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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
415 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 1996
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
SUBJECT: ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
..... NOTICE .....
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM
/ASOS/ PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON JUNE 1... 1996 WHEN THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/COMMISSIONED THE NWS-SPONSORED ASOSS AT:
ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT /AVL/
ASHEVILLE... NORTH CAROLINA
MEADOWS FIELD /BFL/
BAKERSFIELD... CALIFORNIA
NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT /BNA/
NASHVILLE... TENNESSEE
HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT /IAH/
HOUSTON... TEXAS
CAPITAL CITY /LAN/
LANSING... MICHIGAN
MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT /MSP/
MINNEAPOLIS... MINNESOTA
ROCHESTER MUNICIPAL /RST/
ROCHESTER... MINNESOTA
LAMBERT-ST LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT /STL/
ST LOUIS... MISSOURI
THE COMMISSIONINGS OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY MIDNIGHT
/12 O~CLOCK AM/ LOCAL TIME AT THESE SITES. THIS BRINGS THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 264 /188 NWS SITES AND 76
FAA SITES/. COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEANS THAT THE ASOSS
WILL PRODUCE AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK SURFACE AVIATION
OBSERVATIONS.
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.
FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FUTURE ASOS COMMISSIONINGS...
CALL /301/ 713-0070.
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