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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 98-26
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
450 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 ONE TERMINAL FORECAST AND ONE
TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT PRODUCT...
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 30 1998
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS.
ON OCTOBER 30 1998...THE NEWS TRANSFERRED FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ONE TERMINAL FORECAST /TAF/ AND ONE TRANSCRIBED WEATHER
BROADCAST TEXT /TWEB/ PRODUCT FROM THE NEWS FORECAST OFFICE IN
PHOENIX ARIZONA TO THE NEWS OFFICE IN FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA. THIS
TRANSFER IS PART OF THE CONTINUING NEWS MODERNIZATION AND
TRANSITION. THE TAF AND THE TWEB ARE:
TAF: AIRPORT AFOS PIL LOCATION
KFLG PHXTAFFLG PULLIAM AIRPORT
FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA
TWEB: ROUTE # AFOS PIL ANCHOR POINTS
399 PHXTWB399 KPHX-KFLG
THE TAF TRANSFER BECAME EFFECTIVE AT 1130 UTC AND THE TWEB
TRANSFER BECAME EFFECTIVE AT 1330 UTC ON OCTOBER 30 1998.
WHEN NWSO FLAGSTAFF REQUIRES BACKUP... NWSFO PHOENIX WILL
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THE PULLIAM AIRPORT TAF AND TWEB
#399.
THESE CHANGES WERE TRANSPARENT TO ALL USERS OF TAFS AND 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. TWEB ROUTE #399 CONTINUES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE
COLLECTIVE FRUS31 KWBC. THE PULLIAM AIRPORT TAF CONTINUES TO BE
INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIVES...UNDER THE WORLD
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADERS LISTED BELOW:
WMO HEADERS 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 NEWS 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...WHICH
LIST LOCATIONS FOR WHICH TERMINAL AND TWEB ROUTES ARE PREPARED BY
THE NEWS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF AVIATION
RESPONSIBILITY FROM NWSFO PHOENIX TO NWSO FLAGSTAFF...CONTACT:
MR. TONY HAFFER MR. MICHAEL CAMPBELL
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE PAB 500 P.O. BOX 16057
P.O. BOX 52025 BELLEMONT AZ 86015-6057
PHOENIX AZ 85072-2025 PHONE: 520-556-9161
PHONE: 602-379-4607
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