> OK. Interesting indeed. Anywhere to go from here? Do we have an upstream > contact available. I don't know who exactly to recommend you talk to. NWS is responsible for disseminating these observations but the SYNOP data format standard is why we only have coordinate resolution to 0.01 degree resolution: http://weather.unisys.com/wxp/Appendices/Formats/SYNOP.html -Michael Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RIA-330971 Department: Support GEMPAK Priority: High Status: Open