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303 NOUS41 KWBC 211802 PNSWSH PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 02-05 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 115 PM EST THU MAR 21 2002 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 BRANCH SUBJECT: QUARTERLY AVIATION BACKUP TEST PLANNED SCHEDULED FROM 2100 UTC ON MARCH 27 2002 UNTIL 0500 UTC ON MARCH 28 2002 ...NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE SUBSCRIBERS... ON THURSDAY MARCH 27 2002...THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI WILL CONDUCT ITS QUARTERLY BACKUP TEST FROM 2100 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ UNTIL 0500 UTC MARCH 28 2002. THE AIR FORCE WEATHER AGENCY /AFWA/ AT OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE WILL ASSUME FORECAST AND WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SIGMETS AND AIRMETS/SIERRA...ZULU...TANGO/ IN THE BOSTON...MIAMI...FORT WORTH...CHICAGO...SALT LAKE CITY AND SAN FRANCISCO FA AREAS...WHICH ARE NORMALLY PREPARED BY THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/. IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLISHED BACKUP PROCEDURES...CONVECTIVE SIGMETS WILL NOT BE ISSUED DURING THE PERIOD THAT AFWA IS PROVIDING AWC BACKUP. INFORMATION FOR AREAS OF ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ISSUED AS NON-CONVECTIVE SIGMETS DURING THIS BACKUP. THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER'S TROPICAL SATELLITE AND ANALYSIS BRANCH WILL ASSUME FORECAST AND WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SIGMETS AND WEATHER WATCH OF FACA20 KKCI AND FAGX20 KKCI OVER THE FLIGHT INFORMATION REGIONS /FIR/ OF THE NEW YORK OCEANIC FIR... THE SAN JUAN OCEANIC FIR...THE MIAMI ATLANTIC FIR...THE MIAMI GULF OF MEXICO FIR...AND THE HOUSTON OCEANIC FIR. THE HONOLULU HAWAII FORECAST OFFICE WILL ASSUME WARNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR SIGMETS FOR THE TWO OAKLAND OCEANIC FIRS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN THAT ARE NORMALLY UNDER THE WEATHER WATCH OF THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER. A REMINDER MESSAGE WILL BE APPENDED TO ALL AWC ALPHANUMERIC PRODUCTS ON THE EVENING AND MIDNIGHT SHIFT THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BACKUP TEST BEGINS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE AWC BACKUP TEST... CONTACT: JAMES H. HENDERSON DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AVIATION WEATHER CENTER 816-584-7203 X 203 E-MAIL: JHENDERSON@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM END ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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