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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-44
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
807 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007

TO:        FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
           WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
           WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
           NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
           /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:      JOSEPH FACUNDO
           CHIEF...OBSERVING SYSTEMS BRANCH
           OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS

SUBJECT:   SITE IDENTIFIER /SID/ CHANGE TO THE AUTOMATED SURFACE
           OBSERVING SYSTEM /ASOS/ AT WINNER SOUTH DAKOTA:
           EFFECTIVE JULY 5 2007

NOTE:      THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER 
           WIRE SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS. THIS NOTICE OF A CHANGE IN 
           AN FAA ASOS SID IS BEING SENT FOR INFORMATIONAL 
           PURPOSES ONLY.

THIS MESSAGE IS TO INFORM YOU OF AN ASOS SITE IDENTIFIER CHANGE.  
ON THURSDAY JULY 5 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 COORDINATED 
UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/ THE FAA SPONSORED ASOS AT WINNER SOUTH 
DAKOTA...WINNER REGIONAL AIRPORT...WILL CHANGE ITS SID FROM SFD 
TO ICR.

THE SID CHANGE WILL ELIMINATE CONFUSION BETWEEN THE WINNER SOUTH 
DAKOTA FORMER SID OF SFD AND THE SID OF FSD ASSIGNED TO SIOUX 
FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA.    

WHEN THE SID AT WINNER SOUTH DAKOTA...WINNER REGIONAL 
AIPORT...CHANGES FROM SFD TO ICR...SELECT PRODUCTS FOR THIS 
LOCATION WILL BEGIN TRANSMITTING LONG-LINE USING THE NEW SID 
RESULTING IN DISSEMINATION OF THESE PRODUCTS UNDER NEW NWS 
ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM /AWIPS/ PRODUCT 
INVENTORY LISTS /PILS/.

THESE SELECT OBSERVATIONS ARE: ASOS AVIATION ROUTINE WEATHER 
REPORTS /METAR/...AVIATION SELECTED SPECIAL WEATHER REPORTS 
/SPECI/...STANDARD HYDRO METEOROLOGICAL EXCHANGE FORMAT /SHEF/ 
PRECIPITATION CRITERIA...SHEF HOURLY ACCUMULATION MESSAGES... 
DAILY SUMMARY MESSAGES /DSM/ AND MONTHLY SUMMARY MESSAGES /MSM/.

ON THURSDAY JULY 5 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 UTC...THE FOLLOWING 
NWS AWIPS PILS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR WINNER /WINNER REGIONAL 
AIRPORT/ SOUTH DAKOTA...SID ICR:

     METAR MESSAGES

ASOS SID    AWIPS PIL

KICR        FSDMTRICR

     SPECI MESSAGES

ASOS SID    AWIPS PIL

KICR        FSDMTRICR

     ASOS SHEF PRECIPITATION CRITERIA MESSAGES

ASOS SID    AWIPS PIL

KICR        FSDRR6ICR

     ASOS SHEF HOURLY ROUTINE MESSAGES

ASOS SID    AWIPS PIL

KICR        FSDRR7ICR

     ASOS DAILY SUMMARY MESSAGES

ASOS SID    AWIPS PIL

KICR        FSDDSMICR

     ASOS MONTHLY SUMMARY MESSAGES

ASOS SID    AWIPS PIL

KICR        FSDMSMICR

USERS WITH AUTOMATIC DECODERS SHOULD REPROGRAM THEIR SYSTEMS NOW 
TO RECOGNIZE THE NEW PILS FOR THESE ASOS OBSERVATIONS. 

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 THESE CHANGES...PLEASE CONTACT:

  DAVE MANNARANO
  OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS 
  SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
  PHONE: 301-713-2093 EXT. 103
  E-MAIL: DAVID.MANNARANO@NOAA.GOV

            OR

  GARY ALESSI
  OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS 
  SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
  PHONE: 301-713-2093 EXT. 106
  E-MAIL: GARY.ALESSI@NOAA.GOV

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE 
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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