[nws-changes] 20110719: Aviation fcsts.Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20110719: Aviation fcsts.Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:55:47 -0600

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Technical Implementation Notice 11-33
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
151 PM EDT Tue Jul 19 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 Gogebic Iron County Airport
          Effective October 12, 2011

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

Effective Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at 0000 Universal
Coordinated Time (UTC), the NWS office at Marquette, MI, will
begin TAF service for Gogebic Iron County Airport (KIWD) in
Michigan.  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
------------                           ----------      --------
Gogebic Iron County Airport            FTUS43 KMQT      TAFIWD

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:

Robin Turner, Meteorologist in Charge
National Weather Service
112 Airpark Drive South
Negaunee, MI 49866-9661
906-475-5782
Robin.J.Turner@xxxxxxxx

National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:

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

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