20040802: Aviation Center backup-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20040802: Aviation Center backup-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 13:39:30 -0600

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NOUS41 KWBC 021847
PNSWSH

TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-40
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
245 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004

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
      NWS...OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES

SUBJECT:BACKUP OF AVIATION WEATHER CENTER PRODUCTS
      SCHEDULED FROM 2000 UTC ON AUG 18 2004 UNTIL
     0400 UTC ON AUG 19 2004

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

ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 18 2004 FROM 2000 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL
TIME /UTC/ UNTIL 0400 UTC ON AUGUST 19 2004...THE AIR FORCE
WEATHER AGENCY /AFWA/ AT OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE WILL
ASSUME...IN A PLANNED BACKUP TEST...ADVISORY AND WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SIGMETS AND AIRMETS/SIERRA...
ZULU...TANGO/ IN THE BOSTON... MIAMI...FORT WORTH...
CHICAGO...SALT LAKE CITY AND SAN FRANCISCO AREA FORECAST
/FA/ REGIONS...WHICH ARE NORMALLY PREPARED BY THE AVIATION
WEATHER CENTER /AWC/.

DURING THE BACKUP TEST...A FORECASTER AT THE AWC IN KANSAS
CITY WILL BE COORDINATING CLOSELY WITH THE AFWA FORECASTER.
AWC WILL BE ABLE TO RESUME FORECASTING SERVICES OR INTERVENE
ANYTIME DURING THE TEST IF NECESSARY.

DURING THE BACKUP TEST...THE AREA FORECAST /FA/ WILL BE
PREPARED AND TRANSMITTED BY FORECASTERS ON DUTY AT AWC.

THE AFWA WILL PREPARE AND ISSUE THE FOLLOWING AVIATION
ADVISORIES...

  CONVECTIVE SIGMETS...WMO HEADERS WSUS40 KMKC...WSUS41
  MKMC...WSUS42 KMKC

  AIRMETS S...WMO HEADERS WAUS1 KBOS KMIA KFTW KCHI KSLC
  AND KSFO
  AIRMETS T...WMO HEADERS WAUS1 KBOS KMIA KFTW KCHI KSLC
  AND KSFO
  AIRMETS Z...WMO HEADERS WAUS1 KBOS KMIA KFTW KCHI KSLC
  AND KCHI

  NON-CONVECTIVE SIGMETS...WMO HEADERS WSUS1 KBOS KMIA KFTW
  KCHI KSLC AND KSFO.

A REMINDER MESSAGE WILL BE APPENDED TO THE AREA FORECASTS
ISSUED ON THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT THE NIGHT BEFORE THE TEST
BEGINS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS AWC BACK-UP
TEST...PLEASE CONTACT:

  FRED R. JOHNSON
  CHIEF DOMESTIC OPERATIONS BRANCH
  AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
  KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
  PHONE:  816-584-7204
  E-MAIL: FRED.JOHNSON@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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