950628: Winter Haven-NOUS40 (fwd)

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• Subject: 950628: Winter Haven-NOUS40 (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 13:10:04 -0600 (MDT)

NOUS40 KWBC 281621

FOS NOTICE NO. 702 06-28-95

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     ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM

/ASOS/ PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON JUNE 30... 1995 WHEN THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION

ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ COMMISSION THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOSS AT:



WINTER HAVEN'S GILBERT AIRPORT /GIF/

WINTER HAVEN... FLORIDA



     LATITUDE:            28
 04' N

     LONGITUDE:           81
 45' W

     FIELD ELEVATION:        144'



     THE COMMISSIONINGS WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC /12

O'CLOCK LOCAL TIME AT THE SITE./  THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL

NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 78 /55 NWS SITES AND 23 FAA

SITES/.  COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEANS THAT THE ASOSS WILL

PRODUCE AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK SURFACE AVIATION

OBSERVATIONS.



     THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE 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.



     FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FUTURE ASOS COMMISSIONINGS...

CALL /301/ 713-0070.

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