[nws-changes] 20120823: TAF Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20120823: TAF Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:46:39 -0600

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Technical Implementation Notice 12-39
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
810 AM EDT Thu Aug 23 2012

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 Big Sandy Regional Airport (K22) Near
          Prestonsburg, KY, Effective November 15, 2012

NOTE:     The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather
          Wire Service subscribers.

Effective Thursday, November 15, 2012, at 0000 Universal
Coordinated Time (UTC), the NWS office at Jackson, KY, will begin
TAF service for the Big Sandy Regional Airport (K22) near
Prestonsburg, KY. 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
------------                    -----------     --------
Big Sandy Regional Airport      FTUS43 KJKL     TAFK22

In addition, this new TAF 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:

Shawn Harley, Meteorologist-in-Charge
National Weather Service
Jackson, KY Weather Forecast Office
1329 Airport Road
Jackson, KY 41339
606-666-8000
shawn.harley@xxxxxxxx

National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:

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