NOTE: The nws-changes mailing list is no longer active. The list archives are made available for historical reasons.
470 NOUS40 KWBC 071306 FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1789 SEPTEMBER 7... 2000 ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS SUBJECT ASOS COMMISSIONING ON SEPTEMBER 6 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ COMMISSIONED THE FAA- SPONSORED ASOSS AT BOWMAN FIELD /KLOU/ LOUISVILLE... KENTUCKY TUCUMCARI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT /KTCC/ TUCUMCARI... NEW MEXICO QUINCY MUNICIPAL BALDWIN FIELD /KUIN/ QUINCY... ILLINOIS THE COMMISSIONINGS TOOK PLACE AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC. OF 883 INSTALLED ASOSS... 789 HAVE NOW BEEN COMMISSIONED /313 NWS SITES AND 476 FAA SITES/. COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEANS THAT THE ASOSS NOW PRODUCE AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK 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 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. END NNNN ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
nws-changes archives: