980129: ASOS Commiss-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 980129: ASOS Commiss-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 14:56:58 -0700 (MST)

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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1165           JANUARY 29... 1998


ATTENTION    FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
             NOAAPORT USERS
             NWWS SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS

SUBJECT      ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...

ON JANUARY 29... 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ WILL
COMMISSION THE FAA-SPONSORED AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING
SYSTEMS /ASOS/ AT

     TRI-CITIES AIRPORT /KPSC/
     PASCO... WA

     VERNAL AIRPORT /KVEL/
     VERNAL... UT

THE COMMISSIONINGS WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800UTC.
THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS
TO 481 /252 NWS SITES AND 229 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... MONITOR
ASOS PRODUCTS AND WILL 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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