Ref.: NT 10-4 EMX001 3 January Seventh Meeting of the World Area Forecast System Operations Group (WAFSOPSG/7) Conclusion 7/2

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Ref.: NT 10-4 EMX001 3 January 2013 To: States, Territories and International Organizations Subject: Seventh Meeting of the World Area Forecast System Operations Group (WAFSOPSG/7) Conclusion 7/2

1 Ref.: NT 10-4 EMX001 3 January 2013 To: States, Territories and International Organizations Subject: Seventh Meeting of the World Area Forecast System Operations Group (WAFSOPSG/7) Conclusion 7/2 Action Required: Your reply by 4 February 2013 Sir/Madam: Reference is made to the report of the Seventh Meeting of the World Area Forecast System Operations Group (WAFSOPSG) and, in particular, to Conclusion 7/2 regarding the amendment of WAFS-related regional procedures. In this regard, I would appreciate to receive by 4 February 2013 your comments on the attached Draft Regional Procedures for the CAR/SAM ANP (Doc 8733) Basic and FASID on World Area Forecast System (WAFS). Accept, Sir/Madam, the assurances of my highest consideration. Enclosure: As indicated Loretta Martin Regional Director North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACC) Regional Office N:\NT - Air Navigation (Worldwide)\NT 10-4\Correspondece\EMX0001MET-States-WAFSOPS7Conclusion7-2.doc North American, Central American and Caribbean Office Av. Presidente Masaryk No Col. Polanco, México City, C.P , MEXICO Tel Fax icaonacc@icao.int Website:

2 2 Distribution List: To: Millinette Ambrose, Antigua and Barbuda J. A. Maduro, Aruba Patrick L. Rolle, Bahamas Gabrielle Springer-Taylor, Barbados Mitchinson Beckles, Barbados Lindsay Garbutt, Belize Sujaïne Concincion-Quirindongo, Curaçao Giselle Hollander, Curaçao Jean-Michel Boivin, French Antilles Olivier Jouans, French Antilles Lana McPhail, Grenada Jean Marc Flambert, Haiti Oscar Derby, Jamaica Dick de Saint-Aulaire, Netherlands for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Islands Patricia Martin, Saint Kitts and Nevis Maura Felix, Saint Lucia Godfred Pompey, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Louis Halley, Sint Maarten Ramesh Lutchmedial, Trinidad and Tobago Ray Pusey, DfT, United Kingdom Victoria M. Williams, United States Donald McPhail, ECCAA cc: Larry Franklin, Anguilla Arlene Smith-Thompson, British Virgin Islands Richard Smith, Cayman Islands Philip Chambers, Montserrat Thomas Swann, Turks and Caicos Islands James Prideaux, ASSI, United Kingdom Alison Thomas, ASSI, United Kingdom Directors of Meteorological Services Keithley Meade, Antigua and Barbuda Marck Oduber, Aruba Arthur Rolle, Bahamas Hampden Lovell, Barbados Dennis Gonguez, Belize Fred Sambula, Cayman Islands (U.K.) Albert Martis, Curaçao Jean Noel Degrace, French Antilles, Martinique Max Reyal, French Antilles, Guadeloupe Hubert Whyte, Grenada Ronald Semelfort, Haiti Evan Thompson, Jamaica Denzil Jones, Montserrat Gary Votaw, Puerto Rico Thomas Auguste, Saint Lucia Delver Martin, St. Kitts and Nevis Corsel Robertson, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Marlon Noel, Trinidad and Tobago Emmanuel Rigby, Turks and Caicos Islands (U.K.) Richard Knabb, United States ISCS Uplink Station

3 3 ICAORD, Lima C/MET NACC Webmaster

4 ATTACHMENT DRAFT REGIONAL PROCEDURES IN THE ANP/FASID BASIC ANP WORLD AREA FORECAST SYSTEM (WAFS) (FASID Table MET 5) 1. FASID Table MET 5 sets out the CAR/SAM, Regions requirements for WAFS forecasts to be provided by WAFC Washington. [WAFSOPSG Conclusion 1/2] 2. For back-up purposes, each WAFC should have the capability to produce WAFS forecasts for all the required areas of coverage. [WAFSOPSG Conclusion 5/2] 3. WAFS forecasts should be made available by WAFC [London, Washington] using the [satellite distribution system for information relating to air navigation (SADIS), including the secure SADIS FTP service; international satellite communications system (ISCS1, ISCS2)] Washington using the WAFS Internet file -based service (WIFS) covering the reception area shown in FASID Chart CNS [4] or using the satellite and Internet service. [WAFSOPSG Conclusion 6/27/2] Editorial note. Insert or using the [ISCS, WIFS] service in the corresponding CNS procedure contained in Part IV of the ANP. 4. Each State should make the necessary arrangements to receive and make full use of operational WAFS forecasts made available by WAFC Washington. The lists of the authorized users of the [WIFS, ISCS1, ISCS2] services in the CAR/SAM Regions and the locations of the operational VSATs and Internet file-based services are available from the following websites: (click Operational Information and then Status of implementation of SADIS ) for SADIS; (click: Documents and then Status of implementation of ISCS WIFS listed by ICAO regions ) for ISCSWIFS. [WAFSOPSG Conclusion 6/27/2]

5 A-2 FASID WORLD AREA FORECAST SYSTEM (WAFS) (FASID Table MET 5) 1. FASID Table MET 5 sets out the CAR/SAM Regions requirements for WAFS forecasts, to be provided by WAFC Washington. FASID TABLE MET 5 REQUIREMENTS FOR WAFS FORECASTS Column EXPLANATION OF THE TABLE 1 WAFS forecasts required by the CAR/SAM States, to be provided by WAFCs Washington. 2 Area of coverage required for the WAFS forecasts, to be provided by WAFC Washington. FORECAST REQUIRED 1 2 SWH forecasts (FL ) in the BUFR code form SWM forecasts (FL ) in the BUFR code form Forecasts of upper-air wind, temperature and humidity, cumulonimbus clouds, icing, and clear-air and in-cloud turbulence, and of geopotential altitude of flight levels in the GRIB code form AREAS REQUIRED GLOBAL NIL GLOBAL Note 1. SWM forecasts are provided for limited geographical areas as determined by regional air navigation agreement. Areas ASIA SOUTH, EUR and MID provided by WAFC London; area NAT provided by WAFC Washington. Note 2. WAFCs will continue to issue forecasts of SIGWX in PNG chart form for back-up purposes for fixed areas of coverage as specified in Annex 3. Note 3. Forecasts of cumulonimbus clouds, icing, and clear-air and in-cloud turbulence are labelled as trial forecasts and are currently distributed through the Internet-based services. END

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES MONA CAMPUS TOTAL NUMBER OF GRADUATES - OFF-CAMPUS BY FACULTY, COUNTRY AND SEX, 2007

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