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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 99-12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
900 AM EDT WED AUG 4 1999
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF
SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS...FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
EMPLOYEES...AND OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
FM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF-INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
SUBJECT: RESTORATION OF TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST ROUTES IN
UTAH...EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1 1999
NOTE TO NWWS SUBSCRIBERS: THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT TO
NWWS SUBSCRIBERS.
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1 AT 0000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME /UTC/...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICE IN SALT
LAKE CITY UTAH WILL RESUME ISSUING TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST
/TWEB/ FORECASTS FOR THE SIX ROUTES SHOWN BELOW. STANDARD TWEB
FORECASTS FOR THESE ROUTES HAD BEEN SUSPENDED AND REPLACED WITH
AREA TWEBS DURING A TEST PERIOD WHICH BEGAN IN NOVEMBER 1997.
DURING THE TEST PERIOD...TWEB ROUTES 380 AND 386 CONTAINED TWEB
AREA FORECASTS FOR NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN UTAH...RESPECTIVELY. THE
REMAINING ROUTES...TWEB 312...313...381...AND 382...REFERRED THE
CUSTOMER TO ONE OF THE TWO UTAH AREA TWEB FORECASTS. THE
CUSTOMER RESPONSE TO THE TEST WAS MIXED. THE MAIN OBJECTION TO
THE TEST CONCEPT WAS THAT MOST OF THE SUSPENDED TWEB ROUTES HAD
ANCHOR POINTS OUTSIDE OF UTAH WHERE AREA TWEB FORECASTS WERE NOT
AVAILABLE. THEREFORE...EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1 1999...THE SIX TWEB
ROUTE FORECASTS IN UTAH WILL BE RESTORED TO THEIR ORIGINAL
FORMAT...AS SHOWN BELOW.
TWEB
ROUTE CURRENT TWEB RESTORED TWEB
NUMBER CONTENTS ANCHOR POINTS
312 SEE TWEB #380 KSLC-KVEL
313 SEE TWEB #380 AND #386 KRKS-KVEL-KPUC-KPGA
380 UTAH N OF 39 DEGS N LAT KSLC-KOGD-KRKS
381 SEE TWEB #380 KSLC-KPVU-KGJT
382 SEE TWEB #380 AND #386 KSLC-KMLF-KCDC-KLAS
386 UTAH S OF 39 DEGS N LAT KLAS-KBCE-KGJT
THE RESTORATION OF THE SIX TWEB ROUTES WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY
ACTION FROM NWS PERSONNEL...FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/
PERSONNEL OR OTHER CUSTOMERS. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES IN THE
COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL...AFOS IDENTIFIERS...WMO HEADERS...NOR
COLLECTIVES IN WHICH THE TWEBS ARE CONTAINED. HOLDERS OF WEATHER
SERVICE OPERATIONS MANUAL /WSOM/ CHAPTER D-30 /TRANSCRIBED
WEATHER BROADCASTS/ ARE NOT REQUIRED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE
LIST OF TWEB ROUTES IN APPENDICES A AND B.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CHANGES IN TWEB SERVICE
FROM NWSFO SALT LAKE CITY...PLEASE CONTACT:
MR. WILLIAM ALDER
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
2242 W NORTH TEMPLE
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84116
PHONE: 801-524-5154
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
AT THE FOLLOWING URL /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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