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>From: Chris Hennon <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200209231959.g8NJx7129591
>Hi Steve -
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>In this email
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>www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/gempak/3325
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>you attached a reconfigured climo.bull table that was set up to parse by
>pils rather than stations. Can I get one so I can save individual station
>summaries? Thanks.
>
>Chris
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Chris,
The PIL is per station, whereas the WMO Id is by the issuing office.
If you are trying to store the reports by the station, use something like:
WMO ^CDUS4. .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])([0-6][0-9]).*/CLI(...)
FILE data/filename_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1\2_\4
Steve Chiswell