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Re: 20040319: sfedit parm error

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  • Subject: Re: 20040319: sfedit parm error
  • Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:35:43 -0700
The problem was with the SFPRMF list in SFCFIL.  I simply allowed it to
use the default value which was the METAR packing file.  Since these are
not METARs, it was the wrong set of parameters.  I edited the list to
include the actual parms that I wanted and all is well again.

Thanks,

David

>Your PARM line in the ascii input file must match the
>parameters you are specifying in the SFCFIL program (either
>through the SFPRMF list of parameters or packing file),
>and the number of parms should agree with the number
>of parameters in each line.
>
>SPED is a valid surface parameter, as is PRES. What is your
>SFPRMF input?  If you are using a packing file without those
>specific parameters, then that is your problem.
>
>Steve Chiswell
>Unidata User Support

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