950614-NOUS41-ASOS, Chatham (fwd)

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• Subject: 950614-NOUS41-ASOS, Chatham (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 07:54:44 -0600 (MDT)

NOUS41 KWBC 141334

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

0930 AM EDT WED JUN 14 1995



ATTENTION:     ALL NWS OFFICES, FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS

               NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS

               OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCT USERS



                       ***** NOTICE *****



ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM

(ASOS) PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED TODAY (JUNE 14... 1995) WHEN THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION

ADMINISTRATION (FAA) COMMISSION THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOSS AT:



                                                                  

CHATHAM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CQX)  

CHATHAM... MASSACHUSETTS



     LATITUDE:            41x 41' N

     LONGITUDE:           70x 00' W

     FIELD ELEVATION:         63'



HARRIMAN AND WEST AIRPORT (2B6)  

NORTH ADAMS... MASSACHUSETTS



     LATITUDE:            42x 42' N

     LONGITUDE:           73x 10' W

     FIELD ELEVATION:        660'





     THE COMMISSIONINGS WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC (2

O'CLOCK LOCAL TIME AT THE SITES.)  THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL

NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 74 (55 NWS SITES AND 19 FAA

SITES).  COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEANS THAT THE ASOSS WILL

PRODUCE AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK SURFACE AVIATION

OBSERVATIONS.

  

     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.



END