20070803: ASOS Dubuque

[Linda Miller]

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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-52
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
808 AM EDT FRI AUG 31 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/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...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 DUBUQUE IOWA: EFFECTIVE            
AUGUST 2 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 07-50 DATED AUGUST 2 
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 
AUGUST 2 2007 THE FOLLOWING ASOS LOCATION TRANSITIONED NETWORK 
COMMUNICATION PATHWAYS FROM NWS AWIPS TO FAA ADAS: 
    SID    LOCATION            STATE  NWS AWIPS TERMINATED

    KDBQ   DUBUQUE             IA     08/02/07

WHEN NWS AWIPS TRANSMISSION PATH CONNECTION ENDS AT THIS 
LOCATION...SELECT OBSERVATIONS FOR THIS LOCATION 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 DUBUQUE 
IOWA:

    METAR MESSAGES

ASOS      WMO HEADING    WMO COLLECTIVE      WMO COLLECTIVE
SID            OLD            OLD                 NEW

KDBQ      SAUS43 KDMX    SAUS80 KWBC         SAUS70 KWBC

    SPECI MESSAGES

ASOS      WMO HEADING    WMO COLLECTIVE      WMO COLLECTIVE
SID            OLD            OLD                NEW

KDBQ      SPUS43 KDMX    SPUS80 KWBC         SPUS70 KWBC

    ASOS SHEF PRECIPITATION CRITERIA MESSAGE

ASOS      WMO HEADING    WMO HEADING    FAA HUB SID            
OLD            NEW

KDBQ      SRUS63 KDMX    SRUS27 KZAU    CHICAGO

    ASOS SHEF HOURLY ROUTINE MESSAGE

ASOS      WMO HEADING    WMO HEADING    FAA HUB
SID            OLD            NEW

KDBQ      SRUS73 KDMX    SRUS27 KZAU    CHICAGO

    ASOS DAILY SUMMARY MESSAGE

ASOS      WMO HEADING    WMO HEADING    FAA HUB
SID            OLD            NEW

KDBQ      CXUS43 KDMX    CDUS27 KZAU    CHICAGO

    ASOS MONTHLY SUMMARY MESSAGE

ASOS      WMO HEADING    WMO HEADING    FAA HUB
SID            OLD            NEW

KDBQ      CSUS43 KDMX    CSUS27 KZAU    CHICAGO

USERS 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 MANNARANO
 OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS  W/OPS22
 SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
 PHONE: 301-713-2093 EXT. 103
 E-MAIL: DAVID.MANNARANO at NOAA.GOV

           OR

 ANTHONY ROBINSON
 OFFICE OF CLIMATE WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
 W/OS12
 SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
 PHONE: 301-713-1373 EXT. 165  E-MAIL: ANTHONY.ROBINSON at NOAA.GOV

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE AT 
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

    HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

$$

-- 
Linda Miller - lmiller at unidata.ucar.edu
Community Services, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690 


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