Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS National HQ
Issued by NWS National HQ
837 NOUS41 KWBC 291500 PNSWSH Service Change Notice 24-86 National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD 1100 AM EDT Thu Aug 29 2024 To: Subscribers: -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network -NOAAPort Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees From: C. Bruce Entwistle, Chief Aviation and Space Weather Services Branch Subject: Implementation of TAF Service for Half Moon Bay Airport (KHAF) in California: Effective October 22, 2024 Note: The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather Wire Service subscribers. Effective Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 1800 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the NWS office in Monterey, CA, will begin Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) service for the Half Moon Bay Airport, CA. 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 -------------------- ----------- -------- Half Moon Bay FTUS46 KMTR TAFHAF 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 users: 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 FTUS24 KWBC World Area Forecast Center (WAFC) For questions regarding this TAF, please contact: Cindy Palmer Meteorologist-in-Charge National Weather Service Monterey, CA 831-656-1710 cynthia.palmer@noaa.gov National Service Change Notices are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification