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Technical Implementation Notice 12-03
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1110 AM EST Fri Dec 6 2012
TO: National Weather Service Offices (NWS)
Federal Aviation Administration Customers (FAA)
Family of Services Subscriber (FOS)
Other Customers of NWS Aviation Forecasts
FROM: Cyndie Abelman
Chief, Aviation Services Branch
SUBJECT: 2012 Collaborative Convective Forecast Product (CCFP)
Production Schedule Effective March 01, 2012
NOTE: The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather
Wire Service subscribers
Start time for the initial 2012 CCFP is 0300 EST on Thursday,
March 1, 2012. CCFP forecasts will be issued daily beginning at
0300 and concluding at 2100 Eastern Time. Forecasts will be
issued every 2 hours and contain a forecast valid for 2, 4 and 6
hours. These forecasts will coincide with the ATCSCC Strategic
Planning Team telcons.
The concluding forecast for the 2012 convective season will be
made Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 1900 EDT.
CCFP Production System testing will occur on February 28 and 29,
2012 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 (use lowercase):
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, MO 64153-2371
816-584-7207
Debra.Blondin@xxxxxxxx
National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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