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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 04-62
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1243 PM EST WED DEC 01 2004
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: JOSEPH FACUNDO
CHIEF...OBSERVING SYSTEMS BRANCH
OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS
SUBJECT: COMMISSIONING OF AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM
/ASOS/ AT MUNISING...MICHIGAN EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1
2004
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS.
THIS MESSAGE IS TO INFORM YOU OF AN ASOS COMMISSIONING.
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1 2004...AT APPROXIMATELY 1800
UTC... NWS WILL COMMISSION THE NWS-SPONSORED OTHER THAN ASOS
/OTA/ AT:
MUNISING LAKESHORE /KP53/...MICHIGAN
THE OTA FOR THIS SITE WAS MOVED FROM ANOTHER OTA SITE...
MANISTIQUE.../KP75/...MICHIGAN... DECOMMISSIONED SEPTEMBER 20
2004. WITH THIS MOVE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOS SITES
SPONSORED BY THE NWS AND FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION REMAINS
AT 885.
THE ASOS WAS MOVED FROM MANISTIQUE TO MUNISING FOR A NUMBER OF
REASONS. ASOS SENSOR READINGS WERE CONTAMINATED BY OCCASIONAL
PARKING OF MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE VEHICLES
DIRECTLY NEXT TO ASOS SENSORS AND EXPANSION OF A NEARBY BUSINESS
ENCROACHED ON THE SENSORS. IN ADDITION...THERE WAS SENSOR DAMAGE
FROM SNOWMOBILE TRAFFIC AND FROM WINTER SALT SPRAY FROM AN
ADJACENT HIGHWAY.
MUNISING...MICHIGAN WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE A HIGHER NEED FOR MARINE
OBSERVATIONS NOW EXISTS ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR COAST NEAR
MUNISING. MUNISING IS ALSO HOME TO ONE OF WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE
MARQUETTE/S MOST ACTIVE MARINAS WITH COMMERCIAL BOAT CRUISES
OPERATING FREQUENTLY DURING THE SUMMER.
WHEN THE ASOS AT MUNISING...MICHIGAN IS COMMISSIONED...SELECT
OBSERVATIONS FOR THIS LOCATION WILL BE TRANSMITTED LONG-LINE AND
DISSEMINATED UNDER WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/
HEADINGS/COLLECTIVES.
THESE OBSERVATIONS ARE ASOS AVIATION ROUTINE WEATHER REPORTS
/METAR/...AVIATION SELECTED SPECIAL WEATHER REPORTS /SPECI/...
STANDARD HYDRO METEOROLOGICAL EXCHANGE FORMAT /SHEF/
PRECIPITATION CRITERIA...SHEF HOURLY ACCUMULATION MESSAGES...
DAILY SUMMARY MESSAGES /DSM/ AND MONTHLY SUMMARY MESSAGES /MSM/.
THE FOLLOWING WMO BULLETIN HEADINGS/COLLECTIVES WILL BE EFFECTIVE
FOR THIS LOCATION:
METAR MESSAGES
ASOS SID WMO HEADING WMO COLLECTIVE
KP53 SAUS43 KMQT SAUS70 KWBC
SPECI MESSAGES
ASOS SID WMO HEADING WMO COLLECTIVE
KP53 SPUS43 KMQT SPUS70 KWBC
ASOS SHEF PRECIPITATION CRITERIA MESSAGE
ASOS SID WMO HEADING
KP53 SRUS63 KMQT
ASOS SHEF HOURLY ROUTINE MESSAGE
ASOS SID WMO HEADING
KP53 SRUS73 KMQT
ASOS DAILY SUMMARY MESSAGE
ASOS SID WMO HEADING
KP53 CXUS43 KMQT
ASOS MONTHLY SUMMARY MESSAGE
ASOS SID WMO HEADING
KP53 CSUS43 KMQT
WE URGE ALL USERS WITH AUTOMATIC DECODERS TO REPROGRAM THEIR
SYSTEMS NOW TO RECOGNIZE THE NEW BULLETIN HEADINGS FOR THESE ASOS
OBSERVATIONS.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT DELIVERY OF THESE REPORTS AND MESSAGES TO
NWS CUSTOMERS MAY BE DELAYED APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES DUE TO
INCREASED COMMUNICATIONS HANDLING BETWEEN FAA AND NWS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES... PLEASE CONTACT:
DAVE MANNARANO
OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS
W/OPS22
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
PHONE: 301-713-2093 EXT. 103
E-MAIL: DAVID.MANNARANO@xxxxxxxx
OR
GARY ALESSI
OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS
W/OPS22
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
PHONE: 301-713-2093 EXT. 106
E-MAIL: GARY.ALESSI@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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