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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
230 PM EST WED MAY 1 1996
ATTENTION ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICES/ FAMILY
OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / NWS CUSTOMERS AND OTHER NWS
PRODUCT USERS
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUBJECT ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
. . . NOTICE .....
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM
(ASOS) PROGRAM WAS REACHED ON MAY 1... 1996 WHEN THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE (NWS)COMMISSIONED THE NWS-SPONSORED ASOSS AT:
ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT (ABI)
ABILENE... TEXAS
SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT (BDR)
BRIDGEPORT... CONNECTICUT
BISMARCK MEMORIAL AIRPORT (BIS)
BISMARCK... NORTH DAKOTA
ELKINS-RANDOLPH COUNTY-JENNINGS RANDOLPH FIELD (EKN)
ELKINS... WEST VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (IAD)
STERLING... VIRGINIA
KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (JFK)
NEW YORK... NEW YORK
LA GUARDIA AIRPORT (LGA)
NEW YORK... NEW YORK
MUSKEGON COUNTY AIRPORT (MKG)
MUSKEGON... MICHIGAN
NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MSY)
NEW ORLEANS... LOUISIANA
NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT (PNE)
PHILADELPHIA... PENNSYLVANIA
ROANOKE REGIONAL AIRPORT (ROA)
ROANOKE... VIRGINIA
MARIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SJU)
SAN JUAN... PUERTO RICO
THE COMMISSIONINGS OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY MIDNIGHT
(12 O~CLOCK AM) LOCAL TIME AT THESE SITES. THIS BRINGS THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 250 (180 NWS SITES AND 70
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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