NOUS41 KWBC 261646

PNSWSH

 

Technical Implementation Notice 12-16

National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC

1242 PM EDT Mon Mar 26 2012

 

To        National Weather Service (NWS) Offices

          Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

          Family of Services (FOS) Subscribers

          Other Customers of NWS Aviation Forecasts

 

From      Cynthia Abelman

          Chief, Aviation Services Branch

    

Subject:  Implementation of Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)

Service for Frenchville Airport (KFVE) in Northern

ME, Effective May 4, 2012

              

Note:     The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather

          Wire Service Subscribers

 

Effective Effective Friday, May 4, 2012, at 1800 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the NWS office in Caribou, ME, will begin TAF service for the Frenchville airport (KFVE) in northern Maine.  Routine and updated TAFs will be issued for this airport 24 hours per day.

 

This implementation date reflects a change to the notice below.

 

www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notification/pns12frenchville_me_taf.htm

 

NWS personnel will need to add the following identifier to their

Communications systems to receive the new TAF:

                                                                

Airport Name        WMO Heading    AWIPS ID

-------------       ------------   -------

Frenchville         FTUS41 KCAR    TAFFVE

 

In addition, the 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 the addition to the appendices.

 

For questions regarding this TAF change, please contact:

 

     Richard Okulski

     Meteorologist‑in‑Charge

     NWS Caribou ME  04736

     207-492-0170

     Richard.Okulski@noaa.Gov

 

National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:

 

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

 

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