[nws-changes] 20110104: TAF Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20110104: TAF Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:30:22 -0700

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Technical Implementation Notice 11-02
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
718 AM EST Tue Jan 4 2011

TO:       National Weather Service Offices (NWS)
          Federal Aviation Administration Customers (FAA)
          Family of Service Subscribers (FOS)
          Other Customers of NWS Aviation Forecasts

FROM:     Cyndie Abelman
          Chief, Aviation Services Branch

SUBJECT:  Implementation of Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)
          Service for Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive
          Airport Effective March 23, 2011

Effective Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at 0000 Universal
Coordinated Time (UTC), the NWS office at Blacksburg, VA, will
begin TAF service for Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive Airport
(KBCB) in Virginia.  After that date, routine and updated TAFS
will be issued for this airport 24 hours a day.

NWS personnel/offices will need to add the following identifier
to their communications systems to receive the new TAF.

Airport Name                           WMO Heading     AWIPS ID
------------                           ----------      --------
Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive     FTUS41 KRNK      TAFBCB

In addition, this new TAF will be added to the existing TAF
collectives below, which are transmitted to FAA personnel and
other external users.

WMO Headings available to the following customers:

FTUS80 KWBC   Non-FAA Domestic and Family of Services
FTUS90 KWBC   FAA Weather Message Switching Center and FAA
              Facilities
FTUS52 KWBC   Global Telecommunication System Customers

Holders of NWS Procedural Instruction 10-813 (Terminal Aerodrome
Forecasts) should make appropriate additions to the appendices.

For questions regarding the TAF addition, please contact:

David Wert, Meteorologist-in-Charge
National Weather Service
Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center
1750 Forecast Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
540-552-0084
David.Wert@xxxxxxxx

National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:

 http://weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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