[AWIPS #MOM-689702]: Lightning data from local feed

Hi Tiffany - how did you submit this to get it processed? Im assuming it was a 
pqinsert command and if so what were the arguments supplied (did you need to 
make a false header)? Pete

> Greetings. We are successfully ingesting/processing radar, satellite, metars, 
> watches/warnings, and WPC surface analysis/fronts (all "near real-time" data) 
> and displaying it in CAVE (windows version). Our sys admins are still looking 
> at installing the extensions for glxinfo you had recommended.
>  
> Great, you're getting close to having a lot!
> 
> It looks like if you write a script to change the format of the lightning 
> data, it can be processed in EDEX and show up in CAVE.
> 
> Here's the current parser: 
> https://github.com/Unidata/awips2/blob/unidata_18.2.1/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.textlightning/src/com/raytheon/edex/plugin/textlightning/impl/TextLightningParser.java
> 
> I was able to change your format to match the first pattern (ignoring the 8, 
> converting the epoch to a date/time string, using the lat/lon, ignoring the 4 
> - this may be the count so you may move it to the end, use the amplitude of 
> -2.2):
> 
> 09/22/2021 22:03:51 37.60 -79.48 -2.2 1
> 
> And I was able to ingest the file. It does store it as "UNKN" so you will 
> have to load it from the Product Browser or create a new menu item.
> 
> Is this a sufficient work around?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Tiffany Meyer
> AWIPS Lead Software Engineer
> UCAR-Unidata
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