NOUS41 KWBC 141145
PNSWSH
Technical Implementation Notice 16-25
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
745 AM EDT Thu Jul 14 2016
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees
FROM: Robert Rutledge
Chief, Aviation and Space Weather Services
SUBJECT: Implementation of Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) services for
Driggs-Reed Memorial, ID, Airport (KDIJ) and Ennis-Big Sky, MT,
Airport (KEKS), effective September 29, 2016
NOTE: The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather Wire Service
subscribers
Effective September 29, 2016, at 1800 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the NWS Offices in Pocatello, ID, and Great Falls, MT, will begin TAF services for the Driggs-Reed Memorial Airport in Driggs, ID, and the Ennis-Big Sky Airport in Ennis, MT. Routine and updated TAFs will be issued for these airports, 24 hours a day.
NWS personnel will need to add the following identifiers to their communications systems to receive the new TAFs:
Airport WMO Heading AWIPS ID
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Driggs-Reed Memorial FTUS45 KPIH TAFDIJ
Ennis-Big Sky FTUS45 KTFX TAFEKS
In addition, the new TAFs 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 users
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FTUS80 KWBC Non-FAA Domestic and Family of Services
FTUS90 KWBC FAA Weather Message Switching Center and FAA
Facilities
FTUS52 KWBC Global Telecommunication System Uses
Holders of NWS procedural instruction 10-813 (Terminal Aerodrome
Forecasts) should make appropriate additions to the appendices.
If you have questions regarding the Driggs, ID, TAF change, contact:
Dean Hazen
Meteorologist In Charge
National Weather Service Forecast Office
1945 Beechcraft Avenue
Pocatello, ID 83204-7508
Phone 208-232-9309
If you have questions regarding the Ennis-Big Sky, MT TAF change, contact:
David Bernhardt
Meteorologist In Charge
National Weather Service Forecast Office
Great Falls, MT 59404-4933
Phone 406-453-2081
NWS Technical Implementation notices are available at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm
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