20040304: mcidas: wxtlist 0 GMT raob's

>From: "Fingerhut, William A" <address@hidden>
>Organization: Lyndon State
>Keywords: 200403041858.i24Iw5rV013299 McIDAS WXTLIST

Hi Bill,

>With the latest version of Mcidas

>I can't seem to list any 0 GMT upper air soundings with WXTLIST.
>    I used RAOBRPT to verify that the data was available on my server.
>No problem.
>    The command: WXTLIST WMO=USUS UKUS WSTN=KWBC MATCH='72518'
>FORM=HEAD NUM=66
>        list lots of report headers - all for 12 GMT, and for 3
>different days. Shouldn't the 0 GMT reports be
>        listed too ?????

I just ran the same command you list above on a Sun Solaris Sparc
5.9 system using a build of the latest release, v2003b, compiled
with gcc/g77 and I did get listings for both 0 and 12 GMT:

% wxtlist.k WMO=USUS UKUS WSTN=KWBC MATCH='72518' FORM=HEAD NUM=66

SOU bytes    day    time  WMO     WSTN APRO ASTN Actual Header
--- -----  ------- ------ ------- ---- ---- ---- ------------------
DDS  2000  2004068 124044 UKUS 1  KWBC           UKUS01 KWBC 081200
DDS  4960  2004068 124011 UKUS90  KWBC           UKUS90 KWBC 081200
DDS  4640  2004068 124007 USUS90  KWBC           USUS90 KWBC 081200
DDS  4800  2004068 124001 UKUS50  KWBC           UKUS50 KWBC 081200
DDS  4880  2004068 124001 USUS50  KWBC           USUS50 KWBC 081200
DDS  2480  2004068 123955 USUS 1  KWBC           USUS01 KWBC 081200
DDS   800  2004068 121407 UKUS 1  KWBC           UKUS01 KWBC 081200
DDS  9280  2004068 121353 UKUS90  KWBC           UKUS90 KWBC 081200
DDS  8480  2004068 121353 USUS90  KWBC           USUS90 KWBC 081200
DDS 10640  2004068 121350 UKUS50  KWBC           UKUS50 KWBC 081200
DDS  9920  2004068 121350 USUS50  KWBC           USUS50 KWBC 081200
DDS  1120  2004068 121342 USUS 1  KWBC           USUS01 KWBC 081200
DDS   560  2004068 010807 UKUS 1  KWBC           UKUS01 KWBC 080000
DDS   480  2004068 010800 USUS 1  KWBC           USUS01 KWBC 080000
DDS  2400  2004068 005308 UKUS90  KWBC           UKUS90 KWBC 080000
DDS   880  2004068 005308 USUS90  KWBC           USUS90 KWBC 080000
DDS  2400  2004068 005306 UKUS50  KWBC           UKUS50 KWBC 080000
 ...


What ADDE server are you pointing at when you do your listing?  I
am pointed at adde.ucar.edu which is still running v2003a.  Perhaps
this is a server-side problem?  What happens when you point at
adde.ucar.edu:

dataloc.k ADD RTWXTEXT adde.ucar.edu

Also, the fact that you use RAOBRPT successfully, and RAOBRPT uses the
same RTWXTEXT dataset is strange.  This would almost say that the
WXTLIST executable is faultly on your system.  Pointing at a different
ADDE server and getting the same results (i.e., no 0 GMT soundings
listed) would confirm that the problem is in WXTLIST.  If you do find
that WXTLIST is the culprit, please send me the output of the same
command substituting 20 for 66 (in the NUM= keyword) and adding DEV=CCC
to the end of the command invocation.  Thanks!

By the way, I am sitting in a friends apartment in San Jose, Costa Rica
as I write this reply.  You gotta love the internet!

Tom
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