MAF CTLR EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION REGARDING AUTOMATED WX INFO PROVIDED TO THE FACILITY AND TIMELINESS AND ACCURACY OF SAME.

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THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF MANY RPTS TO BRING ATTN TO A PROB WE ARE HAVING WITHOUT ASOS WX RPTING EQUIP. THE PROB IS IN THE DISSEMINATION OF THE INFO. 3 UCR'S HAVE NOW BEEN FILED. ONE IN MAR/04 AND TWO YESTERDAY; JAN/THU/05. THE ASOS WOULD XMIT THE CORRECT WX SEQUENCE BUT THEN WOULD X MIT OLD WX SEQUENCES. SOME OF THESE WERE MORE THAN 1 HR 30 MINS OLD. THIS INFO EVENTUALLY GETS XMITTED TO OUR SYS (ATLANTA) INFO DISPLAY SYS OR SAIDS. OUR SAIDS DISPLAY IS CONFIGURED TO DISPLAYS WX FROM MANY LOCATIONS (ABI; DAL; DFW; HOU; ELP; ABQ; AUS; ETC). ALL THESE WERE DISPLAYING OLD WX INFO. DURING THIS TIME; MAF WAS BEING SHOWN AS VFR WHILE WE WERE ACTUALLY IFR. I UNDERSTAND THIS WAS A VERY WIDESPREAD PROB. THE SECOND PROB WE HAVE OCCUR ON A DAILY BASIS IS THAT THE WX GETS TO US AT MANIFEST VERY LATE. THE NORMAL HRLY WX XMITS AT 53 MINS AFTER THE HR -- SO XA53Z FOR THE XB00 HR. THIS IS RECEIVED USUALLY BEFORE THE HR; BUT WHEN WE GET IT LATE; IT ARRIVES BTWN XB05Z-XB40Z OR LATER. THIS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY. THESE TIMES ARE JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE.