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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 98-14 ...REPEAT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1998
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION USERS
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS OTHER USERS OF NWS
AVIATION FORECASTS
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
NWS...OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF AVIATION FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY: CHANGE
IN ISSUING OFFICE FOR TWO TERMINAL FORECASTS AND ONE
TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT PRODUCTS...
EFFECTIVE JULY 29 1998
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT TO NWWS USERS.
ON JULY 29 1998...THE NWS WILL TRANSFER FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY
FOR SEVERAL TERMINAL FORECASTS /TAF/ AND TRANSCRIBED WEATHER
BROADCAST TEXT /TWEB/ PRODUCTS FROM ONE NWS OFFICE TO ANOTHER AS
PART OF THE CONTINUING NWS MODERNIZATION AND TRANSITION. THE
DETAILED CHANGES ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.
THESE CHANGES WILL BE TRANSPARENT TO ALL USERS OF TAFS AND TWEBS
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. ALL OF THE TAFS MENTIONED BELOW ARE INCLUDED IN THE
COLLECTIVE FTUS90 KWBC. ALL OF THE TWEBS MENTIONED BELOW ARE
INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTIVE FRUS31 KWBC.
ON JULY 29 1998...THE NWS WILL TRANSFER FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ONE TAF AND ONE TWEB ROUTE CURRENTLY PREPARED BY NWS FORECAST
OFFICE /NWSFO/ CHICAGO ILLINOIS AND ONE TAF CURRENTLY PREPARED BY
NWSFO INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA TO NWS OFFICE /NWSO/ NORTHERN INDIANA.
THESE TAFS AND THE TWEB ARE:
TAFS: AIRPORT AFOS PIL LOCATION
KSBN INDTAFSBN MICHIANA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CENTER
AIRPORT
SOUTH BEND INDIANA
KFWA INDTAFFWA FORT WAYNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
FORT WAYNE INDIANA
TWEB: ROUTE # AFOS PIL ANCHOR POINTS
308 INDTWB308 KIND-KSBN
THE TAF TRANSFERS BECOME EFFECTIVE AT 0600 UTC ON JULY 29 1998
AND THE TWEB TRANSFER IS EFFECTIVE AT 0800 UTC ON THE SAME DATE.
WHEN BACKUP IS REQUIRED BY NWSO NORTHERN INDIANA...NWSFO
INDIANAPOLIS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THE SOUTH BEND AND
FORT WAYNE TAFS AND TWEB #308.
HOLDERS OF NWS OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTERS D-31 /AVIATION TERMINAL
FORECASTS/ AND D-30 /TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT PRODUCTS/
SHOULD MAKE PEN AND INK CHANGES TO APPENDICES A AND B.
APPENDICES A AND B OF D-31 LIST LOCATIONS FOR WHICH TERMINAL
FORECASTS ARE PREPARED BY THE NWS. APPENDICES A AND B OF D-30
LIST ROUTES FOR WHICH TWEBS ARE PREPARED BY THE NWS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF AVIATION
RESPONSIBILITY FROM NWSFO CHICAGO OR NWSFO INDIANAPOLIS TO NWSO
NORTHERN INDIANA...PLEASE CONTACT:
MR. PAUL DAILEY MR.JOHN CURRAN
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
333 WEST UNIVERSITY DRIVE 6900 WEST HANNA AVENUE
ROMEOVILLE IL 60446 INDIANAPOLIS IN 46241-9526
PHONE: 815-834-1435 PHONE: 317-856-0664
MR. MICHAEL SABONES
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 7550 E850N
SYRACUSE IN 46567
PHONE: 219-834-5182
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