AWOS METAR Loss MD/NC

[vortex95]

A notice has gone out today that states the FAA contract to a 3rd party vendor for 58 AWOS sites in MD/NC is ending

today.  This means no more METARs over the various NCEP and FAA data lines.

 

This is non-trivial IMHO, esp. b/c it basically takes out much of the AWOS network in MD/NC.  The AWOS are not being

decommissioned, just NADIN service, which routes the METAR to WMSCR and then NCEP and the FAA lines for all to

see, is going away. All these sites have been available for ~20 years.  Not good for the HRRR and RRFS, among other

things. List is below:

 

K0W3 Churchville MD

K1A5 Franklin NC

K24A Sylva NC

K2G4 Oakland MD

K2W6 Leonardtown MD

K7W6 Engelhard NC

KACZ Wallace NC

KAFP Wadesboro NC

KASJ Ahoskie NC

KCBE Cumberland MD

KCGE Cambridge MD

KCGS College Park MD

KCPC Whiteville NC

KCTZ Clinton NC

KDMW Westminster MD

KDPL Kenansville NC

KEDE Edenton NC

KEHO Shelby NC

KESN Easton MD

KETC Tarboro NC

KEXX Lexington NC

KEYF Elizabethtown NC

KFDK Frederick MD

KFFA Kill Devil Hills NC

KFME Fort Meade MD

KFQD Rutherfordton NC

KGEV Jefferson NC

KGWW Goldsboro NC

KHBI Asheboro NC

KHNZ Oxford NC

KHRJ Erwin NC

KIPJ Lincolnton NC

KISO Kinston NC

KIXA Roanoke Rapids NC

KJNX Smithfield NC

KJQF Concord NC

KLHZ Louisburg NC

KMCZ Williamston NC

KMQI Manteo NC

KMRN Morganton NC

KMTN Baltimore MD

KMWK Mount Airy NC

KOCW Washington NC

KONX Currituck NC

KPGV Greenville NC

KRCZ Rockingham NC

KRHP Andrews NC

KRUQ Salisbury NC

KSCR Siler City NC

KSIF Reidsville NC

KSUT Southport NC

KSVH Statesville NC

KTDF Roxboro NC

KTTA Sanford NC

KUKF North Wilkesboro NC

KVUJ Albemarle NC

KW29 Stevensville MD

KW40 Mount Olive MD

[Eskimo Joe]

Wow. Is there any plan to fix this?