960313: Canadian obs-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 960313: Canadian obs-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 15:45:29 -0700 (MST)

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FOS NOTICE NO. 862      03-13-96

EFFECTIVE DATE  APRIL 1  1996

/DRG1907/ EFFECTIVE ON THE ABOVE DATE  THE FOLLOWING
RECREATIONAL REPORT /REC/ FORECAST PRODUCT FOR LAKE
MEMPHREMAGOG  CANADA /ISSUED BY THE QUEBEC WEATHER
OFFICE/ WILL BE ADDED TO FOS.  THE LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG
FORECAST EXTENDS DOWN INTO EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL
VERMONT ENDING AT NEWPORT /EFK/.

AFOS PIL         WMO HEADING
WULRECQE1        FPCN24 KWQB

OTHER REQUEST

PLEASE ADD THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATA DIRECTORIES

AFOS PILS        WMO HEADINGS
BOSOSOBOS        SXUS41 KBUF
BOSCLMBUF        CXUS41 KBUF
                 WVMX31 MMEX


EFFECTIVE DATES   MARCH 15  1996 /SAO/    JULY 1  1996 /MTR/

/DRG1913/ AS A RESULT OF THE REQUIREMENT IN METAR CODING TO HAVE
3-LETTER VERSUS 3-CHARACTER SITE IDENTIFIERS A NUMBER OF CHANGES
ARE REQUIRED.  THE METAR IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULED FOR 0800 HOURS
UTC ON JULY 1  1996  WILL REQUIRE A CHANGE FROM THE CATEGORY OF
SAO TO MTR.  UNTIL THAT TIME  SAO PILS WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED.

ADDITIONAL METAR INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS METAR/TAF
HOME PAGE IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB TO ASSIST IN THE
DISSEMINATION OF METAR/TAF INFORMATION. THE HOME PAGE ADDRESS IS
AS FOLLOWS

HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/OSO1/OSO12/METAR.HTM

THE FOLLOWING PROVIDES THE NAME  ID  AND GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION
FOR THE SITES AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE

SID   NAME                       LAT        LONG       ALT
                                 /D M S/    /D M S/    /M/

INR   MCKINLEY PARK  AK          63 48 00N  153 02 00W N/A
BVK   BUCKLAND  AK               65 58 42N  161 07 24W N/A
AFM   AMBLER  AK                 67 06 24N  157 51 06W 36.6
IEN   PINE RIDGE  SD             43 01 14N  102 31 06W N/A
EYE   EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK  IN    39 49 50N   86 17 40W N/A
OVS   BOSCOBEL  WI               43 09 30N   90 40 45W N/A
LHQ   LANCASTER  OH              39 45 20N   82 39 26W N/A
IZG   FRYEBERG  ME               43 59 26N   70 56 51W 138.4
AQW   NORTH ADAMS  MA            42 41 45N   73 10 15W N/A
IWI   WISCASSET  ME              43 57 40N   69 42 50W 20.7
UUU   NEWPORT  RI                41 31 56N   71 16 55W N/A
EUL   CALDWELL  ID               43 38 31N  116 38 04W N/A
ITR   BURLINGTON  CO             39 14 41N  102 17 03W N/A
EEO   MEEKER  CO                 40 02 48N  107 53 15W N/A
BHK   BAKER  MT                  46 21 30N  104 15 00W N/A

CATEGORY      SAO - SURFACE AVIATION OBSERVATION

              MTR - COMMISSIONED SURFACE AVIATION
                    OBSERVATION /METAR FORMAT/

FOS WMO HEADING   SAUS80 KNKA
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