980817: ASOS Commiss-Yellowstone Lake, WY-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 980817: ASOS Commiss-Yellowstone Lake, WY-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:45:12 -0600 (MDT)

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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1297       AUGUST 13  1998

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

SUBJECT      ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...

ON AUGUST 13... 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
WILL COMMISSION THE NWS-SPONSORED AUTOMATED SURFACE
OBSERVING SYSTEM /ASOS/ AT

YELLOWSTONE LAKE   /KP60/
YELLOWSTONE LAKE... WY

THE COMMISSIONING WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC.

THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO
626 /293 NWS SITES AND 333 FAA SITES/.  COMMISSIONING OF THIS
SITE MEANS THAT THE ASOS NOW PRODUCES AUTOMATED...
AROUND-THE-CLOCK OBSERVATIONS.

THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SITE... 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/ 713-0341 X131.

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