960424: Cedar Rapids & Watertown-ASOS commiss

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• Subject: 960424: Cedar Rapids & Watertown-ASOS commiss
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 11:08:42 -0600 (MDT)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1230 PM EDT WED APR 24 1996

ATTENTION    ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES/ 
             FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER WIRE
             SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / NWS CUSTOMERS AND OTHER USERS

SUBJECT      ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICES... 

                       ..... NOTICE .....

      ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM
/ASOS/ PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON APRIL 24... 1996 WHEN THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ COMMISSION THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOSS AT:

/NOTE THAT THE LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, AND ELEVATION ARE FOR THE ASOS DATA
COLLECTION PLATFORM - THE PRIMARY SENSOR GROUP/

CEDAR RAPIDS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT /CID/
CEDAR RAPIDS... IOWA

            LATITUDE:          41 DEGREES 53 MINUTES NORTH
            LONGITUDE:         91 DEGREES 43 MINUTES WEST
            ELEVATION:        868 FEET

WATERTOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT /ATY/
WATERTOWN... SOUTH DAKOTA

            LATITUDE:          44 DEGREES 54 MINUTES NORTH
            LONGITUDE:         97 DEGREES 09 MINUTES WEST
            ELEVATION:       1746 FEET

     THE COMMISSIONINGS WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC.  THIS WILL
BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 237 /148 NWS SITES AND 69
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 /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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