Sarasota firm to install Lake Wales Airport AWOS system

Southeastern Communication Service, Inc. President Daniel Lester announces that the firm has been awarded a contract to install the new Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) at the Lake Wales Airport in south central Florida. The airport is one of the most active destination and departure points in this rapidly growing part of Florida. Airport operations are dependent on a constant and reliable source of weather updates – particularly in an area where rapidly changing weather conditions are a fact of life. The new AWOS system being installed by SECS includes sensors which measure, collect and disseminate continuing weather data. The system is designed to assist meteorologists, pilots and flight dispatchers with information needed to plan flight routes, landing and take off schedules. While AWOS does not predict weather, the system’s sensors continually monitor and measure wind speeds and directions, temperature, dew points visibility, cloud formations and elevations, precipitation and barometric pressure. This vital information is then relayed to weather forecast stations for integration with other data including computer models, satellite photos and radar images. It is then made available for wireless, satellite and land line communications which can be accessed by airports and other off-site users. Says Lester, “We are proud to be part of creating the design and installation of a system that is essential to the safe and efficient operation of important airports such as the Lake Wales facility.” Southeastern Communication Service, Inc. is a general contractor specializing in design, engineering, construction and maintenance of wireless communication facilities. Headquartered in Sarasota, Fla. since 1990, the firm has become a leader in the communications construction industry.