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PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-66 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 829 AM EDT FRI AUG 7 2007 TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS... NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES FROM: JOSEPH FACUNDO CHIEF...OBSERVING SYSTEMS BRANCH OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS SUBJECT: AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM /ASOS/ COMMUNICATIONS TRANSFER FROM NWS TO FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ FOR COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO: EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 6 2007. NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS.THIS IS THE LATEST MESSAGE IN A SERIES OF TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES /TIN/. THE LAST TIN ON THIS SUBJECT WAS TIN 07-62 DATED AUGUST 31 2007.
THIS MESSAGE LISTS THE EFFECTIVE DATE THE NWS ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM /AWIPS/ TRANSMISSION PATH HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED AT SPECIFIC ASOS LOCATIONS. ADDITIONAL MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED WHEN THE AWIPS TRANSMISSION PATH HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED AT SUCCEEDING LOCATIONS.
LONG-LINE TRANSMISSION OF OBSERVATIONS FROM A SELECT GROUP OF ASOS LOCATIONS IS MOVING FROM NWS AWIPS NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS PATHWAY TO FAA AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVING SYSTEM /AWOS/-ASOS DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM /ADAS/ NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS PATHWAY.
THIS TRANSITION...SCHEDULED THROUGH 2008...INVOLVES CONNECTION OF THESE ASOSES TO THE FAA ADAS TRANSMISSION PATH FOLLOWED BY DISCONNECTION FROM THE NWS AWIPS TRANSMISSION PATH. WHEN THE CHANGE OCCURS...SELECT OBSERVATIONS FROM THESE ASOS LOCATIONS WILL BE TRANSMITTED LONG-LINE ONLY THROUGH THE FAA ADAS NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS TRANSMISSION PATH. ON SEPTEMBER 6 2007 THE FOLLOWING ASOS LOCATION TRANSITIONED NETWORK COMMUNICATION PATHWAYS FROM NWS AWIPS TO FAA ADAS:
SID LOCATION STATE NWS AWIPS TERMINATED KCOS COLORADO SPRINGS CO 09/06/07WHEN NWS AWIPS TRANSMISSION PATH CONNECTION ENDS AT THIS LOCATION ...SELECT OBSERVATIONS WILL BE TRANSMITTED LONG-LINE FROM FAA TO NWS AND DISSEMINATED UNDER NEW WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ HEADINGS/COLLECTIVES AND WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE UNDER FORMER WMO HEADINGS/ COLLECTIVES.
THIS CHANGE WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING ASOS OBSERVATIONS: ASOS AVIATION ROUTINE WEATHER REPORTS /METAR/...AVIATION SELECTED SPECIAL WEATHER REPORTS /SPECI/...STANDARD HYDRO METEOROLOGICAL EXCHANGE FORMAT /SHEF/ PRECIPITATION CRITERIA...SHEF HOURLY ACCUMULATION MESSAGES...DAILY SUMMARY MESSAGES /DSM/ AND MONTHLY SUMMARY MESSAGES /MSM/.
THE FOLLOWING ARE WMO BULLETIN HEADINGS/COLLECTIVES CHANGES FOR COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO:
METAR MESSAGES ASOS WMO HEADING WMO COLLECTIVE WMO COLLECTIVE SID OLD OLD NEW KCOS SAUS45 KPUB SAUS80 KWBC SAUS70 KWBC SPECI MESSAGES ASOS WMO HEADING WMO COLLECTIVE WMO COLLECTIVE SID OLD OLD NEW KCOS SPUS45 KPUB SPUS80 KWBC SPUS70 KWBC ASOS SHEF PRECIPITATION CRITERIA MESSAGEASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB SID OLD NEW
KCOS SRUS65 KPUB SRUS27 KZDV DENVER ASOS SHEF HOURLY ROUTINE MESSAGE ASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB SID OLD NEW KCOS SRUS75 KPUB SRUS27 KZDV DENVER ASOS DAILY SUMMARY MESSAGE ASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB SID OLD NEW KCOS CXUS45 KPUB CDUS27 KZDV DENVER ASOS MONTHLY SUMMARY MESSAGE ASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB SID OLD NEW KCOS CSUS45 KPUB CSUS27 KZDV DENVERUSERS WITH AUTOMATIC DECODERS SHOULD REPROGRAM THEIR SYSTEMS NOW TO RECOGNIZE THE NEW BULLETIN HEADINGS FOR THESE ASOS OBSERVATIONS. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT DELIVERY OF THESE REPORTS AND MESSAGES TO NWS CUSTOMERS MAY BE DELAYED APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES DUE TO INCREASED COMMUNICATIONS HANDLING BETWEEN FAA AND NWS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES...PLEASE CONTACT: DAVE MANNARANOOFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS W/OPS22
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910 PHONE: 301-713-2093 EXT. 103 E-MAIL: DAVID.MANNARANO@xxxxxxxx OR ANTHONY ROBINSON OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES W/OS12 SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910PHONE: 301-713-1373 EXT. 165 E-MAIL: ANTHONY.ROBINSON@xxxxxxxx
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