[nws-changes] 20111114: corrected TAF Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20111114: corrected TAF Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:12:16 -0700

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Technical Implementation Notice 11-45 Corrected
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
235 PM EST Mon Nov 14 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:  Corrected: 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

Corrected to include the correct WMO header: FTUS43 KLSX

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
------------                           ----------      --------
Saint Louis Downtown Airport           FTUS43 KLSX     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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