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-------- Original Message -------- 495 NOUS41 KWBC 281446 PNSWSHPublic Information Statement: Amended
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
945 AM EST Wed Dec 28 2012
To: Subscribers
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-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS partners and NWS employees
From: Joseph Facundo
Chief, NWS Observing Systems Branch
Subject: Amended: Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E)
for Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)
Software version 3.08 (v3.08) to start on or
about December 3, 2012
Note: The following changes have no direct impact on
NOAA Weather Wire Service subscribers
The NWS Field Systems Support Center (FSOC) will begin an OT&E on
ASOS software v3.08 on or about December 3, 2012. The new v3.08
software load provides some 58 new functionalities to ASOS and
includes 24 operational fixes to the current operational baseline
v2.79Y. The new capabilities will do the following:
- Help ASOS meet the encoding requirements for METAR/SPECI
reports as outlined in the Federal Meteorological Handbook
No. 1 (FMH 1)
- Add the reporting of ice accretion amounts
- Add the Ice Free Wind (IFW) sensor quality control algorithm
- Provide support for the Federal Aviation and Administrations
(FAA) Weather Sensor Processor (WSP) program.
- Add an Ice Accretion Remark on the 1 minute page and in the
METAR and SPECI observations. The amount of ice accreting on
a flat surface (planar icing), as estimated by the data from
the freezing rain sensor, will be included in the remarks
section of the METAR/SPECI reports. The remark will have the
format of "Ihnnn", where "h" is the hourly time period, i.e.,
1, 3 or 6 hours. The value "nnn" is the ice thickness
accumulated to the nearest 0.01 inch. A toggle for the ice
accretion remark to be included in the METAR/SPECI reports is
on the PHYSICALS page (REVUE SITE PHYS).
The OT&E will run for approximately 4 months, from about December
3, 2012, through April 2013 at 31 OT&E sites, with observer
augmentation: 27 FAA/NWS service level A, B, C sites, 4 Navy
sites. Detailed information on v3.08 software is online at:
http://www.weather.gov/ops2/ops24/documents/asos_v3.htm
Installation of ASOS v3.08 software will occur at the following
7 FAA/NWS (FAA Contract Tower) sites beginning on or about
December 3, of 2012:
GKN Gulkana, AK
TOP Topeka, KS
COU Columbia, MO
ORH Worcester, MA
LIH Lihue, HI
PDT Pendleton, OR
SPG St. Petersburg, FL
Installation of ASOS v3.08 software will occur at 20 FAA/NWS (FAA
Towered) sites beginning on or about December 3, 2012:
HIO Portland, OR
JNU Juneau, AK
FAI Fairbanks, AK
SITSitka, AK
DSM Des Moines, IA
GRB Green Bay, WI
PIA Peoria, IL
SGF Springfield, MO
BIS Bismarck, ND
ACY Atlantic City, NJ
CLE Cleveland, OH
PWM Portland, ME
ITO Hilo, HI
TRI Bristol, TN
DFW Dallas Ft. Worth, TX
TUL Tulsa, OK
SLC Salt Lake City, UT
TUS Tucson, AZ
OLM Olympia, WA
BIL Billings, MT
Installation of ASOS v3.08 will occur at 4 U.S. Navy sites
beginning on or about December 3, 2012:
KNGU Norfolk NAS, VA
KNKT Cherry Point MCAS, NC KNBC Beaufort MCAS, SC KNIP Jacksonville NAS, FL For more information, please contact: Joseph Facundo NWS Observing Systems Branch Silver Spring, MD 20910 Joseph.Facundo@xxxxxxxx 301 713 2093 ext.101 Public Information Statements are online at: http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm $$
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