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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
900 AM EDT TUE SEPT 2 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 .....
ON SEPTEMBER 1... 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS)
COMMISSIONED THE NWS-SPONSORED AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING
SYSTEMS (ASOS) AT:
LAMONI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (K0Y7)
LAMONI... IA
MOBRIDGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KMBG)
MOBRIDGE... SD
THE COMMISSIONINGS OCCURED AT APPROXIMATELY 1800UTC. THIS BRINGS
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 417 (236 NWS SITES AND
181 FAA SITES). COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEANS THAT THE
ASOSS WILL PRODUCE AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK SURFACE AVIATION
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
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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Posted: Fri, Sep 18, 1992 4:54 PM EDT Msg: AGJC-5384-4499
Subj: new rns for west palm beach
I sent the following message on AFOS, NWWS, Public Products Service of FOS,
Honolulu X.25, WMSC, Alaska (via WMSC), and ISPAN:
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
405 PM EDT FRI SEP 18 1992
...RADAR NARRATIVE SUMMARY TO SWITCH FROM MIAMI TO WEST PALM
BEACH...EFFECTIVE FRIDAY...SEPTEMBER 25 AT 800 AM LOCAL TIME...
...PREPARE NOW FOR THE CHANGE...
BECAUSE OF DAMAGE TO THE MIAMI RADAR DURING HURRICANE ANDREW, THE
RADAR AT WSO PALM BEACH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS THE NETWORK RADAR
SERVING SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
EFFECTIVE AT 800 AM FRIDAY...SEPTEMBER 25, 1992...THE RADAR
NARRATIVE SUMMARY FROM MIAMI (MIARNSMIA; WMO HEADER SDXX1 KMIA)
WILL BE DISCONTINUED. IN ITS PLACE WILL BE A RADAR NARRATIVE
SUMMARY FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE (WSO) IN WEST PALM BEACH,
USING THE NEW HEADER MIARNSPBI (WMO HEADER SDXX40 KPBI).
AS A NETWORK RADAR SITE, WSO WEST PALM BEACH MAY ISSUE THE RADAR
NARRATIVE SUMMARY (RNS) BY ITSELF OR IN COMBINATION WITH THREE
OTHER PRODUCTS, THUS THE NEED TO RECEIVE ALL 4 PRODUCTS TO ENSURE
RECEIPT OF THE RADAR DATA.
FOR CONTINUED RECEIPT OF THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA RADAR NARRATIVE,
NOAA WEATHER WIRE USERS MUST CONTACT GTE/CONTEL IMMEDIATELY AND
REQUEST THAT THE FOLLOWING 4 HEADERS (1 NEW AND 3 EXISTING) BE
PROGRAMMED FOR THEIR RECEIVERS:
MIARNSPBI SDXX40 KPBI RADAR NARRATIVE SUMMARY (WEST PALM
BEACH)...NEW
MIAMWSPBI FZUS60 KPBI MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT, OR
COMBINED MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
AND RADAR SUMMARY
MIASVSPBI WUUS34 KPBI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT, OR
COMBINED SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
AND RADAR SUMMARY
MIASPSPBI WWUS35 KPBI SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT, OR
COMBINED SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
AND RADAR SUMMARY
FOR THOSE WHO USE UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES, THE RADAR NARRATIVE
SUMMARY, WHEN COMBINED WITH SPECIAL OR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS,
WILL STILL USE THE "Z" FORM OF THE CODE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT WEST PALM BEACH:
WSO WEST PALM BEACH
4245 SOUTHERN BLVD.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33406
[CORRECTED FOR WMO HEADER FOR MIASVSPBI]
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