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Public Information Notice
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
110 PM EST Thu Feb 24 2011
To: NWS Offices
Federal Aviation Administration Users
Family of Services Subscribers
Other Users of NWS Aviation Forecasts
From: Cynthia Abelman
Chief, Aviation Services Branch
Subject: Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
(CCFP) Production Schedule for 2011:
Effective March 01 2011
Note: The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather
Wire subscribers
Start time for the initial 2011 CCFP is 0300 EST on Tuesday
March 1, 2011. As in the past, forecasts will be issued every
2 hours and contain a forecast valid for 2, 4 and 6 hours.
Forecasts will coincide with the ATCSCC strategic planning team
teleconferences, issued daily beginning at 0300, and concluding
at 2100 EST.
The concluding forecast for the 2011 convective season will be
issued on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1900 EDT.
CCFP production system testing will occur on February 25 and 28
2011, at 0900, 1100 and 1300 EST. Testing will include
opening the chat and transmission of null ASCII coded messages.
There will be no changes to the forecast hours, coverage
definitions, or text boxes this year.
The CCFP is available via the NWS Telecommunications Gateway
circuit in an ASCII coded text format under the following WMO
communications headers.
FAUS27 KKCI
FAUS28 KKCI
FAUS29 KKCI
Additional information on CCFP can be found at:
http://aviationweather.gov/products/ccfp/
For questions concerning the CCFP schedule or testing, contact:
Debra Blondin
Chief Domestic Operations Branch
Aviation Weather Center
Kansas City Missouri
816-584-7207
debra.blondin@xxxxxxxx
National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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