NOUS41 KWBC 132151 PNSWSH PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT...TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 02-34 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 450 PM EST WED NOV 13 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 NOVEMBER 13 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 02-33...TRANSMITTED ON NOVEMBER 6 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 LOCATION. 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 KBRO BROWNSVILLE TX 10/18/02 11/13/02 KLCH LAKE CHARLES LA 10/18/02 11/13/02 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 THIS LOCATION: METAR MESSAGES ASOS WMO HEADING WMO COLLECTIVE WMO COLLECTIVE SID OLD OLD NEW KBRO SAUS44 KBRO SAUS80 KWBC SAUS70 KWBC KLCH SAUS44 KLCH SAUS80 KWBC SAUS70 KWBC SPECI MESSAGES ASOS WMO HEADING WMO COLLECTIVE WMO COLLECTIVE SID OLD OLD NEW KBRO SPUS44 KBRO SPUS80 KWBC SPUS70 KWBC KLCH SPUS44 KLCH SPUS80 KWBC SPUS70 KWBC ASOS SHEF PRECIPITATION CRITERIA MESSAGE ASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB SID OLD NEW KBRO SRUS64 KBRO SRUS27 KZHU HOUSTON KLCH SRUS64 KLCH SRUS27 KZHU HOUSTON ASOS SHEF HOURLY ROUTINE MESSAGE ASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB SID OLD NEW KBRO SRUS74 KBRO SRUS27 KZHU HOUSTON KLCH SRUS74 KLCH SRUS27 KZHU HOUSTON ASOS DAILY SUMMARY MESSAGE ASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB SID OLD NEW KBRO CXUS44 KBRO CDUS27 KZHU HOUSTON KLCH CXUS44 KLCH CDUS27 KZHU HOUSTON ASOS MONTHLY SUMMARY MESSAGE ASOS WMO HEADING WMO HEADING FAA HUB SID OLD NEW KBRO CSUS44 KBRO CSUS27 KZHU HOUSTON KLCH CSUS44 KLCH CSUS27 KZHU HOUSTON 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