Re: 19991012: I'm trying to convert Mexican synoptic reports

Dear Unidata Support,

Thank You. I didn't realize I was using the wrong program. I can
preprocess the reports to remove any extra/garbage characters. The offline
manual made no mention of dcsynop.

Thanks 

Darren R. Gallant               UCAR/JOSS
Programmer/Technician           Joint OfFice Of Science Support
303-497-2634                    P.O. Box 3000
address@hidden                Boulder,CO 80307-30000

On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Unidata Support wrote:

> >From: Darren Gallant <address@hidden>
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> >Keywords: 199910122122.PAA10004
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> >Dear Unidata Support,
> >
> >I'm attempting to decode synoptic reports for Mexico using dchrly.
> 
> 
> Darren,
> You cannot decode synoptic code reports with dchrly. Dchrly is used
> to decode METAR and SA format bulletins. Dcsynop is used to
> decode synoptic code and ship/buoy bulletins.
> 
> You can specify which table is used by the decoder with the -s
> option. Sor realtime synoptic data I use systns_upc.tbl.
> 
> You can create your own station table as needed for archived data sets.
> 
> 
> 
> >I issued the following command: dchrly -c 890401/0000 1989040100.gem >
> >SINO0100 where SINO0100 is the metar file.
> >
> >Using sflist I examined the output file and it only contained 1 station
> >but was nearly 3/4 mb in size.
> >
> >My first question: Does dchrly use the sfstns.tbl when decoding metar
> >data?
> >
> >If my file contains older stations can I create a station file containing
> >information for the older stations and use this instead?
> >
> >Can dchrly decode metars using the station number instead of the station
> >id?
> 
> 
> Metars do not use the WMO ID- and you do not have Metar bulletins in
> the SIN0100 file anyway.
> 
> You file appears to have some garbage in it, looks like extraneous
> characters in the transmission- so right off, I cannot decode it.
> 
> I'll have to see if there is any chance in decoding it after cleaning it up.
> 
> Steve Chiswell
> Unidata User Support
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >Do both the station id and number have to appear in the metar file inorder 
> >to decode that's stations report?
> >
> >Do I have to use sflist (by setting output to file) inorder to get an
> >ascii text list of the stations and their decoded reports?
> >
> >I will attach the original undecoded metar and the output from dchrly. I
> >just want to know if the original file is in the correct format and if
> >there is data in the gempak file.
> >
> >Thanks 
> >
> >
> >Darren R. Gallant            UCAR/JOSS
> >Programmer/Technician           Joint OfFice Of Science Support
> >303-497-2634                    P.O. Box 3000
> >address@hidden                Boulder,CO 80307-30000
> >
> >
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