970616: Nantucket-ASOS Commiss-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 970616: Nantucket-ASOS Commiss-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 16:09:10 -0600 (MDT)

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FOS NOTICE NO. 1084         JUNE 16... 1997


ATTENTION    FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA
             WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS

SUBJECT      ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...


ON JUNE 16... 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ AND
THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ WILL COMMISSION
THE FAA-SPONSORED AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM /ASOS/
AT

     NANTUCKET MEMORIAL AIRPORT /KACK/
     NANTUCKET... MA

THE COMMISSIONING WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800UTC.
THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO
399 /230 NWS SITES AND 169 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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