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20010315: 20010313: more on NWX problem

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  • Subject: 20010315: 20010313: more on NWX problem
  • Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:22:08 -0700
>From: 10 <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200103151901.f2FJ1aL27968

>Steve,
>
>I made a directory to just file the daily files into:
>$GEMDATA/surface/daily and pointed NWX at that.  I no longer
>get a complaint about it not being able to open the file,
>it just doesn't return any data, but when I do a sflist
>the data is there.  Here is the listing of $GEMDATA/surface/daily:
>/var/gempak/surface/daily% ls
>20010313_sao.gem   20010314_sao.gem   20010315_sao.gem
>/var/gempak/surface/daily% 
>
>Here is the salient line from $NWX_TABLES/master.tbl:
>SFC_HRLY     sfstns.tbl   O $GEMDATA/surface/daily    _sao.gem
>
>sfstns.tbl is the actual file, I took the link out in case
>there was a problem there.  This the line from guidata.tbl:
>        Surface_Hourlies|SFC_HRLY
>
>I don't know what to try next.  I even trief this at Univ-wea
>and I get the same problem.
>
>Thanks,
>Robert
>


Robert,

When you select surface obs, the default button on the data widget is
for "1 hour". Could it be possible that your station doesn't exist for
that hour yet? Have you tried looking back further, like 48 hours.
You might also want to double check your system clock if that is the problem.


Steve Chiswell