20050811: site IDs-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC (fwd)

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• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 07:47:34 -0600

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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-59
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
940 AM EDT THU AUGUST 11 2005

TO:       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES
         FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ CUSTOMERS
         FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
         /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...
         OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND
         PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     KEVIN L. JOHNSTON
         CHIEF...AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH

SUBJECT:  CHANGE OF LOCATION IDENTIFIER FOR GLACIER PARK
         INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... KALISPELL... MONTANA FROM
         KFCA TO KGPI: EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 25 2005

ATTENTION: USERS OF NWS PRODUCTS FOR MONTANA...IN PARTICULAR
KALISPELL.

EFFECTIVE TUESDAY OCTOBER 25 2005 AT 1400 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL
TIME /UTC/...THE NWS WILL CHANGE THE IDENTIFIER USED FOR
KALISPELL IN BULLETINS FROM KFCA TO KGPI. THIS CHANGE WILL RE-
ALIGN THE SITE IDENTIFIER FOR THE GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...KALISPELL WITH THE LOCATION IDENTIFIER USED BY THE FAA.
ON SEPTEMBER 1 2005 THE FAA WILL REDESIGNATE THE IDENTIFIER FOR
THE GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FROM KFCA TO KGPI. THE FAA
WILL RETAIN KFCA AS A NAVIGATION AID NEAR KALISPELL.

A TABLE OF PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE MAY BE FOUND ONLINE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

WEATHER.GOV/OS/AVIATION/PDFS/KFCA_KGPI_IDENTIFIER_CHANGES.PDF

THE TABLE LISTS THE WMO HEADING...AWIPS IDENTIFIER...AND AWIPS
NODE FOR EACH TEXT PRODUCT. EXAMPLES OF PRODUCTS CHANGING HEADERS
ARE THE TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST /TAF/...THE SURFACE METAR
OBSERVATION...AND MODEL OUTPUT STATISTIC /MOS/ PRODUCTS.

USERS WILL NEED TO CHANGE THE KALISPELL LOCATION IDENTIFIER FROM
KFCA /OR FCA/ TO KGPI /OR GPI/...DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF
PRODUCT...TO CONTINUE RECEIVING NWS PRODUCTS FOR KALISPELL.


IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SITE IDENTIFIER
CHANGE...PLEASE CONTACT:

    BETH MCNULTY
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
    1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
    SILVER SPRING MD 20910
    PHONE: 301-713-1726 X116
    EMAIL: BETH.MCNULTY@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

    HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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