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

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  • Subject: [AWIPS #MOM-689702]: Lightning data from local feed
  • Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 12:53:56 -0600
> Ok with that then - technically if I get this working via pqinsert following 
> the pqact format, data should decode and be available in the USLPN menu in 
> CAVE 
> then - correct?

Well, only if you match to that string pattern. In the textlightning plugin 
that I shared, there are 4 separate patterns. Two of the patterns set the 
lightning source to "UNKN", one to "USPLN", and another sets it to "WWLLN".

So if you wanted the lightning source to be "USPLN" then you need to match to 
that pattern (there are two examples in line 89 and line 277)

2015-06-22T22:26:56.988,20.0405176,-83.8311105,-117.00,1.50,0.25,28
2015-06-22T23:04:46.884,30.6349741,-88.3066673,-27.10,0.25,0.25,8

The last three numbers (0.25,0.25,8) aren't used and can be a default dummy 
string.



Thanks,

Tiffany Meyer
AWIPS Lead Software Engineer
UCAR-Unidata

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