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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 99-13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
900 AM EDT THU AUG 12 1999
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMERS
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
OTHER CUSTOMERS OF NWS AVIATION FORECASTS
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
NWS...OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF AVIATION FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY IN MAINE:
CHANGE IN ISSUING OFFICE FOR THREE TERMINAL FORECASTS
AND TWO TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT PRODUCTS...
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1 1999
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS.
EFFECTIVE AT 0400 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ ON
SEPTEMBER 1 1999...THREE TERMINAL FORECASTS /TAFS/ AND TWO
TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT /TWEBS/ PRODUCTS CURRENTLY
PREPARED BY THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE IN GRAY MAINE WILL BE
TRANSFERRED TO THE NWS OFFICE IN CARIBOU MAINE. THE
THREE TAFS AND TWO TWEBS ARE:
TAFS: AIRPORT AFOS PIL LOCATION
KBGR PWMTAFBGR BANGOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
BANGOR ME
KHUL PWMTAFHUL HOULTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
HOULTON ME
KCAR PWMTAFCAR CARIBOU MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
CARIBOU ME
TWEBS: ROUTE # AFOS PIL ANCHOR POINTS
001 PWMTWB001 KPWM-KBGR-KCAR
003 PWMTWB003 KBTV-KBGR
WHEN NWSO CARIBOU REQUIRES BACKUP...NWSFO GRAY WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THE THREE TAFS AND TWO TWEBS SHOWN
ABOVE.
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 WILL BE CHANGED. NO
CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE AFOS IDENTIFIERS...WMO HEADERS NOR
THE COMPOSITION OF THE COLLECTIVES IN WHICH THE FORECASTS ARE
CONTAINED. ALL OF THE TWEBS MENTIONED ABOVE ARE INCLUDED IN THE
COLLECTIVE FRUS31 KWBC. ALL OF THE TAFS MENTIONED ABOVE ARE IN
THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIVES...LISTED BY WMO HEADERS:
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 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 TO REFLECT
THESE TRANSFERS. 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 GRAY MAINE TO NWSO CARIBOU...CONTACT:
MR. LARRY GABRIC MR. ALBERT WHEELER
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
810 MAIN STREET P.O. BOX 1208
CARIBOU ME 04736 GRAY ME 04039-1208
PHONE: 207-496-0138 PHONE: 207-688-3221
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
AT THE FOLLOWING URL /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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