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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
411 PM EDT Fri Apr 16 2021

To:   Subscribers
   -NOAA Weather Wire Service
   -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
   -NOAAPort
   Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees

FROM:  Bruce Entwistle
  Chief, Aviation and Space Weather Services Branch

SUBJECT: Implementation of Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)
         Service for Charleston Executive Airport,
         Charleston, SC, (KJZI) effective May 19, 2021

NOTE: The following changes have no impact on NOAA Weather Wire
Service subscribers

Effective Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 1800 Universal Coordinated
Time (UTC), the NWS office in Charleston, SC will begin TAF
service for the Charleston Executive Airport, SC.  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
----------------                -----------    -------
Charleston Executive AirportFTUS42 KCHS    TAFJZI

In addition, the 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
FTUS21 KWBC   Global distribution for ICAO

Holders of NWS Procedural Instruction 10-813 (Terminal Aerodrome
Forecasts) should make appropriate additions to the appendices.

For questions regarding this TAF, please contact:

Michael Emlaw, Meteorologist in Charge
5777 S. Aviation Avenue
Charleston, SC 29406
843-744-1436
michael.emlaw@noaa.gov

National Service Change Notices are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/

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