950922: one more aviation transfers of responsibility (fwd)

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• Subject: 950922: one more aviation transfers of responsibility (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 08:10:23 -0600 (MDT)

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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 95-40
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
0200 PM EDT THU SEP 21 1995

TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES
          FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION USERS
          FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
          OTHER USERS OF NWS AVIATION FORECASTS

FROM:     JOSEPH R. BOCCHIERI
          CHIEF, SERVICES EVALUATION BRANCH

SUBJECT:  TRANSFER OF AVIATION FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY:  CHANGE
          IN ISSUING OFFICE FOR TWO TERMINAL FORECASTS FROM NWSFO
          LUBBOCK...TEXAS TO NWSO AMARILLO...TEXAS

(THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY CHRIS ALEX, AVIATION
SERVICES BRANCH, NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY):

NOTE:  THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT TO NWWS USERS.

ON OCTOBER 3 1995...THE NWS WILL TRANSFER FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY
FOR TWO TERMINAL FORECASTS (FTS) WHICH ARE CURRENTLY PREPARED BY
NWSFO LUBBOCK...TEXAS TO NWSO AMARILLO...TEXAS.

THESE CHANGES WILL BE TRANSPARENT TO ALL USERS OF FTS INCLUDING
AFOS USERS...THE FAA AND FAMILY OF SERVICES CUSTOMERS.  NONE OF
THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS WILL BE CHANGED.  NO CHANGES ARE
BEING MADE TO THE AFOS IDENTIFIERS...WMO HEADERS NOR THE
COMPOSITION OF THE COLLECTIVES IN WHICH THE FORECASTS ARE
CONTAINED.

HOLDERS OF NWS OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTERS D-21 (AVIATION TERMINAL
FORECASTS) SHOULD MAKE PEN AND INK CHANGES TO APPENDIX A WHICH
LISTS LOCATIONS FOR WHICH AVIATION FORECASTS ARE MADE.

EFFECTIVE AT 0900 UTC ON OCTOBER 3...1995 - 2 FT TRANSFERS FROM
NWSFO LUBBOCK TO NWSO AMARILLO:

   FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR TWO FTS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY
   PREPARED BY NWSFO LUBBOCK WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO NWSO
   AMARILLO.  THESE FTS ARE:

   AIRPORT     AFOS PIL     LOCATION

   AMA         LBBFTAAMA    AMARILLO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
                            AMARILLO TX
   DHT         LBBFTADHT    DALHART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
                            DALHART TX

   NWSFO LUBBOCK WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THESE FTS WHEN
   BACKUP IS REQUIRED BY NWSO AMARILLO.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF AVIATION
RESPONSIBILITY FROM NWSFO LUBBOCK TO NWSO AMARILLO PLEASE
CONTACT:

   MR. ANDY ANDERSON                MR. JOSE GARCIA
   METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE          METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE         NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
   SUITE 100                        RR 3   BOX 578
   2579 SOUTH LOOP 289              AMARILLO TX  79107
   LUBBOCK TX  79423-1400
   PHONE:  (806)-745-4260           PHONE:  (806)-335-1121

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