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Technical Implementation Notice 11-30
National Weather Service Headquarters
Washington DC
1230 PM EDT Fri Jul 8 2011
To: National Weather Service Offices (NWS)
Federal Aviation Administration Customers (FAA)
Family of Services Subscribers (FOS)
Other Customers of NWS Aviation Forecasts
From: Cyndie Abelman
Chief, Aviation Services Branch
Subject: Implementation of Seasonal Terminal Aerodrome
Forecast (TAF) Talladega Municipal Airport (KASN) Effective October 9,
2011
Note: The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather
Wire Service subscribers
Effective Sunday, October 9, 2011, the NWS
office at Birmingham, AL, will begin seasonal TAF service for the Talladega Municipal
Airport (KASN) in Talladega AL in support of the biannual National Association
of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) races at the Talladega Superspeedway. Routine
and updated TAFs will be issued for this airport 24 hours a day for 2 weeks
leading up to and 3 days after the races.
The two major race events are held in April
and October. These general dates are
subject to change by NASCAR. A Public Information Statement that provides the
effective TAF dates will be issued by WFO Birmingham at least one month prior
to each race.
These events bring over 200,000 people to
Superspeedway for each
race for several days in advance. Many of the attendees fly by
private or charter planes into Talladega Municipal
Airport.
NWS personnel will need to add the
following identifier to their
communications systems to receive the new TAF:
Airport WMO Heading AWIPS ID
Talladega Municipal FTUS44 KBMX TAFASN
In addition, this new seasonal 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 this TAF addition,
please contact:
James Stefkovich, Meteorologist-in-Charge
Mary
Keiser, Aviation Program Leader
National
Weather Service Office-Birmingham
Calera,
AL 35040
205-664-3010
National NWS Technical Implementation
Notices are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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