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NOUS41 KWBC 102200
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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 98-27
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
458 PM EST TUE NOV 10 1998
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NEWS/ OFFICES
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION USERS
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
OTHER USERS OF NEWS 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 TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST
TEXT PRODUCTS...EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 23 1998
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS.
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 23 1998 AT 0800 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME
/UTC/...THE NEWS WILL TRANSFER FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR TWO
TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT /TWEB/ PRODUCTS FROM THE NEWS
FORECAST OFFICE IN PHOENIX ARIZONA TO THE NEWS OFFICE IN TUCSON
ARIZONA. THIS TRANSFER IS PART OF THE CONTINUING NEWS
MODERNIZATION AND TRANSITION. THE TWO TWEBS ARE:
ROUTE # AFOS PIL ANCHOR POINTS
393 PHXTWB393 KPHX-KTUS-KDUG
400 PHXTWB400 KTUS-KGBN
WHEN NWSO TUCSON REQUIRES BACKUP... NWSFO PHOENIX WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING TWEBS #393 AND #400.
THESE CHANGES WERE TRANSPARENT TO ALL USERS OF TWEBS INCLUDING
AFOS USERS...THE FAA AND FAMILY OF SERVICES CUSTOMERS.
NONE OF THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS WERE CHANGED. NO
CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE AFOS IDENTIFIERS...WMO HEADERS NOR
THE COMPOSITION OF THE COLLECTIVES IN WHICH THE FORECASTS ARE
CONTAINED. BOTH OF THE TWEBS MENTIONED ABOVE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTIVE FRUS31 KWBC.
HOLDERS OF NEWS OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER D-30 /TRANSCRIBED
WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT PRODUCTS/ SHOULD MAKE PEN AND INK CHANGES
TO APPENDICES A AND B...WHICH LIST ROUTES FOR WHICH TWEBS ARE
PREPARED BY THE NEWS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF THESE TWO TWEBS
FROM NWSFO PHOENIX TO NWSO TUCSON...CONTACT:
MR. TONY HAFFER MR. GLEN SAMPSON
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE PAB 500 520 N PARK AVE SUITE 304
P.O. BOX 52025 TUCSON AZ 85719
PHOENIX AZ 85072-2025 PHONE: 520-670-5156
PHONE: 602-379-4607
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