950530: ASOS commissioning - Frenchville, ME

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• Subject: 950530: ASOS commissioning - Frenchville, ME
• From: Don Murray <dmurray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 15:17:35 -0600

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
0330 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1995

ATTENTION:     ALL NWS OFFICES, FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
               NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS
               OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCT USERS

                       ***** NOTICE *****

     ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM
(ASOS) PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON MAY 31... 1995 WHEN THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION (FAA) COMMISSION THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOS AT:

NORTHERN AROOSTOOK REGIONAL AIRPORT (FVE)
FRENCHVILLE... MAINE

     LATITUDE:            47x 17' N
     LONGITUDE:           68x 18' W
     FIELD ELEVATION:       1000'


     THE COMMISSIONING WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 12 O'CLOCK
NOON LOCAL TIME AT THE SITE.  THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 64 (47 NWS SITES AND 17 FAA SITES). 
COMMISSIONING OF THIS SITE MEANS THAT ASOS WILL PRODUCE AN
AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK SURFACE AVIATION OBSERVATION.
  
     THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SITE... AS WELL
AS THE ASOS OPERATIONS AND MONITORING CENTER (AOMC) 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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