[GEMPAK #NJJ-918786]: Obscure station

John,

Yes the SMKB01 NGTT collective has a number of stations. Many times, the obs 
are NIL,
and then other stations are in subsequent issuances, but here is a list of 
stations 
in the bulletin:

SMKB01 NGTT 271200^M
AAXX 27124^M
91487 NIL =^M
91490 NIL =^M
91533 NIL =^M
91601 NIL =^M
91610 11498 81813 10243 20236 40087 54003 60611 71368 8572/ 333 10327 5649/^M
=^M
91612 NIL =^M
91623 NIL = ^M
91629 NIL =^M
91701 NIL =^

then for example.....
SMKB01 NGTT 271200^M
AAXX 27124^M
91490 11498 50000 10238 2023/ 40084 69951 71528 85300^M
  333 10/// 569//=^M
91701 11499 30512 10272 2025/ 4//// 60001 70120 83200^M
  333 10316 561//=^M

Good luck,

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support


> Thanks very much Steve. I am looking for observations, and must
> admit that it was my ignorance as much as anything that shaped my
> question. Here's a quick gloss: I knew that only METAR observations
> are being made, and thought I knew that these were not in the SA
> header groups. I see the KB in the headers below, and know that this
> is Kiribati, the country in which Christmas Island is located. But
> the last part of your message suggests that there is a synoptic
> observation from PLCH as well; this surprises me, and I'll need to
> look further to get clear on this.
> 
> We are not running an LDM right now, and I'll be looking in the raw
> data files on Motherlode for these data. You've given me enough to
> go on that I'm sure we can find what we need. We'll add this station
> to the needed station tables, and work from there. Again, thanks.  John M.
> 
> Unidata GEMPAK Support wrote:
> 
> > John,
> >
> > Christmas island METARs are being sent under the headers such as:
> > SAKB31 PLCH
> >
> > The sfmetar_sa.tbl will need the PLCH location added in order to include
> > these in the decoded output file (just add the PLCH line that you can find 
> > in the
> > $GEMTBL/stns/inactive.tbl file).
> >
> > TAF messages (eg bulletins starting with "FT" are decoded with dctaf).
> > The $GEMTBL/stns/tafstn.tbl has several of the islands like Palau and Yap
> > but not Christmas. The sfchck program can be used to show if the decoded
> > taf station files have any missing station identifies, and nothing there 
> > shows up
> > for Christmas.
> >
> > If you are looking for synoptic reports, then I do find 91490 in the
> > data stream (It is decoded in the synop files from dclsfc using the 6 digit
> > identifier 91490):
> > lsfstns.tbl:PLCH     914900 CHRISTMAS ISLAND/CASSIDY         -- US   198 
> > -15748
> >
> > The bulletins are in the NGTT dissemination group:
> > 905
> > SMKB01 NGTT 290600
> > AAXX 29064
> > 91490 11599 29901 10264 2023/ 40092 60001 70121 82100 333 569//=
> >
> > Are you really looking for TAF's or were you interested in obs?
> >
> > Steve Chiswell
> > Unidata User Support
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hello, Steve:
> >>We're doing some work at a remote site, Christmas
> >>Island, and I'm therefore interested in data access.
> >>I know that METAR reports are made there, but I'm
> >>not finding them in the .taf files (I went to Mother
> >>Lode in this case). Can you suggest another way?
> >>Should this question go to someone else? The station
> >>id is 91490 or 91492. I tried an area search that
> >>could have included other islands, but found nothing
> >>until I got to Hawaii. (I didn't expect Christmas
> >>in the sao files, and didn't find it.) Thanks for any
> >>help or suggestions you may have.  Oh, it may be
> >>relevant that the venerable World Monthly Surface
> >>Climatology (from NCDC, availalbe at NCAR/DSS) has
> >>only two years of data for Christmas, long ago.
> >>John M.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: NJJ-918786
> > Department: Support GEMPAK
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: NJJ-918786
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed