980817: 3 ASOS Commiss-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 980817: 3 ASOS Commiss-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:30:38 -0600 (MDT)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
130 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 1998
 
ATTENTION:     ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES/ FAMILY
               OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAAPORT USERS / NOAA
               WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS
               CUSTOMERS
 
SUBJECT:       THREE ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICES... 
 
1 OF 3 ..... NOTICE .....
 
ON AUGUST 17... 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL
COMMISSION THE NWS-SPONSORED AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM
/ASOS/ AT:
 
AEROFLEX-ANDOVER AIRPORT   /K12N/
ANDOVER... NJ
 
THE COMMISSIONING WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC.  
 
THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 627 /294
NWS SITES AND 333 FAA SITES/.  COMMISSIONING OF THIS SITE MEANS
THAT THE ASOS NOW PRODUCES AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK
OBSERVATIONS.
 
 
2 OF 3  ..... NOTICE .....
 
ON AUGUST 18... 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL
COMMISSION THE NWS-SPONSORED AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM
/ASOS/ AT:
 
WINDOW ROCK AIRPORT   /KP34/
WINDOW ROCK... AZ
 
THE COMMISSIONING WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC.  
 
THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 628 /295
NWS SITES AND 333 FAA SITES/.  COMMISSIONING OF THIS SITE MEANS
THAT THE ASOS NOW PRODUCES AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK
OBSERVATIONS.
 
 
3 OF 3 ..... NOTICES .....
 
ON AUGUST 19... 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ AND THE
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ WILL COMMISSION THE FAA-
SPONSORED AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM /ASOS/ AT:
 
HANSCOM FIELD   /KBED/
BEDFORD... MA
 
THE COMMISSIONING WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC.  
 
THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 629 /295
NWS SITES AND 334 FAA SITES/.  COMMISSIONING OF THIS SITE MEANS
THAT THE ASOS NOW PRODUCES 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/ 713-0341 X131.
 
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