vortex95 Posted Friday at 07:11 PM Share Posted Friday at 07:11 PM 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 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted Friday at 09:58 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:58 PM Wow. Is there any plan to fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted Saturday at 02:50 AM Share Posted Saturday at 02:50 AM Why is this ending? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDM Posted Saturday at 08:54 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:54 AM Had to look up AWOS - understand better now. Found this site in the process - some may find it informative. https://airplaneacademy.com/the-difference-between-atis-awos-and-asos/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted Saturday at 12:23 PM Share Posted Saturday at 12:23 PM Well s**t... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago I spent about 2 hours today making some phone calls to reach the right people who can perhaps turn up the pressure. This isn't going to be resolved overnight though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortex95 Posted 7 hours ago Author Share Posted 7 hours ago It seems most NC AWOS METARs have returned. Only KJNX, KSCR, KMCZ, and KIXA are still missing. No MD AWOS METARs have resumed. Here is the complete list that are missing currently.KJNX.TXT 31-Oct-2025 21:01 83 KDMW.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 83 KCGS.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 96 KCGE.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 83 KCBE.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 85 K2W6.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 95 K2G4.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 93 K0W3.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 108 KW29.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 91 KSCR.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 90 KMCZ.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 85 KIXA.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 75 KFME.TXT 31-Oct-2025 14:41 75 K7W6.TXT 31-Oct-2025 07:50 85 The following MD sites are sending manually-taken METARs and are going to WMSCR: KESN KFDK KMTN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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