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19990513: new stations used in Convective Outlooks? (fwd)




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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:41:50 -0500
From: Steven Danz <address@hidden>
To: Dana Quinn <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: new stations used in Convective Outlooks?

Hello

Last December the FAA published a new Advisory Plot
reference point list with those locations you couldn't find.
The list is available at
http://www.awc-kc.noaa.gov/awc/advsry/advisory.txt
as a text file if that helps.

Steven Danz

Dana Quinn wrote:

> Hello everybody!
>         I have some scripts here that plot out the Convective Outlooks
> from KMKC.  It looks like in the last two days KMKC has started using a
> number of new stations for the boundaries of the outlook areas.  I'm
> guessing that they are new ASOS stations, but I'm not able to find any
> information about most of the stations.  I've checked the searchable
> database on the GEMPAK site, and the AirNav site, but haven't found much.
> I also thought I had saved all the notices about the new ASOS sites, and
> grepped through all those for the IDs, and haven't been able to find much
> either.
>
>         So my question is this -  first of all, did a number of new
> stations just 'go live' or something?  I'm surprised that all of a sudden
> all these new stations are being used in the convective outlook
> statements.  Secondly, are there more options for searching for sites?
>
>         Here is a few of the sites I'm unable to find information on: OSW,
> HBU, VUZ, BOY, BVL, PWE, DPR.
>
>         Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Dana