970306: ASOS commiss-Cape Girardeau, Miss

• To: nws-changes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: 970306: ASOS commiss-Cape Girardeau, Miss
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 06:49:44 -0700 (MST)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
820 AM EST THU MAR 6 1997
 
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 WAS REACHED ON MARCH 5... 1997 WHEN THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
/FAA/ COMMISSIONED THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOS AT:
 
CAPE GIRARDEAU REGIONAL AIRPORT /KCGI/
CAPE GIRARDEAU... MISSOURI
 
   THE COMMISSIONING OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1800UTC.  THIS
BROUGHT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 366 /228 NWS
SITES AND 138 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 /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
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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