951025: Sedalia-ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICE (fwd)

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• Subject: 951025: Sedalia-ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICE (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 12:46:30 -0600 (MDT)

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
0200 PM EDT WED OCT 25 1995

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

SUBJECT:     ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICES... 

                       ***** NOTICE *****

      ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM
(ASOS) PROGRAM WAS REACHED ON OCTOBER 24... 1995 WHEN THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION (FAA) COMMISSIONED THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOSs AT:

SEDALIA MEMORIAL AIRPORT (DMO)
SEDALIA... MISSOURI

      DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM (SENSOR GROUP) LOCATION:

            LATITUDE:          38x 43' N
            LONGITUDE:         93x 10' W
            ELEVATION:              900'
              
BRAINERD-CROW WING COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (BRD)
BRAINERD... MINNESOTA

      DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM (SENSOR GROUP) LOCATION:

            LATITUDE:          46x 24' N
            LONGITUDE:         94x 08' W
            ELEVATION:             1223'

MARSHFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MFI)
MARSHFIELD...WISCONSIN

      DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM (SENSOR GROUP) LOCATION:
 
            LATITUDE:          44x 38' N
            LONGITUDE:         90x 11' W
            ELEVATION:             1246'

     THE COMMISSIONING OCCURED AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC (12
O'CLOCK LOCAL TIME AT THE SITE.)  THIS BRINGS WILL THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 132 (101 NWS SITES AND 31 FAA
SITES).  COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEANS THAT THE ASOSS WILL
PRODUCE AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK SURFACE AVIATION
OBSERVATIONS.

     THE NWS FORECAST OFFICES 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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