19990917: pqact.conf file for NAWIPS

>From: Harry Edmon <address@hidden>
>Organization: .
>Keywords: 199909171409.IAA10132

>Can I get the current pqact.conf file segment for NAWIPS 5.4.12?  I
>cannot get "nwx" to display METARs, and I believe my pqact.conf file
>is the cause of the problem.
>-- 
>Dr. Harry Edmon                        E-MAIL: address@hidden
>(206) 543-0547                 FAX:    (206) 543-0308
>Dept of Atmospheric Sciences
>University of Washington, Box 351640, Seattle, WA 98195-1640
>


Harry,

Nwx displays the bulletins containing the metar report from the station ID
by using the raw data files, so you need the LDM to file the obs
separately from the dchrly surface file..

For example, our pqact.conf file has:
# All aviation reports including metar tests, files yymmddhh_sao.wmo
DDS|IDS ^S(A....|P....|XUS91) .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
        STDIOFILE       data/surface/sao/(\2:yyyy)(\2:mm)\2\3_sao.wmo

In $NAWIPS/tables/nwx/master.tbl
OBS_METAR    metar.stn    R $RAW_SAO                                 wmo

In $NAWIPS/tables/nwx/guidata.tbl
Observations
{
        METAR|OBS_METAR
}
~

in Gemenviron RAW_SAO is set:
   setenv RAW_SAO       $LDMDATA/surface/sao


The guidata.tbl tells nwx to use the OBS_METAR line in master.tbl when
the METAR option is selected. The metar.stn file containe 4 character
ICAO ids that are the locations plotted on the map- and when selected, 
a bulletin which contains the 4 character ID will be displayed.
The entire bulletin is displayed....not just the individual report.


I will post updated pqact.conf patterns that make use of the AWIPS pils
now on the pattern line to make maintenance easier. Thsi especially
makes the state forecasts, zones, discussions etc easier to ID.

Steve Chiswell