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Technical Implementation Notice 11-32
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
155 PM EDT Tue Jul 19 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 Manistee County-Blacker Airport
Effective October 12, 2011
NOTE: The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather
Wire Service subscribers
Effective Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at 0000 Universal
Coordinated Time (UTC), the NWS office at Gaylord, MI, will begin
TAF service for Manistee County-Blacker Airport (KMBL) in Michigan.
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
------------ ---------- --------
Manistee County-Blacker Airport FTUS43 KAPX TAFMBL
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:
Bruce Smith, Meteorologist in Charge
National Weather Service
8800 Passenheim Road
Gaylord, MI 49735
989-731-1194
Bruce.Smith@noaa.gov
National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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