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Technical Implementation Notice 11-24
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
412 PM EDT Thu Jun 9 2011
TO: National Weather Service Offices (NWS)
Federal Aviation Administration Customers (FAA)
Family of Service Subscribers (FOS)
Other Customers of NWS Aviation Forecasts
FROM: Cyndie Abelman
Chief, Aviation Services Branch
SUBJECT: Implementation of Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)
Service for Punta Gorda Regional Airport and Lakeland
Linder Regional Airport Effective October 20, 2011
Effective Thursday, October 20, 2011, at 1200 Universal
Coordinated Time (UTC), the NWS office at Ruskin FL, will
begin TAF service for Punta Gorda Regional Airport (KPGD)in
Punta Gorda, FL, and for Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (KLAL)
in Lakeland, FL. After that date, routine and updated TAFs will
be issued for this airport 24 hours a day.
NWS personnel/offices will need to add the following identifier
to their communications systems to receive the new TAF.
Airport Name WMO Heading AWIPS ID
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Punta Gorda Regional FTUS42 KTBW TAFPGD
Lakeland Linder Regional FTUS42 KTBW TAFLAL
In addition, these new TAFs will be added to the existing TAF
collectives below, which are transmitted to 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 Telecommunication System Customers
Holders of NWS Procedural Instruction 10-813 (Terminal Aerodrome
Forecasts) should make appropriate additions to the appendices.
For questions regarding the TAF addition, please contact either:
Brian LaMarre, Meteorologist-in-Charge
Richard Rudy, Aviation Program Manager
National Weather Service
Ruskin, FL 33570
813-645-4111
Brian.Lamarre@xxxxxxxx
Richard.Rudy@xxxxxxxx
National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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