[nws-changes] 20110708: TAF-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:38:51 -0600

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Technical Implementation Notice 11-30
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1230 PM EDT Fri Jul 8 2011

To:       National Weather Service Offices (NWS)
          Federal Aviation Administration Customers (FAA)
          Family of Services Subscribers (FOS)
          Other Customers of NWS Aviation Forecasts

From:     Cyndie Abelman
          Chief, Aviation Services Branch

Subject:  Implementation of Seasonal Terminal Aerodrome
          Forecast (TAF) Talladega Municipal Airport (KASN)
          Effective October 9, 2011

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

Effective Sunday, October 9, 2011, the NWS office at Birmingham,
AL, will begin seasonal TAF service for the Talladega Municipal
Airport (KASN) in Talladega AL in support of the biannual
National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) races at
the Talladega Superspeedway. Routine and updated TAFs will be
issued for this airport 24 hours a day for 2 weeks leading up to
and 3 days after the races.

The two major race events are held in April and October.  These
general dates are subject to change by NASCAR. A Public
Information Statement that provides the effective TAF dates will
be issued by WFO Birmingham at least one month prior to each
race.

These events bring over 200,000 people to Superspeedway for each
race for several days in advance.  Many of the attendees fly by
private or charter planes into Talladega Municipal Airport.

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

  Airport                 WMO Heading         AWIPS ID

  Talladega Municipal     FTUS44 KBMX          TAFASN

In addition, this new seasonal 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 this TAF addition, please contact:

  James Stefkovich, Meteorologist-in-Charge
  Mary Keiser, Aviation Program Leader
  National Weather Service Office-Birmingham
  Calera, AL 35040
  205-664-3010

  Jim.Stefkovich@xxxxxxxx

  Mary.Keiser@xxxxxxxx

National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:

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

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