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Public Information Statement: Amended
National Weather Service Headquarters
1247 PM EDT Tue Sep 27 2011
To: Subscribers
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From: Joseph Facundo
Chief,
NWS Observing Systems Branch
Subject: Amended: Operational Test and Evaluation
(OT&E) for
Automated Surface Observing System
(ASOS)
Software version 3.05 (v3.05)
Note: The following changes have no direct impact
on
NOAA
Weather Wire Service subscribers
Amended to include FAA training of Air Traffic Controllers and
extend conclusion of OT&E to spring or summer of 2012.
The ASOS product improvement program will begin an OT&E on
ASOS software v3.05 on or about October 3, 2011. The new v3.05 software load
provides some 58 new functionalities to ASOS and includes 23 operational fixes
to the current operational baseline v2.79D. The new capabilities will do the
following:
- Help ASOS to meet the encoding requirements for METAR/SPECI
reports as outlined in the Federal Meteorological Handbook
No. 1 (FMH 1)
- Improve quality control logic for automated data, improve
information provided
in log files
- Add the reporting of ice accretion amounts
- Add the Ice Free Wind (IFW) sensor quality control algorithm
Provide support for the Federal Aviation and
Administration’s
(FAA) Weather Sensor Processor
(WSP) program.
- Add an Ice Accretion Remark on the 1 minute page and in the
METAR and SPECI observations. The amount
of ice accreting on
a flat surface
(planar icing), as estimated by the data from
the freezing rain
sensor, will be included in the remarks
section of the
METAR/ SPECI reports. The remark will have the
format of “Ihnnn,” where “h” is the hourly time
period, i.e.,
1, 3 or 6 hours. The
value “nnn” is the ice thickness
accumulated to the
nearest 0.01 inch. A toggle for the ice
accretion remark to
be included in the METAR/SPECI reports is
on the PHYSICALS
page (REVUE SITE PHYS).
The OT&E will be conducted in two phases. Phase 1 is scheduled
to take place at 16 FAA service level D and O sites starting on or about
October 3, 2011. Phase 2 is scheduled to take place at 26 FAA service level A,
B, and C sites starting in the winter of 2011 2012. Phase 2 will start once the
FAA trains the Air Traffic Controllers (ATC), and Contract
Weather Observers (CWO’s) on the changes in v3.05.
The duration of the OT&E will be approximately 6 months,
running through the winter months of 2011 2012. The OT&E will conclude sometime
during the spring or summer of 2012. More detailed information on v3.05
software can be found at:
http://www.weather.gov/ops2/ops24/documents/asos_v3.htm
Phase 1: installation of ASOS v3.05 software at the following
BFD Bradford, PA
RME Rome, NY
TAN Taunton, MA
POR Portage, AK
ANJ Sault Ste. Marie, MI
WAL Wallops Island, VA
GIF Winter Haven, FL
ATT Austin, TX
LOL Lovelock, NV
OLS Nogales, AZ
CLM Port Angles, WA
KNAK Annapolis,
KNGU Norfolk NAS, VA
KNKT Cherry Point MCAS, NC
KNBC Beaufort MCAS, SC
KNIP –
Phase 2 (26 Sites) beginning sometime during the winter of 2011 2012:
HIO Portland, OR
GKN Gulkana, AK
JNU Juneau, AK
FAI Fairbanks, AK
DSM Des Moines, IA
GRB Green Bay, WI
PIA Peoria, IL
SGF Springfield, MO
TOP Topeka, KS
BIS Bismark, ND
COU Columbia, MO
ACY Atlantic City, NJ
CLE Cleveland, OH
ORH Worcestor, MA
PWM Portland, ME
ITO Hilo, HI
LIH Lihue, HI
TRI Bristol, TN
DFW Dallas Ft. Worth,
TUL Tulsa, OK
P68 Eureka, NV
PDT Pendelton, OR
SLC Salt Lake City, UT
TUS Tucson, AZ
BFI Boeing Field, MT
BIL Billings, MT
For more information, please contact:
Joseph
Facundo
NWS
Observing Systems Branch
301 713 2093 ext.101
Public Information Statements are online
at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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