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
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From: ldm-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ldm-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 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
