20010518: sfgram

James,

I looked at your surface file. The station ID's in your file are 
given using lower case letters. All station IDs are supposed to be
capital letters as is found in the coded data stream. That could be 
your problem.

In sflist, the area=@sauf1 is not recognized as a station ID:
 GEMPAK-SFLIST>area = @sauf1
 GEMPAK-SFLIST>r
 PARM = PRES;GUST;SPED;DRCT;TMPC;SSTC;DWPC                                      
 

    STN    YYMMDD/HHMM      PRES     GUST     SPED     DRCT     TMPC     SSTC
                            DWPC


 [SFLIST -3]  No stations reporting data.


Using, area=fl does show me stations based on lat/lon:
  sauf1    000126/0000   1009.30
  42007    000126/0000   1016.70
  42001    000126/0000   1016.80
  fpsn7    000126/0000   1004.90


I was able to plot data using sfgram where the station was in the ship file
as SAUF1 from my realtime dcmsfc decoder:
 SFGRAM PARAMETERS

 Surface file:       test_sb.gem
 Number of times:       6
 Time range:         010522/12-/17                                   
 Traces: 
     SAUF1     tmpf

Enter <cr> to accept parameters or type EXIT:
 Parameters requested: SFFILE,DATTIM,STATION,TRACE1,TRACE2,TRACE3,TRACE4,
 TRACE5,NTRACE,TAXIS,BORDER,MARKER,TITLE,CLEAR,DEVICE,PANEL,TEXT.
 GEMPAK-SFGRAM>




Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support






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>hi-
>i made a ship file (enclosed) and when i try to use sfgram using the
>lettered stations, i get an error saying theres no data...however the data
>will list out in sflist...so its there...any ideas?
>james correia jr
>
>ps. have i mentioned that i really appreciate all the help...
>
>GEMPAK-SFGRAM>station=sauf1
> GEMPAK-SFGRAM>r
> [SFGRAM 3]  Hardware text cannot generally be rotated.
> SFGRAM PARAMETERS
>
> Surface file:       ~/buoy.gem
> Number of times:      55
> Time range:         000123/18-26/00
> Traces:
>     SAUF1     tmpc;dwpc:3/2;3
>     SAUF1     pmsl/4
>     SAUF1     sped;gust;darr/1
>     SAUF1     sstc
>     SAUF1     0
>
>Enter <cr> to accept parameters or type EXIT:
> [SFGRAM -9]  There  is no data at station SAUF1.
> [SFGRAM -9]  There  is no data at station SAUF1.
> [SFGRAM -9]  There  is no data at station SAUF1.
> [SFGRAM -9]  There  is no data at station SAUF1.
> [SFGRAM -9]  There  is no data at station SAUF1.
> Parameters requested: SFFILE,DATTIM,STATION,TRACE1,TRACE2,TRACE3,TRACE4,
> TRACE5,NTRACE,TAXIS,BORDER,MARKER,TITLE,CLEAR,DEVICE,PANEL,TEXT.
> GEMPAK-SFGRAM>
>
>
>