Linda Miller
External Programs Coordinator Telephone: (303) 497-8646
UCAR/Unidata Program Center Fax: (303) 497-8690
P.O. Box 3000 E-mail: lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Boulder, CO 80307-3000 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
1130 AM EDT FRI APRIL 28 1995
ATTENTION: ALL NWS OFFICES, FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS
OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCT USERS
***** NOTICE *****
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (ASOS)
PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED TODAY (APRIL 28... 1995) WHEN THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA)
COMMISSION THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOSS AT THE FOLLOWING SITES:
WISCASSET... MAINE (9B9)
WILLIMANTIC... CONNECTICUT (IJD)
BERLIN... NEW HAMPSHIRE (BML)
THE COMMISSIONING EVENT WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 12 O'CLOCK AM LOCAL
TIME AT THESE SITES. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS
TO 52 (45 NWS SITES AND 7 FAA SITES). COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEAN
THAT ASOS WILL REPLACE THE CURRENT MANUAL OBSERVATIONS BEING
TRANSMITTED WITH AN AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK SURFACE AVIATION
OBSERVATION.
THE NWS FORECAST OFFICES RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE SITES... AS WELL AS THE
ASOS OPERATIONS AND MONITORING CENTER (AOMC) IN SILVER SPRING...
MARYLAND... WILL MONITOR ASOS PRODUCTS AND COORDINATE MAINTENANCE
ACTIONS AS NEEDED.
NOTE... BECAUSE ASOS OBSERVATIONAL FORMATS ARE DIFFERENT FROM MANUAL
OBSERVATIONAL FORMATS... AUTOMATED DECODER PROGRAMS MAY REQUIRE
SOFTWARE MODIFICATIONS. PERSONS WISHING MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING
ASOS SHOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OR CALL
(301) 713-1792... FAX (301) 713-0959.
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