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[GEMPAK #RSN-840640]: dctaf

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  • Subject: [GEMPAK #RSN-840640]: dctaf
  • Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:28:55 -0600
Hi Brian,

Be sure that your files are formatted with the correct control characters at 
the beginning and end of each report, such as

^A^M^M
999
SMCN23 CWAO 120900
AAXX 12094
71300 NIL=
71301 NIL=
71303 NIL=
71304 NIL=
....
^M^M
^C

dctaf is not able to process TAFs with the ZCZC/NNNN start/end, only those 
formatted with the above control characters.



Michael James

> Thanks for the help.
> 
> One more question.  I thought the file was in a WMO format.  Would you
> have any recommendations on what I need to do, then, to get it in just
> WMO format?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> Unidata GEMPAK Support wrote:
> > Hi Brian,
> >
> > I believe we found a solution to this problem.
> >
> > While the metar decoder can handle both WMO and AFOS files, the TAF decoder 
> > does not.  You will need to use a WMO format when using dctaf.  You may 
> > also want to add the -b option to your dctaf command so that all reports in 
> > the TAF file are processed.
> >
> > Also, the command that you provided
> >
> > "cat 2008081110.taf | dctaf -v 1 -d -c 080811/1000 2008081110gem.taf"
> >
> > likely was not working because the -c YYMMDD/HHMM option needs to be 
> > specified before the -v and -d options.
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > Michael James
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: RSN-840640
> > Department: Support GEMPAK
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> >
> 
> 
> --
> Brian Pettegrew
> Research Associate
> Cooperative Institute for Environmental Sciences
> NOAA/ESRL/Global Systems Division
> Boulder, CO
> Phone: (303) 497-4129
> E-mail: address@hidden
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: RSN-840640
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Open