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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 910 AM EST FRI FEB 23 1996 ATTENTION ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES/ FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER CUSTOMERS FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE CORE SUBJECT ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICES... ..... NOTICE ..... ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (ASOS) PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON FEBRUARY 22... 1996 WHEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) COMMISSION THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOS AT - (NOTE THAT THE LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, AND ELEVATION ARE FOR THE ASOS DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM - THE PRIMARY SENSOR GROUP) EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA) OMAHA... NEBRASKA LATITUDE: 41 DEGREES 19 MINUTES NORTH LONGITUDE: 95 DEGREES 54 MINUTES WEST ELEVATION: 1026 FEET THE COMMISSIONING WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC. THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 193 (140 NWS SITES AND 53 FAA SITES). COMMISSIONING OF THIS SITE MEANS THAT THE ASOS WILL PRODUCE AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK SURFACE AVIATION OBSERVATIONS. THE NWS FORECAST OFFICES RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SITE... 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. END NNNN ZCZC WSHADWMSG ALL TTAA00 KWSH DDHHMM NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE FOR NWWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 900 AM EST FRI FEB 23 1995 NWWS CHANGE NOTICE NO. 244 EFFECTIVE DATE: 3/6/96 (DRG1876) ON THE ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATE... PRODUCTS FROM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (BOX); NEW YORK CITY (OKX) AND ALBANY (ALB), NEW YORK SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE CT WEATHER WIRE. PRODUCT TITLE ISSUE TIMES IN UTC --------- --------------------- ------------------ ALBCEMALB CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE AS NEEDED NYCCEMNYC CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE AS NEEDED BOSCFWBOS COASTAL FLOOD WARNING, AS NEEDED WATCH, OR STATEMENT NYCCFWNYC COASTAL FLOOD WARNING, AS NEEDED WATCH, OR STATEMENT BOSCWFBOS COASTAL WATERS FORECAST 9-10 AM, 3-4 PM, 9-10 PM, 3-4 AM ALBFFSALB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT AS NEEDED NYCFFSNYC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT AS NEEDED ALBFWMALB FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT, MISC. AS NEEDED ALBHLSALB HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT AS NEEDED NYCHLSNYC HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT AS NEEDED ALBLSRALB LOCAL STORM REPORT AS NEEDED NYCLSRNYC LOCAL STORM REPORT AS NEEDED BOSNPWBOS NON PRECIPITATION WARNING AS NEEDED ALBNPWALB NON PRECIPITATION WARNING AS NEEDED NYCNPWNYC NON PRECIPITATION WARNING AS NEEDED BOSOFFBOS OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST 9-10 AM, 3-4 PM, 9-10 PM, 3-4 AM BOSOPUBOS OTHER PUBLIC PRODUCT AS NEEDED BOSPNSBOS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT AS NEEDED ALBPNSALB PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT AS NEEDED NYCPNSNYC PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT AS NEEDED ALBPSHALB POST STORM HURRICANE STATEMENT AS NEEDED BOSPSHBOS POST STORM HURRICANE REPORT AS NEEDED NYCPSHNYC POST STORM HURRICANE REPORT AS NEEDED BOSSLSMA SEVERE WEATHER AS NEEDED REDEFINING STATEMENT BOSSMWBOS SPECIAL MARINE WARNING AS NEEDED NYCSMWNYC SPECIAL MARINE WARNING AS NEEDED BOSSPSBOS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AS NEEDED ALBSPSALB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AS NEEDED NYCSPSNYC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AS NEEDED BOSSTPBOS STATE MAX/MIN TEMP PRECIP DAILY 8-9 AM TABLE BOSSVSBOS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT AS NEEDED ALBSVSALB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT AS NEEDED NYCSVSNYC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT AS NEEDED BOSSWRMA STATE WEATHER ROUNDUP HOURLY BOSWSWBOS WINTER STORM WARNING AS NEEDED ALBWSWALB WINTER STORM WARNING AS NEEDED NYCWSWNYC WINTER STORM WARNING AS NEEDED IN ADDITION, WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES HARTFORD (BDL), AND BRIDGEPORT (BDR), CONNECTICUT HAVE SPUN DOWN AND ARE NO LONGER ISSUING PRODUCTS. ALSO ON THE ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATE... THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE ON THE STATE CIRCUIT OF THE NWWS AS INDICATED BELOW: BOSCEMBDL CT MA BOSCEMBDR CT MA BOSCFWBDL CT MA BOSCFWBDR CT MA BOSFFSBDL CT MA BOSFFSBDR CT MA BOSFWMBDL CT MA BOSHLSBDL CT MA BOSHLSBDR CT MA BOSLSRBDL CT MA BOSLSRBDR CT MA BOSMWSBDL CT MA BOSMWSBDR CT MA BOSNPWBDL CT MA BOSNPWBDR CT MA BOSOPUBDL CT MA BOSOSOBDL CT MA BOSPNSBDL CT MA BOSPNSBDR CT MA BOSPSHBDL CT MA BOSPSHBDR CT MA BOSSMWBDL CT MA BOSSMWBDR CT MA BOSSPSBDL CT MA BOSSPSBDR CT MA BOSSVSBDL CT MA BOSSVSBDR CT MA BOSWSWBDL CT MA BOSWSWBDR CT MA A. PLATT NWWS PROGRAM LEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE END NNNN ZCZC WSHADWMSG ALL TTAA00 KWSH DDHHMM NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE FOR NWWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 915 AM EST FRI FEB 23 19965 NWWS CHANGE NOTICE NO. 245 EFFECTIVE DATE: 3/6/96 (DRG1878) ON THE ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATE... PRODUCTS ISSUED BY WSFO BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (BOX) WILL BE ADDED TO THE RI STATE CIRCUIT OF THE NWWS. PRODUCT TITLE ISSUE TIMES IN UTC --------- --------------------- ------------------ BOSCEMBOS CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE AS NEEDED BOSCFWBOS COASTAL FLOOD WARNING, AS NEEDED WATCH, STATEMENT BOSFFABOS FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS NEEDED BOSFFSBOS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT AS NEEDED BOSFWFBOS ROUTINE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST DAILY 5-6 AM BOSHLSBOS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT AS NEEDED BOSLSRBOS LOCAL STORM REPORT AS NEEDED BOSMWSBOS MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT AS NEEDED BOSNPWBOS NON PRECIPITATION WARNING AS NEEDED BOSOPUBOS OTHER PUBLIC PRODUCT AS NEEDED BOSPNSBOS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT AS NEEDED BOSPSHBOS POST STORM HURRICANE REPORT AS NEEDED BOSSPSBOS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AS NEEDED BOSSVSBOS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT AS NEEDED BOSSWRMA STATE WEATHER ROUNDUP HOURLY BOSWSWBOS WINTER STORM WARNING AS NEEDED WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (PVD) IS NO LONGER GENERATING THE PRODUCTS BELOW. ON THE ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATE... THOSE PRODUCTS WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE THE MASSACHUSETTS (MA) OR RHODE ISLAND (RI) STATE CIRCUITS OF THE NWWS: BOSAQIPVD BOSCEMPVD BOSCFWPVD BOSCWFPVD BOSSMWPVD BOSSPSPVD BOSSVSPVD BOSWSWPVD BOSFFSPVD BOSHLSPVD BOSNPWPVD BOSOPUPVD BOSLSRPVD BOSMWSPVD BOSPNSPVD BOSPSHPVD A. PLATT NWWS PROGRAM LEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE END NNNN
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