Hi Robert,
Thanks for raising this issue. The source code commit history on that
sfmetar_sa.tbl file shows no activity.
$ git log sfmetar_sa.tbl
commit f96b76ac43eb584f8ae8bbcc854f0887b8a7a04c
Author: MichaelJamesUPC <mjamesis@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat Jan 19 16:16:04 2013 -0700
upload 6.7.0 source
Whereas files like `sfstns.tbl` are being updated, but your example 4MR doesn't
appear in that file but in the inactive.tbl file :( I am generally hesitant to
update these files that NAWIPS updates due to having to sort out changes later.
My website offers a GEMPAK station file with what my metadata is currently
tracking for global METAR sites
https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/sites/networks.php?special=allasos&format=gempak&nohtml
but as I look at that file, I have an encoding that GEMPAK will freak out
about. It also contains invalid location placeholders for all the classified
METAR sites that flow over noaaport, which you may not want either. Oye,
serenity now!
daryl
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Subject: [gembud] Updated sfmetar_sa.tbl?
Good morning,
I was wondering if someone had a more updated sfmetar_sa.tbl. I noticed in the
latest 7.20 distro that Santa Rosa, New Mexico KSXU is still not in the table
and has an auto station for years, same for 4MR (Melrose Gunnery Range). I have
always added these two manually to sfmetar_sa.tbl. I assume there are a lot of
other new automated stations that aren’t in the sfmetar_sa.tbl.
Thank you,
Robert Mullenax
Robert Mullenax
Meteorologist
Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility
Peraton
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Palestine, TX 75803
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