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NOUS40 KWBC 231342
FOS NOTICE NO. 978 10-23-96
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS
SUBJECT ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM
/ASOS/ PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON OCTOBER 23... 1996 WHEN THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION /FAA/COMMISSION THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOS AT
PRYOR FIELD /KDCU/
DECATUR... ALABAMA
THE COMMISSIONING WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800UTC.
THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS
TO 327 /214 NWS SITES AND 113 FAA SITES/. COMMISSIONING
OF THIS SITE MEANS THAT THE ASOS WILL PRODUCE AUTOMATED...
AROUND-THE-CLOCK SURFACE AVIATION OBSERVATIONS.
THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SITE... 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.
DRGITEM 2017
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
/DRG2017/ EFFECTIVE ON THE ABOVE DATE 1 RADAR OBSERVATION
/ROB/ CATEGORY PRODUCT FOR THE SANTA ANA CA WSR-88D SITE
WILL BE ADDED TO FOS AND 1 ROB PRODUCT WILL BE DELETED FROM
FOS. THESE PRODUCT CHANGES CORRECT A SITE ID ERROR.
CATEGORY ROB - RADAR OBSERVATION
ADDED TO THE COLLECTIVE SDUS40 KMKC
AFOS PIL
LAXROBSOX
DELETE FROM THE COLLECTIVE SDUS40 KMKC
AFOS PIL
OMAROBRIX
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