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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-36
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1030 AM EDT WED JULY 14 2004
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA
WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
/EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND
PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: MARK ANDREWS
CHIEF...AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH
OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF TAF AND SIGMET PRODUCTION BETWEEN
WFO HONOLULU AND GUAM...EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 29 2004
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 29 2004 AT 0000 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
/UTC/...SEPTEMBER 28 2004 AT 8 PM EASTERN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
TIME...2 PM HAWAII STANDARD TIME...SEPTEMBER 29 2004 AT 10 AM
CHAMORRO STANDARD TIME...PRODUCT ISSUANCE RESPONSIBILITY WILL
CHANGE BETWEEN WFO HONOLULU AND WFO GUAM. THE PRODUCTS INVOLVED
WILL BE THE TRANSFER OF TERMINAL AERODROME FORECASTS /TAFS/ WEST
OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE FROM WFO HONOLULU TO WFO GUAM AND
TRANSFER OF SIGNIFICANT METEOROLOGICAL /SIGMET/ AREAS FROM WFO
GUAM TO WFO HONOLULU.
THE RESULT OF THE TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBITIES WILL LEAVE WFO
HONOLULU AS A METEOROLOGICAL WATCH OFFICE /MWO/ WITH WFO GUAM
LOSING THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION /ICAO/ MWO
DESIGNATION.
TABLE 1: CONTAINS A LISTING OF TERMINAL AERODROME FORECASTS
/TAFS/ WHICH WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM WFO HONOLULU TO WFO
GUAM...THE AWIPS ID...THE OLD AND NEW WMO HEADERS...AND THE
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION.
AWIPS ID OLD NEW PRODUCT
WMO HEADER WMO HEADER DESCRIPTION
TAFKWA FTPA31 PHFO FTPQ31 PGUM KWAJALEIN ISLAND TAF
TAFKMJ FTPA31 PHFO FTPQ31 PGUM MAJURO TAF
TAFTSA FTPA31 PHFO FTPQ31 PGUM KOSRAE TAF
USERS OF NWS AVIATION TAFS ORIGINATING FROM HAWAII MUST UPDATE
THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DIRECTORIES TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
THESE PRODUCTS.
TABLE 2: DESCRIBES THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR SIGMETS WITHIN
THE OAKLAND FLIGHT INFORMATION REGION /FIR/ FOR WFO HONOLULU AND
WFO GUAM PRIOR TO AND AFTER THE TRANSFER OF DUTIES.
SIGMET AREA PRIOR TO SIGMET AREA AFTER
200 PM HST 200 PM HST
SEPTEMBER 28 2004 SEPTEMBER 28 2004
WFO GUAM: OAKLAND FIR NONE
WEST OF 160E
WFO HONOLULU: OAKLAND FIR OAKLAND FIR
SOUTH OF 30N AND SOUTH OF 30N AND
EAST OF 160E AND WEST OF 140W
WEST OF 140W
TABLE 3 CONTAINS CURRENT WMO HEADERS AND AWIPS IDS FOR SIGMETS
FOR THE PORTION OF THE OAKLAND FIR FOR WHICH WFO GUAM IS
CURRENTLY RESPONSIBLE AND WMO HEADERS AND AWIPS IDS FOR THAT
PORTION OF THE FIR AFTER RESPONSIBILITY IS TRANSFERRED FROM WFO
GUAM TO WFO HONOLULU.
THE NUMBERS ARE INCLUSIVE /EXAMPLE: XXXX31-XXXX35 MEANS XXXX31...
XXXX32...XXXX33...XXXX34 AND XXXX35/.
CURRENT WMO HEADERS CURRENT AWIPS ID
WCPQ31 PGUM - WCPQ35 PGUM WSTPQ1 - WSTPQ5
WSPQ31 PGUM - WSPQ35 PGUM SIGPQ1 - SIGPQ5
WVPQ31 PGUM - WVPQ35 PGUM WSVPQ1 - WSVPQ5
NEW WMO HEADERS NEW AWIPS ID
WCPA31 PHFO - WCPA35 PHFO WSTPC1 - WSTPC5
WSPA31 PHFO - WSPA35 PHFO SIGPS1 - SIGPS5
WVPA20 PHFO - WVPA21 PHFO WSVPA1 - WSVPA2
FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE CHANGES...PLEASE CONTACT:
JOEL CLINE
DISSEMINATION MANAGER
PACIFIC REGION HEADQUARTERS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
HONOLULU HI
PHONE 808.532.641
EMAIL JOEL.CLINE@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF/HTM
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