950428-ASOS Commissioning Notice (fwd)

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• Subject: 950428-ASOS Commissioning Notice (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 13:27:09 -0600 (MDT)

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
0200 PM EDT FRI APRIL 28 1995

ATTENTION:     ALL NWS OFFICES, FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
               NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS
               OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCT USERS

                       ***** NOTICE *****

ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (ASOS)
PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON MAY 1... 1995, WHEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSION THE NWS-SPONSORED ASOSS AT THE FOLLOWING SITES

      BISHOP, CALIFORNIA                  (BIH)
      BILLINGS, MONTANA                   (BIL)

THE COMMISSIONING EVENT WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY MIDNIGHT (12 O'CLOCK
AM) LOCAL TIME AT THESE SITES.  THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 54 (47 NWS SITES AND 7 FAA SITES).  COMMISSIONING
OF THESE SITES MEAN THAT ASOS WILL REPLACE THE CURRENT MANUAL
OBSERVATIONS BEING TRANSMITTED WITH AN AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK
SURFACE AVIATION OBSERVATION.
  
THE NWS FORECAST OFFICES RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE SITES... AS WELL AS THE
ASOS OPERATIONS AND MONITORING CENTER (AOMC) 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.

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