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FOS NOTICE NO. 811 11-01-95
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING
SYSTEM /ASOS/ PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON NOVEMBER 1... 1995
WHEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ COMMISSIONS THE
NWS-SPONSORED ASOSS AT
/NOTE THAT THE LATITUDE LONGITUDE AND ELEVATION ARE FOR
THE ASOS DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM - THE SENSOR GROUP/
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON AIRPORT /ABE/
ALLENTOWN... PENNSYLVANIA
LATITUDE 40p 39 N
LONGITUDE 75p 27 W
ELEVATION 376
BINGHAMTON REGIONAL AIRPORT /BGM/
BINGHAMTON... NEW YORK
LATITUDE 42p 12 N
LONGITUDE 75p 59 W
ELEVATION 1615
CHEYENNE AIRPORT /CYS/
CHEYENNE... WYOMING
LATITUDE 41p 09 N
LONGITUDE 104p 48 W
ELEVATION 6120
COX DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT /DAY/
DAYTON... OHIO
LATITUDE 39p 54 N
LONGITUDE 84p 13 W
ELEVATION 1002
HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT /FAR/
FARGO... NORTH DAKOTA
LATITUDE 46p 56 N
LONGITUDE 96p 49 W
ELEVATION 909
NEW HANOVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT /ILM/
WILMINGTON... NORTH CAROLINA
LATITUDE 34p 16 N
LONGITUDE 77p 54 W
ELEVATION 33
NEW YORK CITY - CENTRAL PARK /NYC/
NEW YORK... NEW YORK
LATITUDE 40p 47 N
LONGITUDE 73p 58 W
ELEVATION 156
OLYMPIA AIRPORT /OLM/
OLYMPIA... WASHINGTON
LATITUDE 46p 58 N
LONGITUDE 122p 54 W
ELEVATION 193
PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT /PDX/
PORTLAND... OREGON
LATITUDE 45p 35 N
LONGITUDE 122p 36 W
ELEVATION 24
SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL AIRPORT /SGF/
SPRINGFIELD... MISSOURI
LATITUDE 37p 14 N
LONGITUDE 93p 23 W
ELEVATION 1269
TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT /TPA/
TAMPA... FLORIDA
LATITUDE 27p 58 N
LONGITUDE 82p 32 W
ELEVATION 38
THE COMMISSIONINGS WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY MIDNIGHT /12
O CLOCK AM/ LOCAL TIME AT THESE SITES. THIS WILL BRING THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 143 /112 NWS SITES AND
31 FAA SITES/. COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEANS THAT ASOS
WILL PRODUCE AN AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK SURFACE
AVIATION OBSERVATION.
THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE 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.
FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FUTURE ASOS COMMISSIONINGS... CALL
/301/ 713-0070.
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