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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
0930 AM EDT FRI JUN 16 1995
ATTENTION: ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
SUBJECT: NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES... TN...
***** NOTICE *****
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE
RADAR... (WSR-88D) PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON JUN 22... 1995...
WHEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE WSR-88D
RADAR FOR KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES... TENNESSEE (RADAR IDENTIFIER - MRX).
THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL OF COMMISSIONED NWS WSR-88D RADARS TO 54.
COMMISSIONING MEANS THAT THESE RADARS ARE NOW ISSUING PRODUCTS...
SUCH AS THE RADAR OBSERVATION (ROB) MESSAGE... IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY.
ALSO... PRODUCTS FROM THE NEXRAD INFORMATION DISSEMINATION SERVICE WILL
NO LONGER HAVE AN EXPERIMENTAL OR TEST MESSAGE APPENDED TO THEM.
PERSONS WISHING MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE WSR-88D SHOULD
CONTACT THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OR CALL
301 713-0070.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
0930 AM EDT FRI JUN 16 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 WAS REACHED YESTERDAY (JUNE 15... 1995) WHEN THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION (FAA) COMMISSIONED THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOS AT:
GALLATIN FIELD (BZN)
BOZEMAN... MONTANA
LATITUDE: 45x 47' N
LONGITUDE: 111x 10' W
FIELD ELEVATION: 4466'
THE COMMISSIONINGS WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC (2
O'CLOCK LOCAL TIME AT THE SITES.) THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 75 (55 NWS SITES AND 20 FAA
SITES). COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEANS THAT THE ASOSS WILL
PRODUCE AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK SURFACE AVIATION
OBSERVATIONS.
THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE SITES... 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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