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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 01-04
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1215 PM EST THU JAN 25 2001
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS OF AVIATION
FORECASTS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: MARK ANDREWS...CHIEF
AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: CHANGE IN TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST /TAF/ SERVICE AT
NEEDLES CALIFORNIA /KEED/...EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 8 2001
...THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS...
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8 2001 AT 0000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME /UTC/...THE NWS OFFICE IN LAS VEGAS NEVADA WILL EXTEND TAF
SERVICE FOR NEEDLES AIRPORT /KEED/ IN NEEDLES CALIFORNIA TO
24 HOUR COVERAGE. BOTH ROUTINE AND UPDATED TAFS...WHICH HAD
PREVIOUSLY BEEN ISSUED ON A PART-TIME BASIS...WILL NOW BE ISSUED
24 HOURS A DAY.
THIS CHANGE WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY ACTION FROM NWS PERSONNEL...
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ PERSONNEL OR EXTERNAL
CUSTOMERS. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE COMMUNICATION
PROTOCOL...INCLUDING NINE-CHARACTER PIL IDENTIFIERS...WMO
HEADERS...NOR 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.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE CHANGES IN TAF
SERVICE...PLEASE CONTACT:
LARRY JENSEN
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
7851 INDUSTRIAL RD
LAS VEGAS NV 89139
PHONE: 702 263-9744 X 222
E-MAIL: LARRY.JENSEN@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS NOTIFICATION MESSAGES ARE AVAILABLE ON
THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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