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Technical Implementation Notice 11-45
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
105 PM EDT Thu Oct 20 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 Saint Louis Downtown Airport
Effective January 11, 2012
NOTE: The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather
Wire Service subscribers
Effective Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at 0000 Universal
Coordinated Time (UTC), the NWS office at Saint Louis, MO, will
begin TAF service for Saint Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) in
Illinois. 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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Saint Louis Downtown Airport FTUS43 KCPS TAFCPS
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:
Wes Browning, Meteorologist in Charge
National Weather Service
Saint Charles, MO 63304
636-447-1876
Wes.Browning@xxxxxxxx
National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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