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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-52
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
808 AM EDT FRI AUG 31 2007
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: AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM /ASOS/
COMMUNICATIONS TRANSFER FROM NWS TO FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ FOR DUBUQUE IOWA: EFFECTIVE
AUGUST 2 2007.
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS.
THIS IS THE LATEST MESSAGE IN A SERIES OF TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION
NOTICES /TIN/. THE LAST TIN ON THIS SUBJECT WAS TIN 07-50 DATED AUGUST 2
2007.
THIS MESSAGE LISTS THE EFFECTIVE DATE THE NWS ADVANCED WEATHER
INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM /AWIPS/ TRANSMISSION PATH HAS BEEN
DISCONNECTED AT SPECIFIC ASOS LOCATIONS. ADDITIONAL MESSAGES WILL BE
ISSUED WHEN THE AWIPS TRANSMISSION PATH HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED AT
SUCCEEDING LOCATIONS.
LONG-LINE TRANSMISSION OF OBSERVATIONS FROM A SELECT GROUP OF ASOS
LOCATIONS IS MOVING FROM NWS AWIPS NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS PATHWAY TO FAA
AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVING SYSTEM /AWOS/-ASOS DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM
/ADAS/ NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS PATHWAY.
THIS TRANSITION...SCHEDULED THROUGH 2008...INVOLVES CONNECTION OF THESE
ASOSES TO THE FAA ADAS TRANSMISSION PATH FOLLOWED BY DISCONNECTION FROM
THE NWS AWIPS TRANSMISSION PATH. WHEN THE CHANGE OCCURS...SELECT
OBSERVATIONS FROM THESE ASOS LOCATIONS WILL BE TRANSMITTED LONG-LINE
ONLY THROUGH THE FAA ADAS NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS TRANSMISSION PATH. ON
AUGUST 2 2007 THE FOLLOWING ASOS LOCATION TRANSITIONED NETWORK
COMMUNICATION PATHWAYS FROM NWS AWIPS TO FAA ADAS:
SID LOCATION STATE NWS AWIPS TERMINATED
KDBQ DUBUQUE IA 08/02/07
WHEN NWS AWIPS TRANSMISSION PATH CONNECTION ENDS AT THIS
LOCATION...SELECT OBSERVATIONS FOR THIS LOCATION WILL BE TRANSMITTED
LONG-LINE FROM FAA TO NWS AND DISSEMINATED UNDER NEW WORLD
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADINGS/COLLECTIVES AND WILL NO
LONGER BE AVAILABLE UNDER FORMER WMO HEADINGS/COLLECTIVES.
THIS CHANGE WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING ASOS OBSERVATIONS: 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 ARE WMO BULLETIN HEADINGS/COLLECTIVES CHANGES FOR DUBUQUE
IOWA:
METAR MESSAGES
ASOS WMO HEADING WMO COLLECTIVE WMO COLLECTIVE
SID OLD OLD NEW
KDBQ SAUS43 KDMX SAUS80 KWBC SAUS70 KWBC
SPECI MESSAGES
ASOS WMO HEADING WMO COLLECTIVE WMO COLLECTIVE
SID OLD OLD NEW
KDBQ SPUS43 KDMX SPUS80 KWBC SPUS70 KWBC
ASOS SHEF PRECIPITATION CRITERIA MESSAGE
ASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB SID
OLD NEW
KDBQ SRUS63 KDMX SRUS27 KZAU CHICAGO
ASOS SHEF HOURLY ROUTINE MESSAGE
ASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB
SID OLD NEW
KDBQ SRUS73 KDMX SRUS27 KZAU CHICAGO
ASOS DAILY SUMMARY MESSAGE
ASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB
SID OLD NEW
KDBQ CXUS43 KDMX CDUS27 KZAU CHICAGO
ASOS MONTHLY SUMMARY MESSAGE
ASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB
SID OLD NEW
KDBQ CSUS43 KDMX CSUS27 KZAU CHICAGO
USERS WITH AUTOMATIC DECODERS SHOULD 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
ANTHONY ROBINSON
OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
W/OS12
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
PHONE: 301-713-1373 EXT. 165 E-MAIL: ANTHONY.ROBINSON@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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Linda Miller - lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Community Services, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690
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