND WEATHER WATCH OF FACA20 KKCI AND FAGX20 KKCI OVER THE
FLIGHT INFORMATION REGIONS /FIR/ OF THE NEW YORK OCEANIC FIR...
THE SAN JUAN OCEANIC FIR...THE MIAMI ATLANTIC FIR...THE MIAMI
GULF OF MEXICO FIR...AND THE HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR.
THE HONOLULU HAWAII FORECAST OFFICE WILL ASSUME WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SIGMETS FOR THE TWO OAKLAND OCEANIC FIRS IN
THE PACIFIC OCEAN THAT ARE NORMALLY UNDER THE WEATHER WATCH OF
THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER.
A REMINDER MESSAGE WILL BE APPENDED TO ALL AWC ALPHANUMERIC
PRODUCTS ON THE EVENING AND MIDNIGHT SHIFT THE NIGHT BEFORE THE
BACKUP TEST BEGINS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE AWC BACKUP TEST...
CONTACT:
JAMES H. HENDERSON
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
816-584-7203 X 203
E-MAIL: JHENDERSON@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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