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Technical Implementation Notice 11-33  
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 Gogebic Iron County 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 Marquette, MI, 
will begin TAF service for Gogebic Iron County Airport (KIWD) 
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
------------                           ----------      --------
Gogebic Iron County Airport            FTUS43 KMQT      TAFIWD
 
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:
 
Robin Turner, Meteorologist in Charge  
National Weather Service
112 Airpark Drive South
Negaunee, MI 49866-9661
906-475-5782
Robin.J.Turner@noaa.gov
 
National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
 
 http://weather.gov/os/notif.htm
 

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