951218: ASOS Notice Correction (fwd)

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• Subject: 951218: ASOS Notice Correction (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 07:11:52 -0700 (MST)

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION
300 PM EST THURS DEC 14 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 *****

NOTE: A PREVIOUS NOTICE INCLUDED AN INCORRECT (CITY/STATE) LOCATION FOR
RUSSELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (RSL).  THIS NOTICE INCLUDES THE CORRECT
LOCATION. 

      ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM
(ASOS) PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON DECEMBER 14... 1995 WHEN THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION (FAA) COMMISSION THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOSS AT:

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

CHANDLER FIELD (AXN)
ALEXANDRIA... MINNESOTA

            LATITUDE:          45 DEGREES 52 MINUTES NORTH
            LONGITUDE:         95 DEGREES 24 MINUTES WEST
            ELEVATION:       1422 FEET

ESTHERVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (EST)
ESTHERVILLE... IOWA

            LATITUDE:          43 DEGREES 24 MINUTES NORTH
            LONGITUDE:         94 DEGREES 45 MINUTES WEST
            ELEVATION:       1317 FEET

CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT (FFT)
FRANKFORT... KENTUCKY

            LATITUDE:          38 DEGREES 11 MINUTES NORTH
            LONGITUDE:         84 DEGREES 54 MINUTES WEST
            ELEVATION:        776 FEET

RUSSELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (RSL)
RUSSELL... KANSAS

            LATITUDE:          38 DEGREES 52 MINUTES NORTH
            LONGITUDE:         98 DEGREES 49 MINUTES WEST
            ELEVATION:       1863 FEET

SALINA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SLN)
SALINA... KANSAS

            LATITUDE:          38 DEGREES 47 MINUTES NORTH
            LONGITUDE:         97 DEGREES 39 MINUTES WEST
            ELEVATION:       1264 FEET

SIDNEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SNY)
SIDNEY... NEBRASKA

            LATITUDE:          41 DEGREES 06 MINUTES NORTH
            LONGITUDE:        102 DEGREES 59 MINUTES WEST
            ELEVATION:       4288 FEET

STROTHER FIELD (WLD)
WINFIELD/ARKANSAS CITY... KANSAS

            LATITUDE:          37 DEGREES 10 MINUTES NORTH
            LONGITUDE:         97 DEGREES 02 MINUTES WEST
            ELEVATION:       1150 FEET

              
     THE COMMISSIONINGS WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC.  THIS WILL
BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 171 (126 NWS SITES AND 45
FAA SITES).  COMMISSIONING OF THESS 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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