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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
355 PM Wed EDT Oct 20 2010
To: Subscribers:
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS partners and employees
From: Cynthia Abelman
Chief, Aviation Services Branch
Subject: U.S. SIGMET Testing Scheduled for
November 10-24, 2010
NWS will perform end-to-end testing of SIGMET production from
November 10-24. The tests serve as an important exercise for the
three U.S. Meteorological Watch Offices (MWO) in Kansas City,
Anchorage and Honolulu. The tests will include all three types
of SIGMETs: Volcanic Ash (VA), Tropical Cyclone (WC) and Weather
phenomena (WS). The validity period will be 10 minutes.
The three MWOs will coordinate with the Volcanic Ash Advisory
Centers (VAAC) in Anchorage and Washington for the Volcanic Ash
SIGMETs and with the Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centers (TCAC) in
Miami and Honolulu for Tropical SIGMET issuance. The schedule is
as follows:
On November 10, 2010, the SIGMET test for Tropical Cyclone (WC)
is scheduled to occur at 0200 UTC, when the Miami and Honolulu
TCACs issue their Tropical Cyclone test advisories that drive
the SIGMETs produced at the Kansas City and Honolulu MWOs. The
following two WMO IDs will be using during this test:
WCPN## KKCI
WCPA## PHFO
On November 17, 2010, the SIGMET test for Volcanic Ash (WV) is
scheduled to occur at 0200 UTC when the Washington and Anchorage
VAACs issue their Volcanic Ash Advisories (VAA), which drive the
SIGMETs produced at the Kansas City, Honolulu and Anchorage MWOs.
Look for the following three WMO IDs during this test:
WVAK## PAWU
WVPN## KKCI
WVPA## PHFO
On November 24, 2010, the SIGMET test for Weather phenomena (WS)
is scheduled to occur at 0200 UTC when the three U.S. MWOs issue
their test SIGMETs. Look for the following three WMO IDs during
this test:
WSAK## PAWU
WSPN## KKCI
WSPA## PHFO
If active SIGMETs are occurring at the proposed date and time,
the test will still occur.
If you have any questions about this change, please contact:
Michael Graf
National Weather Service
SSMC-2 Station 13314
1325 East-West Highway
Silver Spring Md. 20910
301-713-1726 X 117
Michael.Graf@xxxxxxxx
National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm
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