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Hi Gerry, re: > I've been looking at how we're storing METAR data and first, I don't > like it. What we're getting is stuff stored in > .../gempak/nwx/surface/US/SAUS[34578][0123456]/<timestamp>/K<xxx>_<time> This looks like a location specified by the pattern-action files for GEMPAK. Is this correct? re: > I'm trying to reorganize it into something that's a bit more > understandable, and perhaps grouped by site rather than the > aforementioned clumsy method. If you are using GEMPAK actions, then it is likely a good idea to keep the current way of filing the data. If you change things, you will be forced to change your GEMPAK setup to match your new structure each time you upgrade GEMPAK. re: > Do you happen to have any pqact regex sitting around that might work > better for this problem? (and, would it not be better to offer this in > the default pqact.conf file?) The typical METAR processing we do here is either for GEMPAK (see comments above), McIDAS or THREDDS. For McIDAS, the raw data is written into a daily spool file which is then indexed for access by McIDAS ADDE. For THREDDS, we use: # all of DDS/PPS/IDS | NOAAPORT textual data DDPLUS|IDS ^[^\-] FILE data/pub/native/nwstg/text/%Y%m%d/SURFACE_DDPLUS_%Y%m%d_%H00.txt Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RTH-156524 Department: Support IDD Priority: Normal Status: Closed