20011129: NAWIPS 5.6.e.1 update

Kevin,

The NCEP decoders have been updated for the new SPC headers.
I still have to update the pqact.conf examples on the web pages though.

Here is probably the watch entry you are referring to for dcwtch:

WMO     ^(WWUS(40|08)|WOUS20|WWUS30) .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
        PIPE    decoders/dcwtch -t 30
        -e GEMTBL=/home/gempak/NAWIPS/gempak/tables
        -d data/gempak/logs/dcwtch.log
        data/gempak/storm/wtch/YYYYMMDDHH_wtch.gem

I haven't played alot with the new restore spf files yet.

Thanks for the feedback.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support


On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Kevin Polston wrote:

> Hey Steve,
>
> Just a few comments about the new release of NAWIPS.  I like the restore
> files....it saves alot of time however there are a couple of things I have
> noticed which don't seem to work (I don't know if they were intended to or
> not...I am just assuming here).  I have created a restoe file which will plot
> several images and overlays on about 6 or 7 frames. On the first frames I have
> satellite imagery with profilers and watch boxes overlaid. The problem I have 
> is
> that the profilers (plan view) won't display (I have to manually go in and 
> enter
> specific levels for them even after I saved them properly), the satellite
> enhancement I have does not show up (I have to go back and manually enter it),
> and the background map color I chose does not load. All the map backgrounds 
> load
> as white. Also, if I were displaying surface obs.....the "default" size comes 
> up
> (which is medium) and even if I change it to small and save the restore file 
> it
> will still load as medium. Since I am speaking of defaults.....where would I 
> go
> to change these defaults to different colors, sizes, etc. I have looked but
> apparently not in the right spot for the default file.
>
> It is good though in that it saves alot of time loading up what I want, it 
> seems
> as if the system seems faster...I can't explain why but things seem to be
> smoother and run better.....and overall is a good upgrade.  Oh, one other
> thing....it seems as if SPC has switched their headers on their products (I'm
> sure your probably aware of this) but the watches won't plot on the imagery 
> and I
> think it is because it isn't being decoded. Thought I woul dmention that.
>
> So bottom line is that even though a few things with the restore files aren't
> doing what I thought they would do overall it is much better in my opinion.
>
> KP
>