NOUS41 KWBC 111935 CAA
PNSWSH
 
Technical Implementation Notice 11-45, Corrected 
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
235 PM EST Mon Nov 14 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:  Corrected: Implementation of Terminal Aerodrome 
          Forecast (TAF) Service for Saint Louis Downtown
          Airport Effective January 11, 2012 
 
NOTE:     The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather      
          Wire Service subscribers
 
Corrected to include the correct WMO header: FTUS43 KLSX
 
Effective Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at 0000 Universal 
Coordinated Time (UTC), the NWS office at Saint Louis, MO, 
will begin TAF service for Saint Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) 
in Illinois.  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

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

Saint Louis Downtown Airport           FTUS43 KLSX     TAFCPS

 
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:
 
Wes Browning, Meteorologist in Charge  
National Weather Service
Saint Charles, MO 63304
636-447-1876
Wes.Browning@noaa.gov
                
National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
 
  http://weather.gov/os/notif.htm

 

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