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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 99-07
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1250 PM EDT FRI APR 30 1999
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF SERVICES
SUBSCRIBERS...FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES...
AND OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF-INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
SUBJECT: CHANGE IN TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST (TAF) SERVICE AT
SANTA ANA /KSNA/
..NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT ON NWWS SUBSCRIBERS...
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10 1999 AT 0000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME /U.C./...THE NWS OFFICE IN SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA EXTENDED TAF
SERVICE FOR JOHN WAYNE-ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT /KSNA/ IN SANTA ANA TO
24 HOUR COVERAGE. BOTH ROUTINE AND UPDATED TAFS...WHICH HAD
PREVIOUSLY BEEN ISSUED ON A PART-TIME BASIS...ARE NOW ISSUED 24 HOURS
A DAY.
THIS CHANGE DID NOT REQUIRE ANY ACTION FROM NWS PERSONNEL... FEDERAL
AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ PERSONNEL OR EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS.
THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL...INCLUDING AFOS
IDENTIFIERS...WMO HEADERS...AND COLLECTIVES IN WHICH THE TAF IS
CONTAINED. IN ADDITION...HOLDERS OF WSOM CHAPTER D-31 /AVIATION
TERMINAL FORECASTS/ ARE NOT REQUIRED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO
APPENDICES.
THE NWS APOLOGIZES FOR THE LATE NOTIFICATION OF THIS CHANGE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CHANGE IN TAF SERVICE AT
KSNA...PLEASE CONTACT:
MR. ARMANDO GARZA
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
11440 W BERNARDO COURT
SUITE 230
SAND DIEGO CA 92127-1643
PHONE: 619-675-8700
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