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Pilot reporter suggested that ASOS/AWOS weather information be provided by NWS/NOAA as it is currently provided by some commercial vendors.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 851853 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200909 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
I would like to suggest that ASOS/AWOS weather reports be made available on the NWS/NOAA web site. The metars are readily displayed on the web site; but not the ASOS/AWOS reports. There are private weather suppliers that do collect and tabulate ASOS/AWOS reports and these are available at many FBO's and these are very helpful in providing a more complete weather presentation than by presenting only metars as is now the case with the NOAA product. I believe this is a very pertinent safety issue and urge you to take whatever action necessary to have NOAA provide this information.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reporter suggested that ASOS/AWOS weather information be provided by NWS/NOAA as it is currently provided by some commercial vendors.
Narrative: I would like to suggest that ASOS/AWOS weather reports be made available on the NWS/NOAA web site. The METARs are readily displayed on the web site; but not the ASOS/AWOS reports. There are private weather suppliers that do collect and tabulate ASOS/AWOS reports and these are available at many FBO's and these are very helpful in providing a more complete weather presentation than by presenting only METARs as is now the case with the NOAA product. I believe this is a very pertinent safety issue and urge you to take whatever action necessary to have NOAA provide this information.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.