980324: 3 ASOS Commiss-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 980324: 3 ASOS Commiss-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 15:27:36 -0700 (MST)

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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1203       MARCH 24... 1998

ATTENTION    FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
             NOAAPORT USERS
             NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS

SUBJECT      ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...

ON MARCH 25... 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ WILL
COMMISSION THE FAA-SPONSORED AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING
SYSTEMS /ASOS/ AT

     ELIZABETH CITY COAST GUARD AIR STATION /KECG/
     ELIZABETH CITY... NC

     WHEELING OHIO COUNTY AIRPORT /KHLG/
     WHEELING... WV

     MONTEREY PENINSULA AIRPORT /KMRY/
     MONTEREY... CA

THE COMMISSIONINGS WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800UTC.
THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO
517/263 NWS SITES AND 254 FAA SITES/.  COMMISSIONING OF
THESE SITES MEANS THAT THE ASOSS WILL NOW 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... 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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