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Fa&asNO.
TITLE
02034
USER
U. S. Weather Bureau Facilities
STRUCTURE/FACILITY NO.
ESSA
FUNDING
AGENCY
JTF -8
MILCON
SUPPORT
SCIENTIFIC STATION NO.
None
Bop
None
($000)
ENGR
PRE-GO
FY 69
TOTAL
PROC
FOOD
CONST
TOTAL
28.0
428.5
456.5
28.0
428.5
456.5
FURN
CRO 69-1]
FY 69
ENGINEERING In progress.
PROCUREMENT
To be accomplished.
CONSTRUCTION A modified standard type Rawinsonde Weather Bureau will be
constructed and will be similar to those used by the Department of Commerce,
Weather Bureau (ESSA) in the Pacific Region.
The facility will be located north-
east of Building 280 and will consist of an Office and Observatory Building and a
Balloon Inflation Building. The buildings will be aligned in a north-south orientation with the Office and Observatory Building approximately 130-ft. north of the
Balloon Inflation Building.
The Office and Observatory Building will be 30 x 40 x 10-ft. high.
A 250 square
foot area will be provided on one side of the building to house the generators
associated with the facility. The building will be constructed of reinforced
concrete block walls, concrete floor and a concrete roof with built-up roofing.
The building will provide space for the observation room, electronics shop,
offices, hot lockers and latrine facilities.
The Balloon Inflation Building will be 21 x 21 x 23-ft. high and provided with a
radome oan the roof and exterior stairs for access to the radome and roof. A
nonmetalic safety rail will be provided around the perimeter of the roof. The
building will be constructed of reinforced concrete block walls, concrete floor
and concrete roof with built-up roofing.
Radar equipment, balloon inflation equipment and other technical material will
be furnished by ESSA.
Communication lines are required from this facility to
the JOC for real time inputs to Subtask A909.
Communication lines are also
required from the automatic observing equipment, located at the west end of
the runway, to the Office and Observatory Building and the control tower.
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