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NATIONAL TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION MESSAGE 97-26
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
400 PM EDT FRI SEPT 19 1997
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: BACKUP TEST OF AVIATION WEATHER CENTER PRODUCTS
SCHEDULED SEPTEMBER 24 1997 BETWEEN 1200 AND 2000 UTC
...THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS...
ON SEPTEMBER 24 1997...THE AIR FORCE GLOBAL WEATHER CENTER
/AFGWC/ AT OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE IN NEBRASKA WILL ASSUME...IN A
PLANNED BACKUP TEST...FORECAST AND WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
NON-CONVECTIVE PRODUCTS IN THE BOSTON FA AREA WHICH ARE NORMALLY
PREPARED BY THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/. THE BACKUP WILL
TAKE PLACE DURING THE DAY SHIFT... FROM 1200 UTC UNTIL 2000 UTC
/0700 CDT UNTIL 1500 CDT/.
DURING THE BACKUP TEST...AN AWC FORECASTER WILL BE ON DUTY AT
AFGWC. IN ADDITION...AN AWC FORECASTER AT THE AWC IN KANSAS CITY
WILL ALSO BE COORDINATING CLOSELY WITH THE AFGWC FORECASTERS. AWC
WILL BE ABLE TO RESUME FORECAST SERVICES OR INTERVENE ANYTIME
DURING THE TEST IF NECESSARY.
BETWEEN 12000 UTC AND 2000 UTC...THE AFGWC WILL PREPARE AND ISSUE
AIRMET "S" /AFOS IDENTIFIER MKCWA1S; WMO HEADER WAUS1 KBOS/ AND
ANY ADDITIONAL AIRMETS/SIGMETS AS REQUIRED FOR THE EIGHT HOUR
PERIOD. CONVECTIVE SIGMETS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED FROM AWC
AS USUAL. THE BOSTON AREA FORECAST /AFOS IDENTIFIER:
MKCFA1W...WMO HEADER FAUS5 KBOS/ SCHEDULED FOR 1745 UTC WILL BE
PREPARED BY THE AWC FORECASTER AT THE AWC BUT WILL NOT BE ISSUED
UNTIL 2000 UTC OR 3:00 P.M. CDT...AFTER THE BACKUP TEST HAS BEEN
COMPLETED.
A REMINDER MESSAGE WILL BE APPENDED TO THE BOSTON AREA FORECAST
ISSUED ON THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT THE NIGHT BEFORE THE TEST BEGINS.
IN MID-OCTOBER.../EXACT DATE TO BE DETERMINED/...A MORE EXTENSIVE
AWC BACKUP TEST BY THE AFGWC WILL BE CONDUCTED. AT THAT
TIME...AFGWC WILL AGAIN ISSUE ALL THE PRODUCTS FOR THE BOSTON FA
AREA...INCLUDING THE CONVECTIVE PRODUCTS...IN A BACK UP MODE FOR
AN ENTIRE 24 HOUR PERIOD. MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THAT TEST
WILL BE PROVIDED IN A FUTURE NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION
MESSAGE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE AWC BACKUP
TEST...CONTACT
JAMES H. HENDERSON
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
816-426-3427 X 226
E-MAIL: JAMES.H.HENDERSON@xxxxxxxx
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