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>From: Mike Leuthold <address@hidden> >Organization: University of Arizona >Keywords: 199901072322.QAA05384 McIDAS FRONT ASUS1 Mike, >I'm having trouble with the FRONT program. I get > >FRONT --- BEGIN >FRONT: No fronts available in ASUS file(s) > >The file exists and there is data in the file. Did the NWS make >a change to the format that broke FRONT or is it a local problem? Apparently the format of the VALID line in the 15 and 18Z front bulletins has changed (??). Don worked front.pgm over to recognize both versions, so you should grab a new version of the source and remake it on your system (7.10 correct?): unix/710/bugfix/front.pgm Ftp the source code to your ~mcidas/mcidas7.1/src directory and remake and install the executable: cd ~mcidas/mcidas7.1/src ftp ftp.unidata.ucar.edu <user> <pass> cd unix/710/bugfix get front.pgm quit make front.k rm ~mcidas/bin/front.k ln front.k ~mcidas/bin >I think this started today. Actually it started a couple of days ago. Must be a different person doing the frontal analysis for these two time periods!? >Thanks. You are welcome. >Mike Leuthold >Atmospheric Sciences/Institute of Atmospheric Physics >University of Arizona >address@hidden >520-621-2863 Tom