20020709: dcmetr question

Michael,

Garp is pretty picky with the file names matching the
templates in $GARPHOME/config/Garp_defaults.

The defaults as they leave here are:

nids            : $(RADDIR)/NIDS
nidsT  : $(nids)/%(site)/%(product)/*_@(YYYYMMDD)_@(HHNN)

The nidsT would be a possible problem if you alter the naming convention.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support




>From: "Michael Maxwell" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200207091601.g69G11a27381

><update>
>From: "Michael Maxwell" <address@hidden>
>To: address@hidden
>Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 04:11:47 +0000
>X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v3.12b)
>
>Hello,
>Yesterday I wrote about dcmetr not working but I found out today it 
>was. The problem was the way I downloaded the metar and upper 
>air files. I was using Windows Netscape and I should have 
>downloaded them in binary transfer mode.
>
>Also I asked about GARP reading the NWS NEXRAD level III data. 
>I got all the GUI's except GARP to display the raw data. 
>
><original>
>Hello,
>I hope I am writing to the right address about dcmetr for decoding 
>metar data into gempak files.
>I am using the command line:
>dcmetr -c 020707/0600  -m 72 -s 
>/home/gempak/gempak/tables/stns/sfmetar_sa.tbl -a 500  
>0207070600.sfc < 02070706_sao.wmo
>to run dcmetr and mostly the same for dcupa. Now all the program 
>does is dump a log file which I will paste here later. The output file 
>is never created at all. I will also paste a sample of the data I have 
>tried using. I am thinking it may need to be run from inside another 
>gempak application. My question is if I am doing this right. I am 
>running Slackware 8.0 Linux with openmotif 2.2.1 and Gempak was 
>compiled with GCC 3.0 here from source. I am in the data directory 
>when I run the program with the file I am trying to decode. 
>Something I should mention is that I download this metar file from 
>albany's http server at: 
>http://www.atmos.albany.edu/weather/data1/surface/sao/
>If you know where I can get upper air and metar data from the 
>general internet that dcmetr and dcupa would use I would be 
>greatfull. Since I plan to use the GEMPAK package at home on a 
>Linux pc I will have to download any data for GEMPAK which on 
>the model side of things is pretty easy. If you have time to answer 
>another question: Do you know if the NWS radar files on their 
>server can be decoded by GARP or NMAP2. This is level III data or 
>it is supposed to be? I am sorry for the long message but I want to 
>fix the decoders soon. Dcgrib works great.

>Now for the log file dcmetr does produce...
>[117] 020707/0208 [DC 3]  Starting up.
>[117] 020707/0208 [DC -9]  End of input data 
>file.
>[117] 020707/0208 [DC 5]  Normal termination.
>[117] 020707/0208 [DC 2]  Number of bulletins 
>read and processed: 0
>[117] 020707/0208 [DC 6]  Shutting down.
>
>Now the sample of data....
>
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>138 
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>SAUS80 KWBC 070600
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>METAR
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>KEHA 070548Z AUTO 15007KT 19/15 RMK AO1 PK WND 
>09 000
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>     T01890150=
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>050 
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>SAUS70 KWBC 070600
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>METAR
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>KHNZ 070548Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A3016 
>RMK AO2=
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>761 
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>SAXX60 KWBC 070600
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>METAR
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>PGUA 070545Z 19003KT 3 -SHRA SCT015 BKN040 
>BKN080 OVC140 32/24
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>     ALSTG 29.79 RMK WND DATA ESTMD PA +748 DA 
>+3241 WR//
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>     45/SP=
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