20040714: TAF transfer

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• Subject: 20040714: TAF transfer
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 11:04:09 -0600

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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-36
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1030 AM EDT WED JULY 14 2004

TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA
         WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
         EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
         /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER
         NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND
         PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     MARK ANDREWS
         CHIEF...AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH
         OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES

SUBJECT:  TRANSFER OF TAF AND SIGMET PRODUCTION BETWEEN
         WFO HONOLULU AND GUAM...EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 29 2004

EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 29 2004 AT 0000 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/...SEPTEMBER 28 2004 AT 8 PM EASTERN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
TIME...2 PM HAWAII STANDARD TIME...SEPTEMBER 29 2004 AT 10 AM
CHAMORRO STANDARD TIME...PRODUCT ISSUANCE RESPONSIBILITY WILL
CHANGE BETWEEN WFO HONOLULU AND WFO GUAM. THE PRODUCTS INVOLVED
WILL BE THE TRANSFER OF TERMINAL AERODROME FORECASTS /TAFS/ WEST
OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE FROM WFO HONOLULU TO WFO GUAM AND
TRANSFER OF SIGNIFICANT METEOROLOGICAL /SIGMET/ AREAS FROM WFO
GUAM TO WFO HONOLULU.

THE RESULT OF THE TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBITIES WILL LEAVE WFO
HONOLULU AS A METEOROLOGICAL WATCH OFFICE /MWO/ WITH WFO GUAM
LOSING THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION /ICAO/ MWO
DESIGNATION.

TABLE 1: CONTAINS A LISTING OF TERMINAL AERODROME FORECASTS
/TAFS/ WHICH WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM WFO HONOLULU TO WFO
GUAM...THE AWIPS ID...THE OLD AND NEW WMO HEADERS...AND THE
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION.

AWIPS ID      OLD            NEW            PRODUCT
          WMO HEADER     WMO HEADER      DESCRIPTION

TAFKWA    FTPA31 PHFO    FTPQ31 PGUM   KWAJALEIN ISLAND TAF
TAFKMJ    FTPA31 PHFO    FTPQ31 PGUM   MAJURO TAF
TAFTSA    FTPA31 PHFO    FTPQ31 PGUM   KOSRAE TAF

USERS OF NWS AVIATION TAFS ORIGINATING FROM HAWAII MUST UPDATE
THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DIRECTORIES TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
THESE PRODUCTS.

TABLE 2: DESCRIBES THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR SIGMETS WITHIN
THE OAKLAND FLIGHT INFORMATION REGION /FIR/ FOR WFO HONOLULU AND
WFO GUAM PRIOR TO AND AFTER THE TRANSFER OF DUTIES.

               SIGMET AREA PRIOR TO        SIGMET AREA AFTER
               200 PM HST                  200 PM HST
               SEPTEMBER 28 2004           SEPTEMBER 28 2004

WFO GUAM:       OAKLAND FIR                  NONE
               WEST OF 160E

WFO HONOLULU:   OAKLAND FIR                  OAKLAND FIR
               SOUTH OF 30N AND             SOUTH OF 30N AND
               EAST OF 160E AND             WEST OF 140W
               WEST OF 140W

TABLE 3 CONTAINS CURRENT WMO HEADERS AND AWIPS IDS FOR SIGMETS
FOR THE PORTION OF THE OAKLAND FIR FOR WHICH WFO GUAM IS
CURRENTLY RESPONSIBLE AND WMO HEADERS AND AWIPS IDS FOR THAT
PORTION OF THE FIR AFTER RESPONSIBILITY IS TRANSFERRED FROM WFO
GUAM TO WFO HONOLULU.

THE NUMBERS ARE INCLUSIVE /EXAMPLE: XXXX31-XXXX35 MEANS XXXX31...
XXXX32...XXXX33...XXXX34 AND XXXX35/.

CURRENT WMO HEADERS             CURRENT AWIPS ID

WCPQ31 PGUM - WCPQ35 PGUM       WSTPQ1 - WSTPQ5
WSPQ31 PGUM - WSPQ35 PGUM       SIGPQ1 - SIGPQ5 
WVPQ31 PGUM - WVPQ35 PGUM       WSVPQ1 - WSVPQ5

NEW WMO HEADERS                 NEW AWIPS ID

WCPA31 PHFO - WCPA35 PHFO       WSTPC1 - WSTPC5
WSPA31 PHFO - WSPA35 PHFO       SIGPS1 - SIGPS5
WVPA20 PHFO - WVPA21 PHFO       WSVPA1 - WSVPA2

FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE CHANGES...PLEASE CONTACT:

         JOEL CLINE
         DISSEMINATION MANAGER
         PACIFIC REGION HEADQUARTERS
         NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         HONOLULU HI
         PHONE 808.532.641
         EMAIL JOEL.CLINE@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND OTHER NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF/HTM

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