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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 95-20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
0200 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION USERS
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
OTHER USERS OF NWS AVIATION FORECASTS
FROM: FRED ZBAR
ACTING CHIEF, SERVICES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH
SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF AVIATION FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY: CHANGE IN
ISSUING OFFICE FROM NWSFO ST. LOUIS TO NWSO PLEASANT
HILL FOR THREE TERMINAL FORECASTS AND ONE TERMINAL
AERODROME FORECAST
(THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY CHRIS ALEX, AVIATION
SERVICES BRANCH, NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY):
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT TO NWWS USERS.
ON MAY 1 1995...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) TRANSFERRED
FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR THREE TERMINAL FORECASTS (FTS) AND
ONE TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST (TAF) FROM NWS FORECAST OFFICE
ST. LOUIS MISSOURI TO NWS OFFICE PLEASANT HILL MISSOURI.
THESE CHANGES (WHICH ARE LISTED BELOW) WILL BE TRANSPARENT TO ALL
USERS OF FTS AND TAFS INCLUDING AFOS USERS...THE FAA AND FAMILY
OF SERVICES CUSTOMERS. NONE OF THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS ARE
BEING CHANGED. NO CHANGES ARE BEING MADE TO THE AFOS
IDENTIFIERS...WMO HEADERS NOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE COLLECTIVES
IN WHICH THE FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED.
HOLDERS OF NWS OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTERS D-21 (AVIATION TERMINAL
FORECASTS) AND D-37 (INTERNATIONAL AVIATION AERODROME
FORECASTS) SHOULD MAKE PEN AND INK CHANGES TO THE APPROPRIATE
APPENDIX LISTING LOCATIONS FOR WHICH AVIATION FORECASTS ARE MADE.
EFFECTIVE AT 1700 UTC ON MAY 1 1995 - 3 FT AND 1 TAF TRANSFERS:
FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR THREE FTS AND ONE TAF WHICH WERE
PREVIOUSLY PREPARED BY NWSFO ST. LOUIS MISSOURI WERE
TRANSFERRED TO NWSO PLEASANT HILL MISSOURI. THESE FTS AND TAF
ARE:
FTS:
AIRPORT AFOS PIL LOCATION
MCI STLFTAMCI KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
MKC STLFTAMKC KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN AIRPORT
KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
STJ STLFTASTJ ROSECRANS MEMORIAL AIRPORT
ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI
TAF:
AIRPORT AFOS PIL LOCATION
KMCI STLTAFMCI KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
NWSFO ST. LOUIS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THESE
THREE FTS AND ONE TAF WHEN BACKUP IS REQUIRED BY
NWSO PLEASANT HILL.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF AVIATION
RESPONSIBILITY FROM NWSFO ST. LOUIS TO NWSO PLEASANT HILL
CONTACT:
MR. STEVE THOMAS MR. LYNN MAXIMUK
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
12 RESEARCH PARK DRIVE 1803 NORTH 7 HIGHWAY
ST. CHARLES MO 63304-5686 PLEASANT HILL MO 64080-9421
PHONE: 314-441-8467 PHONE: 816-540-4840
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