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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 00-23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
230 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2000
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS OF AVIATION
FORECASTS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: MARK ANDREWS...CHIEF-AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH
NWS OFFICE OF CLIMATE...WATER...AND WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: CHANGE IN TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST /TAF/ SERVICE AT
NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT /KVGT/
...THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS...
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 11 2000 AT 0000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME /UTC/...THE NWS OFFICE IN LAS VEGAS NEVADA WILL EXTEND TAF
SERVICE FOR NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT /KVGT/ TO 24 HOUR COVERAGE.
BOTH ROUTINE AND UPDATED TAFS...WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ISSUED
ON A PART-TIME BASIS...WILL NOW BE ISSUED 24 HOURS A DAY.
THIS CHANGE WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY ACTION FROM NWS PERSONNEL...
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ PERSONNEL OR EXTERNAL
CUSTOMERS. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE COMMUNICATION
PROTOCOL...INCLUDING NINE-CHARACTER PIL IDENTIFIERS...WMO
HEADERS...NOR COLLECTIVES IN WHICH THE TAF IS CONTAINED. IN
ADDITION...HOLDERS OF WSOM CHAPTER D-31 /AVIATION TERMINAL
FORECASTS/ ARE NOT REQUIRED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO APPENDICES.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE CHANGES IN TAF
SERVICE...PLEASE CONTACT:
MR. LARRY JENSEN
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
7851 INDUSTRIAL ROAD
LAS VEGAS NV 89139
PHONE 702-263-9744 X 222
E-MAIL: LARRY.JENSEN@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON
THE INTERNET /USE LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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