ASOS/AWOS
                         DATA BASE RECORD LAYOUT
                               (AWOS-FILE)



INFORMATION EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/10/2004 CHARTING CYCLE

    RECORD FORMAT: FIXED
    LOGICAL RECORD LENGTH: 131


    EACH RECORD ENDS WITH A CARRIAGE RETURN CHARACTER AND LINE FEED 
    CHARACTER (CR/LF). THIS LINE TERMINATOR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 
    LOGICAL RECORD LENGTH.

    GENERAL INFORMATION:  
    1.  LEFT JUSTIFIED FIELDS HAVE TRAILING BLANKS  
    2.  RIGHT JUSTIFIED FIELDS HAVE LEADING BLANKS  
    3.  ELEMENT NUMBER IS FOR INTERNAL REFERENCE ONLY  
          AND NOT IN RECORD  
  
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T  E   G   R A   M B  
       T   T T   E E  
       H     I   N R  
             O   T  
             N           FIELD DESCRIPTION  
  
L  AN  04 00001  N/A     STATION IDENTIFIER
L  AN  06 00005  N/A     STATION TYPE
                           ASOS
                           AWOS-1
                           AWOS-2
                           AWOS-3
                           AWOS-A
L  AN  01 00011  N/A     COMMISSIONING STATUS
                           Y - YES
                           N - NO
L  AN  14 00012  N/A     STATION LATITUDE
                           DD-MM-SS.SSSSH
L  AN  15 00026  N/A     STATION LONGITUDE
                           DDD-MM-SS.SSSSH
L  AN  07 00041  N/A     STATION FREQUENCY
L  AN  07 00048  N/A     SECOND STATION FREQUENCY
L  AN  14 00055  N/A     STATION TELEPHONE NUMBER
L  AN  11 00069  A0      LANDING FACILITY SITE NUMBER WHEN STATION LOCATED
                           AT AIRPORT (EX. 04508.*A)
L  AN  40 00080  N/A     STATION CITY
L  AN  02 00120  N/A     STATION STATE POST OFFICE CODE (EX. IL)
L  AN  10 00122  N/A     INFORMATION EFFECTIVE DATE (MM/DD/YYYY)
                           THIS DATE COINCIDES WITH THE 56-DAY CHARTING AND
                           PUBLICATION CYCLE DATE