Don't use the PIL notation for international products. This is a US only
notation. So the LDM won't save them.
# Surface METAR obs
WMO ^S[AP].... .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
FILE
noaaport/data/sao/(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1/(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\2_sao.wmo
# TAF forecasts
WMO ^FT.... .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
FILE
noaaport/text/taf/(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1/(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\2_taf.wmo
Dan.
On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Andrew Little <alittle@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What does your WMO/AWIPS header look like in your LDM pqact config?
>
>
>
> Note: Most US (domestic) ICAOs are prefixed with either a “*K*” (CONUS)
> or a “*P*” (Alaska and Hawaii)
>
>
>
> # Stations lists reference
>
> https://aviationweather.gov/docs/metar/stations.txt
>
>
>
> Here are some examples of what we use for METARs and TAFs from our various
> LDM pqact config files.
>
>
>
> # US and Canadian sfc obs and specials
>
> #
>
> WMO ^S[AP]
>
> PIPE decoders/dcmetr -v 2 -a 500 -m 72 -s sfmetar_sa.tbl
>
> -d data/gempak/logs/dcmetr.log
>
> -e GEMTBL=/opt/gempak/GEMPAK/gempak/tables
>
> data/gempak/surface/YYYYMMDD_sao.gem
>
>
>
> # Decoder for TAFs
>
> #
>
> WMO ^FT
>
> PIPE -close decoders/dctaf -d data/gempak/logs/dctaf.log
>
> -e GEMTBL=/opt/gempak/GEMPAK/gempak/tables
>
> data/gempak/taf/YYYYMMDD00.taf
>
>
>
> # Raw Surface data
>
> WMO S[AP].* .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
>
> STDIOFILE /data/raw/surface/(\1:yyyy)(\
> 1:mm)\1\2_sfcmetar.wmo
>
>
>
> # TAF - Terminal_Aerodrome_Forecast
>
> WMO ^...... .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])([0-5][0-9]).*/p(TAF)
>
> FILE /data/gempak/nwx/aviation/\4/(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1\2.\4
>
>
>
> # FTs (TAFS)
>
> WMO ^F[CT].... .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
>
> FILE /data/gempak/nwx/aviation/fts/(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1\2.fts
>
>
>
> # TAF - Terminal_Aerodrome_Forecast
>
> WMO ^...... .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])([0-5][0-9]).*/p(TAF)
>
> FILE /data/gempak/nwx/obs_data/\4/(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1\2.\4
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Andrew Little
>
> Sr. Staff Systems Analyst
>
> Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.
>
> 1150 Gemini St.
>
> Houston, Texas 77058
>
>
>
> Mobile: (713) 504-2719
>
>
>
> alittle@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> *From:* ldm-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ldm-users-bounces@
> unidata.ucar.edu] *On Behalf Of *Greg Trotter
> *Sent:* Monday, November 06, 2017 8:36 AM
> *To:* ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [ldm-users] TAFs via NOAAPORT
>
>
>
> I’ve been asked to get METARs and TAFs over NOAAPORT. While I see METARs
> for both domestic and foreign airports, I don’t see TAFs for airports
> outside the US.
>
>
>
> Does anyone know if TAFs for non-US airports are available via NOAAPORT?
> That is, am not looking for them correctly, or are they just not there to
> be found?
>
>
>
> *Greg Trotter*
>
> System Administrator
>
> Weather Decision Technologies, Inc
>
> 201 David L Boren Blvd Suite 270
>
> Norman, Oklahoma 73072
>
>
>
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