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PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 03-17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EST WED APR 2 2003
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 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ON ISSUANCE
TIMES OF AIRMETS AND AVIATION AREA FORECASTS...
EFFECTIVE APRIL 6 2003
NOTE...THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS.
ON SUNDAY APRIL 6 2003 AT 200 AM LOCAL TIME...MOST OF THE NATION
WILL SWITCH FROM STANDARD TIME TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME. AS A
RESULT OF THIS CHANGE...THE ISSUANCE TIMES OF SEVERAL AVIATION
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/ IN
KANSAS CITY...AND THE ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT /AAWU/ IN
ANCHORAGE ALASKA...WILL CHANGE. HAWAII AND GUAM USE STANDARD
TIME ALL YEAR ROUND...SO THE ISSUANCE TIMES OF THE AIRMETS AND
AREA FORECASTS ISSUED BY METEOROLOGICAL WATCH OFFICES IN HONOLULU
AND GUAM WILL NOT CHANGE.
THE AIRMETS AND AVIATION AREA FORECASTS LISTED BELOW WILL BE
ISSUED ONE HOUR EARLIER WITH RESPECT TO COORDINATED UNIVERSAL
TIME /UTC/. IN OTHER WORDS...THE LOCAL ISSUANCE TIME REMAINS THE
SAME...BUT THE CORRESPONDING UTC TIME 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 THE FOLLOWING FAS...KNOWN AS THE BOSTON
/BOS/...MIAMI /MIA/...CHICAGO /CHI/...DALLAS/FORT WORTH
/FTW/...SALT LAKE CITY /SLC/...AND SAN FRANCISCO /SFO/ FAS
THE AWC WILL IMPLEMENT THE SCHEDULE CHANGE AT 0800 UTC.
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
FAUS5 KBOS FA1W 0845...1745...AND 0045 UTC
FAUS5 KMIA FA2W 0845...1745...AND 0045 UTC
FAUS5 KCHI FA3W 0945...1845...AND 0145 UTC
FAUS5 KDFW FA4W 0945...1845...AND 0145 UTC
FAUS5 KSLC FA5W 1045...1945...AND 0245 UTC
FAUS5 KSFO FA6W 1045...1945...AND 0245 UTC
THE FAS ISSUED BY THE AWC WILL INCLUDE A REMINDER OF THE ISSUANCE
TIME CHANGE AT THE END OF THE FORECAST TEXT...BEGINNING ON MID-
DAY FRIDAY APRIL 4 2003 AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE SCHEDULED
ISSUANCE TIMES CHANGE ON SUNDAY MORNING.
AWC ALSO ISSUES AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO
AND FOR THE CARRIBEAN SEA AND SURROUNDING TERRITORIES.
THE FA FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE ISSUED AT THE SAME
TIME...UTC...AS SHOWN BELOW.
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID NEW ISSUANCE TIME /UTC/
FAGX20 KKCI OFAGX 1030...AND 1830 UTC
THE FA FOR THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND SURROUNDING TERRITORY WILL
CONTINUED TO BE ISSUED AT THE SAME TIMES...UTC...AS THEY
CURRENTLY ARE.
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID VALID TIME /UTC/
FACA20 KKCI OFAMKC 0000...1600...1200..AND 1800 UTC
FAS ISSUED BY ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT /AAWU/
THE AAWU WILL IMPLEMENT THE SCHEDULE CHANGE AT 0900 UTC.
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
FAAK01 PAJN FA7H 0745....1345....1945...AND 0145 UTC
FAAK05 PAJN FA7W 0745....1345....1945...AND 0145 UTC
FAAK01 PANC FA8H 0745....1345....1945...AND 0145 UTC
FAAK05 PANC FA8W 0745....1345....1995...AND 0145 UTC
FAAK10 PANC FA8T 0745....1345....1995...AND 0145 UTC
FAAK01 PAFA FA9H 0745....1345....1945...AND 0145 UTC
FAAK05 PAFA FA9W 0745....1345....1945...AND 0145 UTC
AIRMETS
AIRMETS ISSUED BY AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /AWC/
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
WAUS1 KBOS WA1<S T Z> 0745...1345...1945...AND 0145 UTC
WAUS1 KMIA WA2<S T Z> 0745...1345...1945...AND 0145 UTC
WAUS1 KCHI WA3<S T Z> 0745...1345...1945...AND 0145 UTC
WAUS1 KDFW WA4<S T Z> 0745...1345...1945...AND 0145 UTC
WAUS1 KSLC WA5<S T Z> 0745...1345...1945...AND 0145 UTC
WAUS1 KSFO WA6<S T Z> 0745...1345...1945...AND 0145 UTC
AIRMETS ISSUED BY ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT /AAWU/
WMO HEADING AWIPS ID NEW ISSUANCE TIMES /UTC/
WAAK01 PAJN WA7<S T Z> 0745...1345...1945...AND 0145 UTC
WAAK01 PANC WA8<S T Z> 0745...1345...1945...AND 0145 UTC
WAAK01 PAFA WA9<S T Z> 0745...1345...1945...AND 0145 UTC
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CHANGE OF ISSUANCE TIMES OF
THESE PRODUCTS...CONTACT
MR. MIKE CAMPBELL
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
PHONE 816-584-7203
E-MAIL MIKE.CAMPBELL@xxxxxxxx
OR
MR. ELLIOTT BARSKE
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
ALASKA AVIATION WEATHER UNIT
PHONE 907-266-5116
E-MAIL ELLIOTT.BARSKE@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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