NOUS41 KWBC 211815 PNSWSH Public Information Notice National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC 215 PM EDT Mon Mar 21 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 April 11, 2012 Note: The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather Wire Service Subscribers Effective Wednesday April 11, at 1800 Coordinated Universal Time /utc/...the NWS office in Caribou Maine 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. 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 TAFwill 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 Public Information Notices are online at: http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm $$