[nws-changes] 20110609: TAFs-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20110609: TAFs-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:35:56 -0600

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Technical Implementation Notice 11-24
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
412 PM EDT Thu Jun 9 2011

TO:       National Weather Service Offices (NWS)
          Federal Aviation Administration Customers (FAA)
          Family of Service Subscribers (FOS)
          Other Customers of NWS Aviation Forecasts

FROM:     Cyndie Abelman
          Chief, Aviation Services Branch

SUBJECT:  Implementation of Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)
          Service for Punta Gorda Regional Airport and Lakeland
          Linder Regional Airport Effective October 20, 2011

Effective Thursday, October 20, 2011, at 1200 Universal
Coordinated Time (UTC), the NWS office at Ruskin FL, will
begin TAF service for Punta Gorda Regional Airport (KPGD)in
Punta Gorda, FL, and for Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (KLAL)
in Lakeland, FL. After that date, routine and updated TAFs will
be issued for this airport 24 hours a day.

NWS personnel/offices will need to add the following identifier
to their communications systems to receive the new TAF.

Airport Name                           WMO Heading     AWIPS ID
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Punta Gorda Regional                   FTUS42 KTBW      TAFPGD
Lakeland Linder Regional               FTUS42 KTBW   TAFLAL

In addition, these new TAFs will be added to the existing TAF
collectives below, which are transmitted to FAA personnel and
other external users.

WMO Headings available to the following customers:

FTUS80 KWBC   Non-FAA Domestic and Family of Services
FTUS90 KWBC   FAA Weather Message Switching Center and FAA
              Facilities
FTUS52 KWBC   Global Telecommunication System Customers

Holders of NWS Procedural Instruction 10-813 (Terminal Aerodrome
Forecasts) should make appropriate additions to the appendices.

For questions regarding the TAF addition, please contact either:

Brian LaMarre, Meteorologist-in-Charge
Richard Rudy, Aviation Program Manager
National Weather Service
Ruskin, FL 33570
813-645-4111
Brian.Lamarre@xxxxxxxx
Richard.Rudy@xxxxxxxx

National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:

  http://weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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