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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1247 JUNE 17... 1998
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS
SUBJECT ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON JUNE 17... 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ AND THE
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ WILL COMMISSION THE FAA-
SPONSORED AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEMS /ASOS/ AT
ANNISTON METROPOLITAN AIRPORT /KANB/ ANNISTON... AL
SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT /KEET/
ALABASTER... AL
KENDALL-TAMIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT /KTMB/ MIAMI... FL
OROVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT /KOVE/
OROVILLE... CA
WHITTED AIRPORT /KSPG/
ST PETERSBURG... FL
THE COMMISSIONINGS WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC.
THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 581
/279 NWS SITES AND 302 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... 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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