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Technical Implementation Notice 12-47
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
933 AM EDT Wed Oct 10 2012
TO: National Weather Service (NWS) Offices
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Customers
Family of Services (FOS) Subscribers
Other Customers of NWS Aviation Forecasts
FROM: Cyndie Abelman
Chief, Aviation Services Branch
SUBJECT: Implementation of Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)
Service for the Carson City, Nevada Airport (KCXP)
Effective January 3, 2013
NOTE: The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather
Wire Service subscribers.
Effective Thursday, January 3, 2013, at 1800 Coordinated Universal
Time (UTC), the NWS Office in Reno, Nevada, will begin TAF service
for the Carson City Airport (KCXP). 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 WMO Heading AWIPS ID
Carson City FTUS45 KREV TAFCXP
In addition, the new TAF will be added to the existing TAF
collectives below, which are transmitted to Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) personnel and other external customers.
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.
If you have questions regarding the TAF addition, contact:
Jon Mittelstadt, Meteorologist In Charge
National Weather Service Forecast Office
2350 Raggio Parkway
Reno, NV 89512-3900
Phone: 775-673-8100
E-mail: jon.mittelstadt@xxxxxxxx
National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm
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