NOUS40KWBC 041840
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1512 AUGUST 4... 1999
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT GOES FALL ECLIPSE SCHEDULES
THE ECLIPSE SCHEDULES FOR THE FALL SEASON HAVE BEEN POSTED
TO THE NOAA/NESDIS/SSD HOME PAGE.
THE ECLIPSE PERIOD FOR GOES-EAST /GOES-8/ IS AUGUST 12... 1999 TO
OCTOBER 29... 1999.
THE ECLIPSE PERIOD FOR GOES-WEST /GOES-10/ IS AUGUST 22... 1999 TO
NOVEMBER 3... 1999.
THE SCHEDULES FOR ROUTINE IMAGING AND ROUTINE SOUNDER
OPERATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR GOES-E AND GOES-W.
THE INFORMATION IS POSTED AT
HTTP//WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/ UNDER SPECIAL BULLETINS ABOUT GOES
SATELLITES OR TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE SCHEDULE -
HTTP//WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/SSD/GOES/ECLIPSE.HTML
THE ECLIPSE PERIOD FOR MET-7 IS AUGUST 31... 1999 TO
OCTOBER 16... 19997.. AND FOR MET-5 IS AUGUST 22 1999 TO
OCTOBER 9... 1997.
THE DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE EUMETSAT WEB PAGE.
THERE IS A LINK FROM THE SSD HOME PAGE TO THE EUMETSAT
SITE.
STEVE ARNETT
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH
NOAA/NESDIS/SSD
STEVE.ARNETT/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
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NOUS40KWBC 041852
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1513 AUGUST 4... 1999
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON AUGUST 4 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ AND
THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ WILL COMMISSION
THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOSS AT
REPUBLIC AIRPORT /KFRG/
FARMINGDALE... NY
MERIDEN MARKHAM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT /KMMK/
MERIDEN... CT
THE COMMISSIONINGS WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC.
THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 737
/311 NWS SITES AND 426 FAA SITES/.
COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEANS THAT THE ASOSS NOW
PRODUCE AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK OBSERVATIONS.
THE NWS FORECAST OFFICES RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE SITES... AS
WELL AS THE ASOS OPERATIONS AND MONITORING CENTER
/800-242-8194/ IN SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND... 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/ 713-0341 X131.
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