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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 02-26
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
520 PM EDT WED OCT 9 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: IMPACT OF CHANGE TO STANDARD TIME ON ISSUANCE TIMES
OF AIRMETS AND AVIATION AREA FORECASTS...EFFECTIVE
OCTOBER 27 2002
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS.
ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 27 AT 2:00 AM LOCAL TIME...MOST OF THE NATION
WILL SWITCH FROM DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME TO STANDARD TIME. AS A
RESULT OF THIS CHANGE...THE ISSUANCE TIMES OF SEVERAL AVIATION
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/ IN
KANSAS CITY MISSOURI AND THE ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT /AAWU/
IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA WILL CHANGE. THE AIRMETS AND AVIATION AREA
FORECASTS LISTED BELOW WILL BE ISSUED ONE HOUR LATER WITH RESPECT
TO COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/. IN OTHER WORDS...THE LOCAL
ISSUANCE TIME REMAINS THE SAME...BUT THE CORRESPONDING UTC IS ONE
HOUR LATER. THE AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND THE CURRENT AND REVISED
ISSUANCE TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW:
AREA FORECASTS /FA/:
FAS ISSUED BY AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/
THE AWC ISSUES SIX FAS...KNOWN AS THE BOSTON /BOS/...
MIAMI /MIA/...CHICAGO /CHI/...DALLAS/FORT WORTH /FTW/...
SALT LAKE CITY /SLC/...AND SAN FRANCISCO /SFO/ FAS...SHOWN BELOW:
THE SCHEDULE CHANGE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AT 0800 UTC AT THE AWC.
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
FAUS5 KBOS FA1W 0945...1845...AND 0145 UTC
FAUS5 KMIA FA2W 0945...1845...AND 0145 UTC
FAUS5 KCHI FA3W 1045...1945...AND 0245 UTC
FAUS5 KDFW FA4W 1045...1945...AND 0245 UTC
FAUS5 KSLC FA5W 1145...2045...AND 0345 UTC
FAUS5 KSFO FA6W 1145...2045...AND 0345 UTC
THE FAS ISSUED BY THE AWC WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING REMINDER AT
THE END OF THE FORECAST TEXT...BEGINNING ON MID-DAY FRIDAY
OCTOBER 25 2002 AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE TIMES
CHANGE ON SUNDAY MORNING:
EFFECTIVE 0800Z OCTOBER 27 2002 THE BOS AND MIA FAS WILL BE
ISSUED AT 0945Z...1845Z...AND 0145Z DUE TO THE RETURN TO
STANDARD TIME. AIRMETS WILL BE ISSUED AT 0845Z...1445Z...
2045Z...AND 0245Z.
FAS ISSUED BY ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT /AAWU/:
THE AAWU ISSUES SIX FAS...SHOWN BELOW:
THE SCHEDULE CHANGE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AT 1000 UTC AT THE AAWU.
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
FAAK01 PAJN FA7H 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
FAAK05 PAJN FA7W 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
FAAK01 PANC FA8H 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
FAAK05 PANC FA8W 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
FAAK01 PAFA FA9H 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
FAAK05 PAFA FA9W 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
TROPICAL AREA FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE AWC WILL HAVE THE SAME
ISSUANCE TIME AS IN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.
THE PRODUCT HEADINGS AND ISSUANCE TIMES ARE SHOWN BELOW:
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID ISSUANCE TIME /UTC/
FAGX20 KKCI OFAGX 1030 AND 1830 UTC
FACA20 KKCI OFAMKC 0930...1530...2130...AND 0330 UTC
AIRMETS:
AIRMETS ISSUED BY AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/
THE AWC ISSUES SIX SETS OF THREE AIRMETS /E.G. SIERRA...TANGO AND
ZULU/...SHOWN BELOW:
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
WAUS1 KBOS WA1<S T Z> 0845...1445...2045...AND 0245 UTC
WAUS1 KMIA WA2<S T Z> 0845...1445...2045...AND 0245 UTC
WAUS1 KCHI WA3<S T Z> 0845...1445...2045...AND 0245 UTC
WAUS1 KDFW WA4<S T Z> 0845...1445...2045...AND 0245 UTC
WAUS1 KSLC WA5<S T Z> 0845...1445...2045...AND 0245 UTC
WAUS1 KSFO WA6<S T Z> 0845...1445...2045...AND 0245 UTC
THE AIRMETS ISSUED BY THE AWC ON SATURDAY EVENING...OCTOBER 26TH
AT 0145 UTC...WILL BE VALID FOR 7 HOURS UNTIL 0900 UTC IN ORDER
TO COVER THE EXTRA HOUR BEFORE THE NEXT SET OF AIRMETS ARE ISSUED
ACCORDING TO THE MODIFIED SCHEDULE.
AIRMETS ISSUED BY ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT /AAWU/:
THE AAWU ISSUES THREE SETS OF THREE AIRMETS /E.G. SIERRA...TANGO
AND ZULU)...SHOWN BELOW:
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
WAAK01 PAJN ANCWA7<S T Z> 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
WAAK01 PANC ANCWA8<S T Z> 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
WAAK01 PAFA ANCWA9<S T Z> 0845....1445....2045...AND 0245 UTC
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CHANGE OF ISSUANCE TIMES OF
THESE PRODUCTS...CONTACT:
MR. JIM HENDERSON MR. ELLIOTT BARSKE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT
KANSAS CITY MISSOURI ANCHORAGE ALASKA
PHONE: 816-584-7203 PHONE: 907-266-5116
THIS AND ALL OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE
AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING URL /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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