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RENEWAL OF AUTHORITY FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF AIRWAYS OBSERVERS
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The Civil Service Commiwion has reccwtly rencwcd the autho&’
granted the Weather Bureau under the Executive ordcr of May 21, 1‘3299
to employ agcntA (airway8 observers) to trtkc and transmit nietcorological
observations in connection with airways, whose dutica rcquirc only a part
of their time and whom compensntion docs not cxcecd $100 pcr month*
Renewal of this authority is for a prriod of three yearti beginning Bb3’
21, 1982.
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DISTRIBUTION OF CIRCULAR N TO AVIATION INTER&STS
Inquiries have been received at the Cwtral Office regnrding thr pdicJ’
to be fo’olbwed in carrying out the provisions of thc last paragraph in the
introduction on page 1 of Circular N, 1932. Thr following iR for the
guidance of all stations in this connection :
It is not contemplated that t~ copy will be furnished to twh individual
1 pilot, fidd rxanagm, or other personnel of tramport companies or flying
servicm, but rather that one or two copiw will bc furnished upon rcqUcfit
to the 0fficc.s of the aviation orgnnizntione desiring thcrn, thus making
them available to all personnel of thaw organizations.
Pilots and othcrs &iring copim for prrsonal us0 can obtnjn them for
36 cents per copy by applying to the Superintendcnt of Document@,
Washington, D, C.
CLOUD CODE WORD8 IN THREE-HOURLY REPORTS
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Attention of the Cciitral Offlicr has bem cdl~d to tho fact that in many
cases the ‘‘8” on cloud cod(. words includrd in thrtac-hourly reports sellt
by telcgraph or added to hourly mqurtice kcports, required and out.
lined in paragraph 6, “InstructionH for Mnlting l‘h~cle-liourly Reporf.B”,
is omitted, particularly when reporting an overcast HlCy and coding clouds
with an “0” word,
This feature is quite important to the official prepnring thrce-hourlY
forecasts, and it is rcqumted and dodred that thc procedure outlined be
followed in all caBes.
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AMENDMENT TO THE THREEHOURLY FORECAST INBTRUCTION CIRCULAR
Tho Circular, “lnstructions for thc Preparation and Issunnco of Three’
Ilourly Porccasts”, dated April 1, 1082, is hereby amc!ndod to provide
for the issuanac of forccaHts froin thc! &*ntt,lc ntatiori for tho followins’
named airwayfi: Bcattle-Victoria; t;3c,attle-Vancouvcr.
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AMENDMENTS TO DEPARTMENT REOULATIONS
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Amended pugw 446-3rt, 446-8rt, 447-~, nnd 448 of lkpitytincnit R@’
Iations are bring mailed to stations with tllix tiumIier of rropIcs AN^
PEEWNNEI,. Any official having R copy of thc Regulrttions who docs not
receive the two nmcndod shccts is rcqucxtctl to so notify the Central OfFi(Je‘