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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 25-74
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS SILVER SPRING MD
1145 AM EDT WED NOV 26 2025
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS, USERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: KEVIN STONE, TEAM LEAD
AVIATION WEATHER SERVICES PROGRAM
SUBJECT: SOLICITING COMMENTS ON PROPOSED TERMINATION OF TERMINAL
AERODROME FORECAST (TAF) AT CASTLE AIRPORT (KMER), ATWATER CA,
THROUGH DECEMBER 26, 2025.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) IS SOLICITING COMMENTS
THROUGH DECEMBER 26, 2025 ON THE PROPOSED TERMINATION OF THE TAF
AT CASTLE AIRPORT, ATWATER, CA (KMER).WITH THE LACK OF
COMMERCIAL SERVICE BEYOND FLIGHT SCHOOL AND SPECIAL EVENTS,
CASTLE AIRPORT HAS NO ROUTINE AIR SERVICE. ALTERNATIVE
PRODUCTS, INCLUDING GRAPHICAL FORECASTS FOR AVIATION AND THE
NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE, CAN BE UTILIZED FOR THE
FLIGHT SCHOOL.THE PROPOSED TERMINATION DATE FOR KMER TAF IS ON
OR ABOUT MARCH 31, 2026.
AIRPORT NAME WMO HEADING AWIPS ID
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CASTLE AIRPORT FTUS46 KHNX TAFMER
IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:
MICHAEL L. GRAF
METEOROLOGIST/INTERNATIONAL LIAISON
NWS HEADQUARTERS
SILVER SPRING, MD
301-427-9109
MICHAEL.GRAF@NOAA.GOV
OR
JERALD MEADOWS
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE
HANFORD, CA
559-584-0583
JERALD.MEADOWS@NOAA.GOV
NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NOTIFICATION/
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