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20000913: interesting...12 Z airport data missing today

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  • Subject: 20000913: interesting...12 Z airport data missing today
  • Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 09:55:42 -0600
Paul,

I grep'ed for KMOB in the IDD data stream since 10Z:

(these are files of arrival time)
2000091310_DDPLUS.wmo:SPECI KMOB 131008Z 03005KT 4SM BR BKN002 OVC100 23/22 
A2998 RMK AO2
2000091310_DDPLUS.wmo:KMOB 130956Z 05004KT 7SM SCT002 OVC100 23/22 A2998=
2000091310_DDPLUS.wmo:KMOB 131008Z 03005KT 4SM BR BKN002 OVC100 23/22 A2998 RMK 
AO2=
2000091310_DDPLUS.wmo:KMOB 131008Z 03005KT 4SM BR BKN002 OVC100 23/22 A2998=
2000091310_DDPLUS.wmo:METAR KMOB 131056Z 04004KT 6SM BR FEW002 BKN100 23/22 
A2999 RMK AO2 
2000091311_DDPLUS.wmo:KMOB 131056Z 04004KT 6SM BR FEW002 BKN100 23/22 A2999 RMK 
AO2
2000091311_DDPLUS.wmo:KMOB 131056Z 04004KT 6SM BR FEW002 BKN100 23/22 A2999=
2000091311_DDPLUS.wmo:KMOB 131130Z 131212 04005KT P6SM SCT025 SCT200
2000091311_DDPLUS.wmo:METAR KMOB 131156Z 03005KT 6SM BR OVC100 23/22 A3000 RMK 
AO2 SLP156 
2000091311_DDPLUS.wmo:KMOB 131130Z 131212 04005KT P6SM SCT025 SCT200
2000091311_DDPLUS.wmo:KMOB 131130Z 131212 04005KT P6SM SCT025 SCT200
2000091312_DDPLUS.wmo:METAR KMOB 131256Z 04005KT 8SM OVC100 24/23 A3001 RMK AO2 
SLP159 
2000091312_DDPLUS.wmo:KMOB 131256Z 04005KT 8SM OVC100 24/23 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP159
2000091313_DDPLUS.wmo:KMOB 131256Z 04005KT 8SM OVC100 24/23 A3001=
2000091313_DDPLUS.wmo:METAR KMOB 131356Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A3002 RMK 
AO2 SLP162 
2000091314_DDPLUS.wmo:KMOB 131356Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A3002 RMK AO2 
SLP162
2000091314_DDPLUS.wmo:KMOB 131356Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A3002=
2000091314_DDPLUS.wmo:METAR KMOB 131456Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A3003 RMK AO2 
SLP166 
2000091315_DDPLUS.wmo:KMOB 131456Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP166 
T02830228
2000091315_DDPLUS.wmo:KMOB 131456Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A3003=
2000091315_DDPLUS.wmo:SPECI KMOB 131540Z VRB03KT 10SM BKN022 BKN100 29/23 A3003 
RMK AO2
2000091315_DDPLUS.wmo:KMOB 131540Z VRB03KT 10SM BKN022 BKN100 29/23 A3003 RMK 
AO2=


I see the 1056Z , 1156Z, 1256Z, 1356Z, 1456Z reports under the standard
SAUS80 KWBC and SAUS44 KMOB headings.

Similarly, I find KATL and KJAX- I stopped looking there.

So it appears that these observations are available on NOAAPORT and
the IDD data stream from Unidata.


Steve Chiswell
Unidata User SUpport


>From: Paul Ruscher <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200009131337.e8DDbrb12889

>Hi, all - just wanted to report that surface observations for the
>"first-order" stations in Southern Region did not make it out today at 12Z 
>(at least so far), to family of services and IWIN (NWS main WWW
>page for accessing NWS data also does not have them.  13 Z reports from
>the airport stations are just now beginning to flow.  ADDS also does not
>have the report.
>
>Stations like JAX, MOB, ATL, TLH, MIA, TPA, DFW, etc. are affected and
>data have been missing since 11Z from our data feeds, and IWIN.  Most
>stations are not affected, just the important ones (airports)!  Perhaps
>this is an FAA problem?  The synoptic code reports (FM-12 SYNOP) are also
>missing for these stations for 12 Z, in addition to the missing METAR
>observations.  Is it possible to ask these stations, if there is indeed a
>large-scale problem (and not just at FSU) to retransmit these 12 Z
>synoptic and METAR reports?  I checked a few airport locations in the
>northeast and they reported fine, so I'm guessing it is just Southern
>Region.
>
>I've not seen a note from NWS or Unidata announcing a problem.  This
>happened once before and rectified itself later, but we never did get the
>missing reports filed or refiled back to the FOS.
>
>Incidentally, MOB is the city of the week (and next) for the
>Intercollegiate Weather Forecasting Contest, so more eyes than normal may
>be centered on it!
>
>Thanks for any assistance...
>
>Sincerely,
>Paul Ruscher
>Associate Professor of Meteorology
>

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