19990917: pqact.conf file for NAWIPS

Sorry about that.
NWX is upset with the CCYYMMDDHH file names- expecting YYMMDDHH.

I'll fix that and let you know.

Steve Chiswell



>From: Harry Edmon <address@hidden>
>Organization: .
>Keywords: 199909171556.JAA17944

>I have this all, and it still does not work.  When I look at nwx using truss, 
> I
>can see it open the directory for the sao files, but it never opens any of the
>files, so I assumed I had the names incorrect.
>
>
>Unidata Support <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >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
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>--
>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
>