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Technical Implementation Notice 11-02
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
718 AM EST Tue Jan 4 2011
TO: National Weather Service Offices (NWS)
Federal Aviation Administration Customers (FAA)
Family of Service Subscribers (FOS)
Other Customers of NWS Aviation Forecasts
FROM: Cyndie Abelman
Chief, Aviation Services Branch
SUBJECT: Implementation of Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)
Service for Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive
Airport Effective March 23, 2011
Effective Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at 0000 Universal
Coordinated Time (UTC), the NWS office at Blacksburg, VA, will
begin TAF service for Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive Airport
(KBCB) in Virginia. After that date, routine and updated TAFS
will be issued for this airport 24 hours a day.
NWS personnel/offices will need to add the following identifier
to their communications systems to receive the new TAF.
Airport Name WMO Heading AWIPS ID
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Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive FTUS41 KRNK TAFBCB
In addition, this new TAF will be added to the existing TAF
collectives below, which are transmitted to FAA personnel and
other external users.
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.
For questions regarding the TAF addition, please contact:
David Wert, Meteorologist-in-Charge
National Weather Service
Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center
1750 Forecast Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
540-552-0084
David.Wert@xxxxxxxx
National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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