SPECIs not being "seen" by pqsurf.conf?/missing SPECIs in pqact.conf

Hello all,

I guess I am one of the few using this file for a program, but I have a question that I hope gets answered.

Using the current pqsurf.conf that I have, many of the SPECI METARs get ignored and are not saved to disk. For example, ALtus AFB (KLTS) had special METARs that weren't seen:

KLTS 110855Z 05013KT 10SM -TSRA SCT020 BKN029CB 12/10 A3004 RMK
     AO2A PK WND 27063/0803 WSHFT 0819 OCNL LTG OHD TS OHD MOV E
     PRESFR RAB0751DZE0751 SLP161 P0067 60077 T01240095 55008
     $=
KLTS 110755Z AUTO 34018KT 10SM TS -DZ OVC060 14/09 A3001 RMK AO2
     PK WND 01026/0719 LTG DSNT SW - E RAE0727DZB0727 PRESFR
     SLP151 P0005 T01400094 $=
KLTS 110655Z AUTO 02013KT 5SM TS +RA BKN035 14/10 A3002 RMK AO2
     LTG DSNT NE - SE RAB0612DZB0604E0612 TSB0640 PRESFR SLP156
     P0005 T01370103 $=

There's an ob at 8:07Z and 8:23Z that simply aren't in the raw METAR database file generated by my pqsurf.conf. On the other hand, I see Charleston, SC SPECIs are in there:

KCHS 111056Z 36003KT 3SM BR CLR 08/08 A3021=
KCHS 111131Z 00000KT 1 3/4SM BR CLR 09/08 A3021 RMK AO2=
KCHS 111133Z 00000KT 3/4SM BR CLR 09/08 A3021 RMK AO2=
KCHS 111133Z COR 00000KT 3/4SM BR CLR 09/08 A3021 RMK AO2=
KCHS 111156Z 36003KT 2 1/2SM BR CLR 08/08 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP230
T00830078 10106 20072 51012=

I do strip out the word "SPECI" in my program, but rest assured, in the Charleston obs above, they are there in the "inbetween" obs. The KLTS obs are in a file a make using the FILE header to save them in a raw file, although I did notice that the 8:07Z ob is missing from that file as well.

Anyone else seeing this? My pqsurf.conf entry is as follows:

WMO     ^(metar ....|speci ....) ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
        FILE    domestic/surface_obs/(\2:yy)(\2:mmm)\2_\3

My pqact.conf entry, which is getting pretty much all of the SPECIs,
but not all (missing the 8:07Z Sunday KLTS ob), reads like this:

WMO     ^S[AP].... .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
        FILE    /home/data/wxp/rawdata/(\1:yy)(\1:mm)\1\2.sao

Thoughts?

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Gilbert Sebenste                                                     ********
(My opinions only!)                                                  ******
Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University                      ****
E-mail: sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                                  ***
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