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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 99-06
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1120 AM EST WED MAR 25 1999
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: CHANGE IN TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST (TAF) SERVICE AT
SANTA ROSA (KSTS) AND MONTEREY (KMRY) CALIFORNIA
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY MARCH 9 AT 0000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME
(U.C.)...THE NWS OFFICE IN MONTEREY CALIFORNIA EXTENDED TERMINAL
FORECAST /TAF/ SERVICE FOR THE SANTA ROSA AIRPORT (KSTS) IN SANTA
ROSA CALIFORNIA...AND THE MONTEREY PENINSULA AIRPORT (KMRY) IN
MONTEREY CALIFORNIA TO 24 HOUR COVERAGE. VALID TIMES FOR
ROUTINE AND UPDATED TAF ISSUANCES...WHICH PREVIOUSLY EXTENDED
FROM 1600 U.C. TO 0400 U.C....WERE EXPANDED TO 24 HOUR COVERAGE.
THIS CHANGE DID NOT REQUIRE ANY ACTION FROM NWS PERSONNEL...
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) PERSONNEL OR EXTERNAL
CUSTOMERS. THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE COMMUNICATION
PROTOCOL...INCLUDING AFOS IDENTIFIERS...WMO HEADERS...AND
COLLECTIVES IN WHICH THE TAFS ARE CONTAINED. IN
ADDITION...HOLDERS OF WEATHER SERVICES OPERATIONS MANUAL /WSOM/
CHAPTER D-31 (AVIATION TERMINAL FORECASTS) ARE NOT REQUIRED TO
MAKE ANY CHANGES TO APPENDICES A OR B.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CHANGE IN TAF SERVICE AT
KSTS OR KMRY...PLEASE CONTACT:
MR. NORMAN C. HOFFMANN
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
21 GRACE HOPPER AVENUE...STOP 5
MONTEREY CA 93943-5505
PHONE: 831-656-1710
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