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Technical Implementation Notice 11-23
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 Space Coast Regional Airport, St. Lucie
County International Airport (IAP), and for Martin
County Airport/Witham Field on September 27, 2011
Effective Tuesday, September 27, 2011, at 1200 Universal
Coordinated Time (UTC), the NWS office in Melbourne FL, will
begin TAF service for Space Coast Regional Airport (KTIX) near
Titusville, FL; St. Lucie County International Airport (KFPR)
near Fort Pierce, FL; and Martin County Airport/Witham Field
(KSUA), Stuart, FL. After that date, routine and updated TAFS
will be issued for these airports 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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Space Coast Regional FTUS42 KMLB TAFTIX
St. Lucie County IAP FTUS42 KMLB TAFFPR
Martin County Witham Field FTUS42 KMLB TAFSUA
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:
Bart Hagemeyer, Meteorologist-in-Charge
Tony Cristaldi, Aviation Program Manager
National Weather Service
Melbourne, FL 32935
321-255-0212
Bart.Hagemeyer@xxxxxxxx
Tony.Cristaldi@xxxxxxxx
National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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