NOUS41 KWBC 111339 PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-59 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 940 AM EDT THU AUGUST 11 2005 TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ CUSTOMERS FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS... OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES FROM: KEVIN L. JOHNSTON CHIEF...AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH SUBJECT: CHANGE OF LOCATION IDENTIFIER FOR GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... KALISPELL... MONTANA FROM KFCA TO KGPI: EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 25 2005 ATTENTION: USERS OF NWS PRODUCTS FOR MONTANA...IN PARTICULAR KALISPELL. EFFECTIVE TUESDAY OCTOBER 25 2005 AT 1400 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE NWS WILL CHANGE THE IDENTIFIER USED FOR KALISPELL IN BULLETINS FROM KFCA TO KGPI. THIS CHANGE WILL RE- ALIGN THE SITE IDENTIFIER FOR THE GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...KALISPELL WITH THE LOCATION IDENTIFIER USED BY THE FAA. ON SEPTEMBER 1 2005 THE FAA WILL REDESIGNATE THE IDENTIFIER FOR THE GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FROM KFCA TO KGPI. THE FAA WILL RETAIN KFCA AS A NAVIGATION AID NEAR KALISPELL. A TABLE OF PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE MAY BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: WEATHER.GOV/OS/AVIATION/PDFS/KFCA_KGPI_IDENTIFIER_CHANGES.PDF THE TABLE LISTS THE WMO HEADING...AWIPS IDENTIFIER...AND AWIPS NODE FOR EACH TEXT PRODUCT. EXAMPLES OF PRODUCTS CHANGING HEADERS ARE THE TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST /TAF/...THE SURFACE METAR OBSERVATION...AND MODEL OUTPUT STATISTIC /MOS/ PRODUCTS. USERS WILL NEED TO CHANGE THE KALISPELL LOCATION IDENTIFIER FROM KFCA /OR FCA/ TO KGPI /OR GPI/...DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF PRODUCT...TO CONTINUE RECEIVING NWS PRODUCTS FOR KALISPELL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SITE IDENTIFIER CHANGE...PLEASE CONTACT: BETH MCNULTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY SILVER SPRING MD 20910 PHONE: 301-713-1726 X116 EMAIL: BETH.MCNULTY@NOAA.GOV THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN