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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
815 AM EDT THU SEP 17 1998
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAAPORT USERS / NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE
SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
SUBJECT: ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
..... NOTICE .....
ON SEPTEMBER 17... 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) AND THE
FEDERAL
AVIATION ADMINISTRATION WILL COMMISSION THE FAA- SPONSORED ASOSS AT:
CLAYTON AIRPORT (KOLF)
WOLF POINT... MT
BELLINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KBLI) BELLINGHAM... WA
PORT ISABEL-CAMERON COUNTY AIRPORT (KT31) PORT ISABEL... TX
THE COMMISSIONINGS WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC.
THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 647 (299 NWS SITES
AND
348 FAA SITES). COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEANS THAT THE ASOSS NOW
PRODUCE
AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK OBSERVATIONS.
THE NWS FORECAST OFFICES RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE SITES... AS WELL AS THE
ASOS
OPERATIONS AND MONITORING CENTER (800-242-8194) IN SILVER SPRING...
MARYLAND...
WILL MONITOR ASOS PRODUCTS AND COORDINATE MAINTENANCE ACTIONS AS NEEDED.
NOTE:
BECAUSE ASOS OBSERVATIONAL FORMATS ARE DIFFERENT FROM MANUAL
OBSERVATIONAL