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20030905: PIREPS and AIREPS in GEMPAK

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  • Subject: 20030905: PIREPS and AIREPS in GEMPAK
  • Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 13:14:31 -0600
Robert,

The files are GEMPAK surface files.

GEMPAK-SFLIST>phelp dcacft

 DCACFT

     DCACFT decodes raw AIREP, PIREP, RECCO and AMDAR reports from a
     real-time data feed, or from a file fed to the program through
     standard input, and writes the data to a GEMPAK surface file.

You can access the data from surface programs. You will also find the ACFT
category under the NMAP2 data category UAIR_OBS.

Steve Chiswell


On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Robert Mullenax wrote:

>
> What programs can be used to list PIREPS or AIREPS or plot them
> from the .gem files produced from dcacft?
>
> Thanks,
> Robert Mullenax
>
> Robert Mullenax
> Weather Systems Administrator
> Universal Weather and Aviation
>