951205: ASOS Commissioning Notice Sent (fwd)

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• Subject: 951205: ASOS Commissioning Notice Sent (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 13:33:47 -0700 (MST)

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
0800 AM EST MON DEC 1 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 WILL BE REACHED ON DECEMBER 1... 1995 WHEN THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) COMMISSIONS THE NWS-SPONSORED ASOSS AT:

(NOTE THAT THE LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, AND ELEVATION ARE FOR THE ASOS DATA
COLLECTION PLATFORM - THE PRIMARY SENSOR GROUP)

GREATER BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BUF)
BUFFALO... NEW YORK

      LATITUDE:                42x 56' N
      LONGITUDE:         78x 44' W
      ELEVATION:              715'

COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (CAE)
COLUMBIA... SOUTH CAROLINA

      LATITUDE:                33x 57' N
      LONGITUDE:         81x 07' W
      ELEVATION:              241'

CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (CLE)
CLEVELAND... OHIO

      LATITUDE:                41x 24' N
      LONGITUDE:         81x 51' W
      ELEVATION:              776'

PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PHL)
PHILADELPHIA... PENNSYLVANIA

      LATITUDE:                39x 52' N
      LONGITUDE:         75x 14' W
      ELEVATION:               60'

TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT (TOL)
TOLEDO... OHIO

      LATITUDE:                41x 35' N
      LONGITUDE:         83x 48' W
      ELEVATION:              691'

CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (CRP)
CORPUS CHRISTI... TEXAS

      LATITUDE:                27x 46' N
      LONGITUDE:         97x 31' W
      ELEVATION:               53'

DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DFW)
DALLAS/FORT WORTH... TEXAS

      LATITUDE:                32x 54' N
      LONGITUDE:         97x 01' W
      ELEVATION:              572'

VICTORIA REGIONAL AIRPORT (VCT)
VICTORIA... TEXAS

      LATITUDE:                28x 52' N
      LONGITUDE:         96x 56' W
      ELEVATION:              104'

DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DSM)
DES MOINES... IOWA

      LATITUDE:                41x 32' N
      LONGITUDE:         93x 40' W
      ELEVATION:              964'

CARROLL AIRPORT (JKL)
JACKSON... KENTUCKY

      LATITUDE:                37x 35' N
      LONGITUDE:         83x 19' W
      ELEVATION:             1354'

RIVERTON REGIONAL AIRPORT (RIW)
RIVERTON... WYOMING

      LATITUDE:                43x 04' N
      LONGITUDE:        108x 27' W
      ELEVATION:             5460'

CAPITAL AIRPORT (SPI)
SPRINGFIELD... ILLINOIS

      LATITUDE:                39x 51' N
      LONGITUDE:         89x 41' W
      ELEVATION:              595'

BOISE AIR TERMINAL (BOI)
BOISE... IDAHO

      LATITUDE:                43x 34' N
      LONGITUDE:        116x 14' W
      ELEVATION:             2859'

      THE COMMISSIONINGS WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY MIDNIGHT (12
O'CLOCK AM) LOCAL TIME AT THESE SITES.  THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 161 (125 NWS SITES AND 36 FAA SITES).  COMMISSIONING OF
THESE SITES MEANS THAT ASOS WILL PRODUCE AN AUTOMATED... AROUND-
THE-CLOCK SURFACE AVIATION OBSERVATION.
  
      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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