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Steve, > yes, that directory has a data subdir from which a data tree branches. > Subdirs of data include: > afos decoded fos gempak GOES latestsfc madis radar tropic > warnings > climate forecasts front goes GRIB lightning nids surface > upperair watches > > The metar data is in data/surface/sao. > > df -h /usr/local/ldm/data > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda4 168G 43G 117G 27% /data You're not running out of space, then. Very strange. Is there anything in the LDM log file after the "and the ident is..." message that would indicate a problem saving the metar product to local disk? If you replace the "STDIOFILE" action with "FILE" (keep the "-close" option) does the problem persist? Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: FLA-146766 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.