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=============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ =============================================================================== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 14:34:19 -0600 From: Chad Johnson <address@hidden> To: Gilbert Sebenste <address@hidden> Daniel Vietor <address@hidden>, address@hidden Subject: Re: question about NCEP model data from NOAAport Gilbert Sebenste wrote: > > Robert, > > I am CC'ing your excellent questions over to ldm-users, since I do not > know the answer to this. > > On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Robert Mullenax wrote: > > > Gilbert, > > > > The thing is, during the initial test of NOAAport I received 3-hourly > > output of the ETA and AVN. When the final switch occurred, just 6-hour > > output again. I am running McIDAS-XCD, so the decoding is transparent, > > no long list of headers like GEMPAK. I know the 3-hour output is available > > as I have seen it on other sites. Are you getting 3-hour output, and is it > > XCD that is only decoding XCD for me? That would not make a whole lot > > of sense as on 15 Dec, I received the 3-hour output and did not change > > anything. At SSEC, our NOAAPORT ingestor is receiving 3-hourly forecasts grids from the MRF in projection 213 out to 24 hours and 3-hourly forecast grids from the ETA in projections 212 and 215. We are also receiving the RUC 3-hourly runs. -XCD is decoding all of them just fine. Perhaps you are not receiving the grid projections that contain 3-hourly forecasts. Chad -- Chad W. Johnson E-mail: address@hidden Programmer/Meteorologist Voice: (608) 265-5292 Space Science and Engineering Center Fax: (608) 263-6738 University of Wisconsin -- Madison