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Technical Implementation Notice 12-47

National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC

933 AM EDT Wed Oct 10 2012

TO: National Weather Service (NWS) Offices

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Customers

Family of Services (FOS) Subscribers

Other Customers of NWS Aviation Forecasts

FROM: Cyndie Abelman

Chief, Aviation Services Branch

SUBJECT: Implementation of Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)

Service for the Carson City, Nevada Airport (KCXP)

Effective January 3, 2013

NOTE: The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather

Wire Service subscribers.

Effective Thursday, January 3, 2013, at 1800 Coordinated Universal

Time (UTC), the NWS Office in Reno, Nevada, will begin TAF service

for the Carson City Airport (KCXP). 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 WMO Heading AWIPS ID

Carson City FTUS45 KREV TAFCXP

In addition, the new TAF will be added to the existing TAF

collectives below, which are transmitted to Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) personnel and other external customers.

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.

If you have questions regarding the TAF addition, contact:

Jon Mittelstadt, Meteorologist In Charge

National Weather Service Forecast Office

2350 Raggio Parkway

Reno, NV 89512-3900

Phone: 775-673-8100

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