NOUS41 KWBC 172052 PNSWSH PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 02-28 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 455 PM EDT THU OCT 17 2002 TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN SUBSCRIBERS... OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS OF AVIATION DATA AND FORECASTS...NWS EMPLOYEES FROM: JOSEPH FACUNDO CHIEF...OBSERVING SYSTEMS BRANCH SUBJECT: ASOS COMMUNICATIONS TRANSFER FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION... EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 16 2002 AND OCTOBER 17 2002 THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS. THIS IS THE LATEST MESSAGE IN A SERIES ON THIS TRANSITION. THE LAST MESSAGE ON THIS TOPIC WAS TIN 02-27...TRANSMITTED ON OCTOBER 10 2002. THE LONG-LINE TRANSMISSION OF OBSERVATIONS FROM 33 AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM /ASOS/ LOCATIONS IS CURRENTLY IN TRANSITION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM /AWIPS/ COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ AWOS-ASOS DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM /ADAS/ COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. THIS TRANSITION INVOLVES CONNECTION OF SELECT ASOSS TO THE FAA ADAS NETWORK WHERE AUTOMATED LIGHTNING DETECTION AND REPORTING SYSTEM /ALDARS/ INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN THE ASOS ROUTINE AVIATION WEATHER REPORT /METAR/ AND THE AVIATION SELECTED SPECIAL WEATHER REPORT /SPECI/...FOLLOWED BY DISCONNECTION TO THE NWS AWIPS NETWORK. WHEN THE LATTER OCCURS...THE DATA FROM THESE ASOS LOCATIONS WILL BE TRANSMITTED LONG-LINE ONLY THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION PATH OF FAA ADAS NETWORK. THIS MESSAGE IS TO INFORM YOU OF THE DATES WHEN THE NWS AWIPS TRANSMISSION PATH FOR THESE ASOS OBSERVATIONS AND MESSAGES WILL BE DISCONNECTED AT THE NEXT LOCATIONS. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES WILL BE ISSUED WHEN THE AWIPS TRANSMISSION PATH FOR THE ASOS OBSERVATIONS AND MESSAGES ARE DISCONNECTED AT SUCCEEDING LOCATIONS. FAA ADAS NWS AWIPS SID LOCATION STATE START END KGRB GREEN BAY WI 09/30/02 10/16/02 KPUB PUEBLO CO 09/30/02 10/16/02 KABR ABERDEEN SD 10/01/02 10/17/02 KPAH PADUCAH KY 10/02/02 10/17/02 KGSP GREER SC 10/03/02 10/17/02 WHEN THE NWS AWIPS TRANSMISSION PATH CONNECTION FOR TRANSMITTING THESE ASOS OBSERVATIONS AND MESSAGES ENDS AT EACH LOCATION... ALL ASOS DATA TRANSMITTED LONG-LINE FROM THAT ASOS LOCATION WILL APPEAR UNDER THE "NEW" WMO HEADING/COLLECTIVE AND WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE UNDER THE "OLD" WMO HEADINGS/COLLECTIVES. THIS CHANGE WILL AFFECT THE ASOS ROUTINE AVIATION METEOROLOGICAL REPORT /METAR/...AVIATION SELECTED SPECIAL WEATHER REPORT /SPECI/...STANDARD HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL EXCHANGE FORMAT /SHEF/...PRECIPITATION CRITERIA AND HOURLY ACCUMULATION MESSAGES...THE DAILY SUMMARY MESSAGE /DSM/...AND THE MONTHLY SUMMARY MESSAGE /MSM/. THE FOLLOWING WMO BULLETIN HEADING/COLLECTIVE CHANGES WILL OCCUR FOR THESE LOCATIONS: METAR MESSAGES ASOS WMO HEADING WMO COLLECTIVE WMO COLLECTIVE SID OLD OLD NEW KABR SAUS43 KABR SAUS80 KWBC SAUS70 KWBC KGRB SAUS43 KGRB SAUS80 KWBC SAUS70 KWBC KGSP SAUS42 KGSP SAUS80 KWBC SAUS70 KWBC KPAH SAUS43 KPAH SAUS80 KWBC SAUS70 KWBC KPUB SAUS45 KPUB SAUS80 KWBC SAUS70 KWBC SPECI MESSAGES ASOS WMO HEADING WMO COLLECTIVE WMO COLLECTIVE SID OLD OLD NEW KABR SPUS43 KABR SPUS80 KWBC SPUS70 KWBC KGRB SPUS43 KGRB SPUS80 KWBC SPUS70 KWBC KGSP SPUS42 KGSP SPUS80 KWBC SPUS70 KWBC KPAH SPUS43 KPAH SPUS80 KWBC SPUS70 KWBC KPUB SPUS45 KPUB SPUS80 KWBC SPUS70 KWBC ASOS SHEF PRECIPITATION CRITERIA MESSAGE ASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB SID OLD NEW KABR SRUS63 KABR SRUS27 KZMP MINNEAPOLIS KGRB SRUS63 KGRB SRUS27 KZMP MINNEAPOLIS KGSP SRUS62 KGSP SRUS27 KZTL ATLANTA KPAH SRUS63 KPAH SRUS27 KZME MEMPHIS KPUB SRUS65 KPUB SRUS27 KZDV DENVER ASOS SHEF HOURLY ROUTINE MESSAGE ASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB SID OLD NEW KABR SRUS73 KABR SRUS27 KZMP MINNEAPOLIS KGRB SRUS73 KGRB SRUS27 KZMP MINNEAPOLIS KGSP SRUS72 KGSP SRUS27 KZTL ATLANTA KPAH SRUS73 KPAH SRUS27 KZME MEMPHIS KPUB SRUS75 KPUB SRUS27 KZDV DENVER ASOS DAILY SUMMARY MESSAGE ASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB SID OLD NEW KABR CXUS43 KABR CDUS27 KZMP MINNEAPOLIS KGRB CXUS43 KGRB CDUS27 KZMP MINNEAPOLIS KGSP CXUS42 KGSP CDUS27 KZTL ATLANTA KPAH CXUS43 KPAH CDUS27 KZME MEMPHIS KPUB CXUS45 KPUB CDUS27 KZDV DENVER ASOS MONTHLY SUMMARY MESSAGE ASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB SID OLD NEW KABR CSUS43 KABR CSUS27 KZMP MINNEAPOLIS KGRB CSUS43 KGRB CSUS27 KZMP MINNEAPOLIS KGSP CSUS42 KGSP CSUS27 KZTL ATLANTA KPAH CSUS43 KPAH CSUS27 KZME MEMPHIS KPUB CSUS45 KPUB CSUS27 KZDV DENVER WE URGE ALL USERS WITH AUTOMATIC DECODERS TO REPROGRAM THEIR SYSTEMS NOW TO RECOGNIZE THE NEW BULLETIN HEADINGS FOR THESE ASOS OBSERVATIONS AND MESSAGES. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT DELIVERY OF THESE REPORTS AND MESSAGES TO NWS CUSTOMERS MAY BE DELAYED APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES DUE TO INCREASED COMMUNICATIONS HANDLING BETWEEN FAA AND NWS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE AT NWS HEADQUARTERS IN SILVER SPRING MARYLAND: DAVE MANNARANO OR ANTHONY ROBINSON PHONE: 301-713-2093 X 103 PHONE: 301-713-1373 X 110 E-MAIL: DAVID.MANNARANO@NOAA.GOV ANTHONY.ROBINSON@NOAA.GOV THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm END $$ NNNN