. "Automated Weather Source"@en . . "1992Z"^^ . "Automated Weather Source (AWS) was a partnership and later a corporation founded in 1992 by James Michael \u201CMike\u201D Bailey and Charles \u201CTopper\u201D Shutt of Montgomery County, Maryland, whose purpose was to create a network of weather stations located at public schools and recreational facilities throughout the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.The weather data generated was accessed by dialup modem and included wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure, temperature, and rainfall totals, along with daily minimum and maximum values of each. "@en . . .