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Technical Implementation Notice 13-21
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
145 PM EDT Thu Aug 1 2013
TO: National Weather Service (NWS) Offices
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Customers
Family of Services (FOS) Subscribers
Other Customers of NWS Aviation Forecasts
FROM: Cyndie Abelman
Chief, NWS Aviation Branch
SUBJECT: Alaska Aviation Weather Unit to Issue Area
Forecast 3 times Per Day Effective October 15, 2013
The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather Wire Service
subscribers.
Effective 700 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT), 1500 Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC) October 15, 2013 the Alaska Aviation Weather
Unit will begin issuing Area Forecasts 3 times per day.
The new issuance times will be 415 AM, 1215 PM, and 815 PM Local
Alaska Time, or 0515 UTC, 1315, and 2115 UTC during standard time
and 0415, 1215, and 2015 UTC during daylight savings time. The
main body of the Area Forecast will continue to cover 12 hours
from the initial issuance and also include a 12 to 18 hour
outlook.
The Area Forecast WMO headers impacted are:
FAAK47AWU
FAAK48AWU
FAAK49AWU
FAAK57AWU
FAAK58AWU
FAAK59AWU
FAAK68AWU
For questions regarding this change, please contact
Don Moore
National Weather Service Alaska Aviation Weather Unit
Anchorage, AK 99502
Phone: 907-266-5116
Email: donald.moore@xxxxxxxx
National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm
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