[nws-changes] 20101221: TAF-St George UT Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20101221: TAF-St George UT Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 06:26:19 -0700

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Technical Implementation Notice 10-63
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
655 AM EST Tue Dec 21 2010

TO:       NWS Offices
          FAA Customers
          Family of Services Subscribers
          Other Customers of NWS Aviation Forecasts

FROM:     Cyndie Abelman
          Chief, Aviation Services Branch

SUBJECT:  Change of Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) service
          for the replacement St. George, UT, Airport (KDXN)
          effective January 12, 2011

NOTE:     The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather
          Wire Service subscribers

Effective January 12, 2011, at 1800 Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC), the NWS Office in Salt Lake City, UT, will begin
disseminating the St. George, UT, Airport TAF under a new
identifier: KDXZ. Routine and updated TAFS will be issued for
the replacement airport, 24 hours a day.

The effective date of this change is sooner than NWS policy (NWS
instruction 10-1805).  The reduction of normal lead time for
this change occurred after coordination with local customers and
the FAA.

NWS personnel will need to add the following identifier to their
communications systems to receive the new TAF:

Airport             WMO Heading           AWIPS ID
St. George          FTUS45 KSLC           TAFDXZ

In addition the TAF change will be added to the existing TAF
collectives below which are transmitted to FAA personnel and
other external customers.

WMO HEADINGS       Available to the following customers

FTUS80 KWBC        Non-FAA Domestic and Family of Services

FTUS90 KWBC        FAA Weather Message Switching Center and
                      FAA Facilities

FTUS52 KWBC        Global Telecommunication System Customers

Holders of NWS procedural instruction 10-813 (TERMINAL AERODROME
FORECASTS) should make appropriate additions to the appendices.

If you have questions regarding the TAF change, contact:

Larry Dunn
Meteorologist In Charge
National Weather Service Office
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
801-524-4378
larry.dunn@xxxxxxxx

National Technical Implementation notices are online at:

  http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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