980710: Transfer of Aviation Fcst Responsibility

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• Subject: 980710: Transfer of Aviation Fcst Responsibility
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 13:25:11 -0600 (MDT)

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NOUS42 KWBC 101827
     
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 98-14 ...REPEAT... 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1998
     
TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES               
          FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION USERS               
          FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS OTHER USERS OF NWS 
          AVIATION FORECASTS
     
FROM:     THERESE Z. PIERCE
          CHIEF...INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE 
          NWS...OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
     
SUBJECT:  TRANSFER OF AVIATION FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY:  CHANGE   
          IN ISSUING OFFICE FOR TWO TERMINAL FORECASTS AND ONE    
          TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT PRODUCTS... 
          EFFECTIVE JULY 29 1998
     
NOTE:  THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT TO NWWS USERS.
     
ON JULY 29 1998...THE NWS WILL TRANSFER FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY 
FOR SEVERAL TERMINAL FORECASTS /TAF/ AND TRANSCRIBED WEATHER 
BROADCAST TEXT /TWEB/ PRODUCTS FROM ONE NWS OFFICE TO ANOTHER AS 
PART OF THE CONTINUING NWS MODERNIZATION AND TRANSITION.  THE 
DETAILED CHANGES ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.
     
THESE CHANGES WILL BE TRANSPARENT TO ALL USERS OF TAFS AND TWEBS 
INCLUDING AFOS USERS...THE FAA AND FAMILY OF SERVICES CUSTOMERS. 
NONE OF THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS ARE BEING CHANGED.  NO 
CHANGES ARE BEING MADE TO THE AFOS IDENTIFIERS...WMO HEADERS NOR 
THE COMPOSITION OF THE COLLECTIVES IN WHICH THE FORECASTS ARE 
CONTAINED.  ALL OF THE TAFS MENTIONED BELOW ARE INCLUDED IN THE 
COLLECTIVE FTUS90 KWBC.  ALL OF THE TWEBS MENTIONED BELOW ARE 
INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTIVE FRUS31 KWBC.
     
ON JULY 29 1998...THE NWS WILL TRANSFER FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY 
FOR ONE TAF AND ONE TWEB ROUTE CURRENTLY PREPARED BY NWS FORECAST 
OFFICE /NWSFO/ CHICAGO ILLINOIS AND ONE TAF CURRENTLY PREPARED BY 
NWSFO INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA TO NWS OFFICE /NWSO/ NORTHERN INDIANA. 
THESE TAFS AND THE TWEB ARE:
     
TAFS:  AIRPORT   AFOS PIL    LOCATION     
       KSBN      INDTAFSBN   MICHIANA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CENTER
                             AIRPORT
                             SOUTH BEND INDIANA
     
       KFWA      INDTAFFWA   FORT WAYNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
                             FORT WAYNE INDIANA
     
TWEB:  ROUTE #   AFOS PIL    ANCHOR POINTS
         308     INDTWB308   KIND-KSBN
     
THE TAF TRANSFERS BECOME EFFECTIVE AT 0600 UTC ON JULY 29 1998 
AND THE TWEB TRANSFER IS EFFECTIVE AT 0800 UTC ON THE SAME DATE.
     
WHEN BACKUP IS REQUIRED BY NWSO NORTHERN INDIANA...NWSFO 
INDIANAPOLIS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THE SOUTH BEND AND 
FORT WAYNE TAFS AND TWEB #308.
     
HOLDERS OF NWS OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTERS D-31 /AVIATION TERMINAL 
FORECASTS/ AND D-30 /TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT PRODUCTS/ 
SHOULD MAKE PEN AND INK CHANGES TO APPENDICES A AND B. 
APPENDICES A AND B OF D-31 LIST LOCATIONS FOR WHICH TERMINAL 
FORECASTS ARE PREPARED BY THE NWS.  APPENDICES A AND B OF D-30 
LIST ROUTES FOR WHICH TWEBS ARE PREPARED BY THE NWS.
     
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF AVIATION 
RESPONSIBILITY FROM NWSFO CHICAGO OR NWSFO INDIANAPOLIS TO NWSO 
NORTHERN INDIANA...PLEASE CONTACT:

     MR. PAUL DAILEY                 MR.JOHN CURRAN 
     METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE         METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE 
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE        NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
     333 WEST UNIVERSITY DRIVE       6900 WEST HANNA AVENUE 
     ROMEOVILLE IL  60446            INDIANAPOLIS IN 46241-9526 
     PHONE:  815-834-1435            PHONE: 317-856-0664
     
     MR. MICHAEL SABONES
     METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 7550 E850N
     SYRACUSE IN 46567
     PHONE: 219-834-5182
     
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