20021008: quarterly aviation backup

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• Subject: 20021008: quarterly aviation backup
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 06:19:20 -0600

NOUS41 KWBC 042004
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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 02-23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
410 PM EDT FRI OCT 4 2002

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

FROM:     MARK ANDREWS
         CHIEF...AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  QUARTERLY AVIATION BACKUP TEST PLANNED SCHEDULED FROM
         2000 UTC ON OCTOBER 16 2002 UNTIL 0400 UTC ON
         OCTOBER 17 2002

NOTE:  THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SUBSCRIBERS...

ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 16 2002...THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/
KANSAS CITY MISSOURI WILL CONDUCT ITS QUARTERLY SERVICE BACKUP
TEST FROM 2000 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ OCTOBER 16 UNTIL
0400 UTC OCTOBER 17 2002.

THE AIR FORCE WEATHER AGENCY /AFWA/ AT OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE WILL
ASSUME FORECAST AND WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SIGMETS AND
AIRMETS /SIERRA...ZULU...TANGO/ IN THE BOSTON...MIAMI...
FORT WORTH...CHICAGO...SALT LAKE CITY AND SAN FRANCISCO FA
AREAS...WHICH ARE NORMALLY PREPARED BY THE AWC.  IN ACCORDANCE
WITH PUBLISHED BACKUP PROCEDURES...CONVECTIVE SIGMETS WILL NOT BE
ISSUED DURING THE PERIOD THAT AFWA IS PROVIDING AWC BACKUP.
INFORMATION FOR AREAS OF ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ISSUED AS
SIGMETS FOR CONVECTION IN NON-CONVECTIVE SIGMET FORMAT.  NO AREA
FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE BOSTON...MIAMI...
FORT WORTH...CHICAGO...SALT LAKE CITY AND SAN FRANCISCO FA AREAS
BETWEEN 2000 UTC AND 0400 UTC.  EVENING FAS WILL BE ISSUED AT
0400 UTC.

A REMINDER MESSAGE WILL BE APPENDED TO ALL AWC ALPHANUMERIC
PRODUCTS ON THE EVENING AND MIDNIGHT SHIFT THE NIGHT BEFORE THE
BACKUP TEST BEGINS.

ALSO THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER...THE ALASKAN AVIATION WEATHER
UNIT...THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER...AND THE HONOLULU FORECAST
OFFICE WILL CONDUCT QUARTERLY BACKUP TESTING OF METEOROLOGICAL
WATCH OFFICE PRODUCTS FROM 2000 UTC ON OCTOBER 16 UNTIL 0400 UTC
ON OCTOBER 17 2002.

THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER WILL ASSUME FORECAST AND WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SIGMETS...AIRMETS...AREA FORECAST AND
ROFORS FOR THE HONOLULU FORECAST OFFICE MWO AREA OF
RESPONSIBILITY.

THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER WILL ASSUME WARNING RESPONSIBILITY OF
THE ALASKAN AVIATION WEATHER UNIT MWO AREA FOR VOLCANIC ASH
SIGMETS AT ALL ALTITUDES AND ROUTINE SIGMETS AT ALTITUDES ABOVE
FLIGHT LEVEL 20000 FT.

THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER TROPICAL ANALYSIS AND FORECAST
BRANCH WILL ASSUME FORECAST AND WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
SIGMETS AND WEATHER WATCH OF FACA20 KKCI AND FAGX20 KKCI OVER THE
FLIGHT INFORMATION REGIONS OF THE NEW YORK OCEANIC FIR...THE
SAN JUAN OCEANIC FIR...THE MIAMI ATLANTIC FIR...THE MIAMI GULF OF
MEXICO FIR...AND THE HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR.  THE FACA FOR 2130 UTC
WILL BE ISSUED AT 2000 UTC FROM AVIATION WEATHER CENTER.

THE HONOLULU HAWAII FORECAST OFFICE WILL ASSUME WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SIGMETS FOR THE TWO OAKLAND OCEANIC FIRS THAT
ARE NORMALLY UNDER THE WEATHER WATCH OF THE AVIATION WEATHER
CENTER IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE AVIATION BACKUP TEST...
CONTACT:

    JAMES H. HENDERSON
    DEPUTY DIRECTOR...AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
    PHONE:  816-584-7203 X 203
    E-MAIL: JAMES.H.HENDERSON@xxxxxxxx

    ELLIOTT BARSKE
    METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
    ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT
    PHONE:  907-266-5116
    E-MAIL: ELLIOTT.BARSKE@xxxxxxxx

    JAMES C. WEYMAN
    METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE...HONOLULU, HAWAII
    PHONE:  808-973-5270
    E-MAIL: JAMES.WEYMAN@xxxxxxxx

    CHRISTOPHER A. BURR
    CHIEF...TROPICAL ANALYSIS AND FORECAST BRANCH
    PHONE:  305-229-4430
    E-MAIL: CHRISTOPHER.A.BURR@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/:

  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm

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