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Technical
Implementation Notice 11-28
National Weather
Service Headquarters Washington DC
700 AM EDT Fri
Jun 24 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: Implementation of Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
(TAF)
Service for Space Coast Regional
Airport,
St. Lucie County International
Airport (IAP),
and for Martin County Airport/Witham
Field
Effective September 27, 2011
Effective
Tuesday, September 27, 2011, at 1200 Universal
Coordinated Time
(UTC), the NWS office at Melbourne FL, will
begin TAF service
for Space Coast Regional Airport (KTIX) near
Titusville FL,
St. Lucie County International Airport (KFPR)
near Fort Pierce
FL, and Martin County Airport/Witham Field
(KSUA), Stuart
FL. After that date, routine and updated TAFS
will be issued
for these airports 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
------------ ---------- --------
Space Coast
Regional FTUS42 KMLB TAFTIX
St. Lucie County
IAP FTUS42 KMLB TAFFPR
Martin County
Witham Field FTUS42 KMLB TAFSUA
In addition,
these new TAFs 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:
Bart Hagemeyer,
Meteorologist-in-Charge
National Weather
Service
Melbourne, FL
321-255-0212
Bart.Hagemeyer@noaa.gov
Tony Cristaldi,
Aviation Program Manager
National Weather
Service
Melbourne, FL
321-255-0212
Tony.Cristaldi@noaa.gov
National
Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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