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[IDV #FAX-171284]: surface data availability

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  • Subject: [IDV #FAX-171284]: surface data availability
  • Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 12:33:13 -0600
Hi Brendon,

For some unknown reason the machine that adde.ucar.edu is currently
pointing to (atm.ucar.edu) ran out of shared memory and the McIDAS-X
decoders that create the POINT files that you are trying to access
failed.

The problem has now been fixed; old files cleaned out; and the LDM
bounced.  All POINT data is once again being created, so your
plotting attempts should return to being successful.

We operate several servers where McIDAS-decoded files (e.g., POINT
files from METARs, etc.) are available:

adde.ucar.edu          (currently pointing to atm.ucar.edu to offload access
                       on motherlode.unidata.ucar.edu so we can do a hardware
                       upgrade)
atm.ucar.edu
adde.ssec.wisc.edu
lead.unidata.ucar.edu

Switching to one of the other servers for your METAR data access should
work when the data are not available from other servers.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: FAX-171284
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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