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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 03-19
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
450 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2003
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ CUSTOMERS
FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS
OTHER CUSTOMERS OF NWS AVIATION FORECASTS
FROM MARK ANDREWS
CHIEF...AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT NEW TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST /TAF/ SERVICE FOR
NORTHERN MAINE REGIONAL AIRPORT /KPQI/ NEAR PRESQUE
ISLE MAINE...EFFECTIVE JULY 2 2003
NOTE...THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY JULY 2 2003 AT 1800Z COORDINATED UNIVERSAL
TIME /UTC/...THE NWS OFFICE IN CARIBOU MAINE WILL BEGIN TAF
SERVICE FOR NORTHERN MAINE REGIONAL AIRPORT /KPQI/ NEAR PRESQUE
ISLE MAINE. BOTH ROUTINE AND UPDATED TAFS WILL BE ISSUED FOR
THIS AIRPORT.
NWS PERSONNEL NEED TO ADD THE FOLLOWING IDENTIFIER TO THEIR
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS TO RECEIVE THE NEW TAF:
AIRPORT WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
NORTHERN MAINE REGIONAL FTUS41 KCAR TAFPQI
PRESQUE ISLE ME
IN ADDITION...THE NEW TAF WILL BE ADDED TO ALL THREE OF THE
FOLLOWING EXISTING TAF COLLECTIVES...WHICH ARE TRANSMITTED TO
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ PERSONNEL AND OTHER
EXTERNAL USERS:
WMO HEADINGS 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 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM CUSTOMERS
HOLDERS OF NWS INSTRUCTION 10-813 /TERMINAL AERODROME FORECASTS/
SHOULD MAKE APPROPRIATE ADDITIONS TO THE APPENDICES.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TAF ADDITION...PLEASE
CONTACT:
LARRY GABRIC
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
810 MAIN STREET
CARIBOU MAINE 04736
PHONE 207-492-0170
E:MAIL LARRY.GABRIC@xxxxxxxx
OR
JASON FRANKLIN
MESOSCALE METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
EASTERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
630 JOHNSON AVENUE
BOHEMIA NEW YORK 11716
PHONE 631-244-0125
E-MAIL JASON.FRANKLIN@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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